Salahudeen Sulayman
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Competition
Young Boys strike late to stun Manchester United in Champions League opener
Young Boys won their 2021/22 UEFA Champions League Group F opener 2-1 against English giants Manchester United to open their…
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Verstappen, Hamilton crash as Ricciardo wins Italian Grand Prix
McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo claimed victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza after the top two drivers on the…
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Medveded thrashes Djokovic in US Open final to win first grand slam
Russia’s world number two, Daniil Medvedev, finally came of age as he defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4…
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Rivers United stun Young Africans in Champions League preliminary round
Rivers United defeated Tanzanian side Young Africans SC 1-0 at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium to claim a hard-earned away advantage…
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Akwa United claims CAF Champions League first leg advantage with win over Belouizdad
Nigeria’s champion and one of its flag bearers at the 2021/22 CAF Champions League Akwa United picked up an important…
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Niger Tornadoes edge Shooting Stars to claim NNL title
Niger Tornadoes defeated Shooting Stars SC 3-2 in the final of the Nigeria National League (NNL) playoff to claim the…
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Raducanu defeats Fernandez in battle of the teens to emerge as US Open champion
Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu defeated Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in straight sets in the final of the 2021…
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Ronaldo nets brace on second Manchester United debut
Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return to Old Trafford with a remarkable performance in front of goal as he led Manchester…
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Moffi stars as Lorient defeat champions Lille
Nigerian striker Terem Moffi returned to action for his club FC Lorient after the international break with a bang as…
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Teen titans Fernandez and Raducanu through to US Open final
British 18-year-old Emma Raducanu and 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez became the youngest pair to reach the final of the US…
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Amusan makes history, becomes first athlete from Nigeria to win Diamond League trophy
Nigeria’s 100m hurdles queen Oluwatobiloba Amusan has written her name in the history books as she became the first Nigerian…
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Genk chief offers Onuachu to Liverpool
Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu has been offered to Liverpool by KRC Genk technical director Dimitri de Conde as a…
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Quadri loses singles final to Assar in ITTF Championship
Africa’s top ranked player Aruna Quadri was defeated emphatically by Egyptian Omar Assar in the final of the men’s singles…
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Depleted Super Eagles too strong for Cape Verde
Nigeria’s Super Eagles secured a fortuitous 2-1 come-from-behind win over Cape Verde in their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier Group…
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Aruna Quadri completes sensational comeback to qualify for ITTF men’s singles final
Africa’s best male player Aruna Quadri lived up to the hype after he defeated veteran Egyptian Ahmed Saleh 4-3 in…
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13-year-old Hana Goda defeats Africa’s best player in ITTF singles semis
African table tennis has a new star in the making as Egyptian teenager Hana Goda defeated Africa’s number one player…
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Quadri, Abiodun claim doubles gold for Nigeria at African ITTF tourney
The duo of Aruna Quadri and Bode Abiodun claimed the first gold medal for Team Nigeria at the ongoing 2021…
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17-year-old Boboye through to last 16 in men’s table tennis tourney
Nigerian teenager Samuel Boboye qualified for the Round of 16 at the 2021 ITTF African Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon after…
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18-year-old Alcaraz, Fernandez storm US Open quarterfinals
Teenage stars Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Leylah Fernandez booked their passage to the quarterfinals of the US Open after each…
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Team Nigeria Paralympics participation ends on a high
Team Nigeria closed out its participation in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with a series of medals that took their total…
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Tsitsipas, Osaka sent packing from US Open in third round by 18-year-olds
Men’s and women’s World numbers three Stefanos Tsitsipas and Naomi Osaka both suffered shocking defeats against 18-year-old opponents in the…
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Iheanacho nets brace as Super Eagles defeat Liberia
Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice as Nigeria’s Super Eagles ran out 2-0 victors against the Lone Stars of Liberia in their…
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Football
Italy equal unbeaten international record with Bulgaria draw
Italy played out a 1-1 draw against Bulgaria in their FIFA World Cup qualifying Group C match at the Artemio…
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Sweden hand Spain first World Cup qualifying loss in 28 years
Sweden defeated Spain 2-1 at the Friends Arena in Sweden in a rematch of their Euro 2020 group stage meeting…
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Team Nigeria sweeps Paralympics Powerlifting events at Tokyo 2020
The contingent from Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has once again dominated the Powerlifting competition at the event, winning…
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Football
Ronaldo breaks international goals record in Portugal win
Cristiano Ronaldo has officially eclipsed the international scoring record after his brace for Portugal gave them a 2-1 win at…
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Editorials
Arsenal are biggest spenders in Europe after summer transfer window
Struggling English Premier League side, Arsenal have emerged as the biggest spenders in all of Europe in terms of transfer…
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Football
Transfer Deadline Day: Daniel James leaves Manchester United
Arsenal have completed a transfer deadline day move for 23-year-old Japanese defender Takehiro Tomiyasu from Italian Serie A side Bologna…
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Transfer Deadline Day: Mbappe deal off, Camavinga joins Real
As the transfer deadline for the summer of 2021 approaches, we will be following the biggest transfers and transfer updates…
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Awoniyi nets goal number five in Union Berlin win
Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi continued his blistering start to the season as he scored his fifth goal of the season…
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