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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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Qatar 2022 Race: Confident Super Eagles land in Mindelo without UK-based stars
The Super Eagles’ contingent for Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying tango with the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde…
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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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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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Serena, Venus Williams pull out of US Open due to injury
Serena Williams and her sister, Venus, have announced in separate posts that they would both not be participating in the…
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Mbappe says no to Messi and PSG, wants Madrid move
Paris Saint-Germain super star Kylian Mbappe has reportedly requested for a move away from the French capital. Mbappe 22, seems…
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Hungarian GP: Vettel’s disqualification gifts Hamilton the 2nd place and 8pts championship lead over Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel has lost his second-place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix off the four-time world champion, who was also…
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Shambolic Team Nigeria showing in Tokyo, an exposè on events
Team Nigeria’s time in the Japanese capital city of Tokyo at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games has been riddled with…
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Federer announces decision to pull out of Tokyo Olympics
Men’s tennis world number 9 and twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has announced his decision to pull out from…
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McGregor loses to Poirier via 1st Round TKO after horror injury
Connor McGregor lost at UFC 264 to America’s Dustin Poirier after the doctor asked that the match be stopped because…
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Djokovic eases past Shapovalov, joins Berrettini in Wimbledon final
World number one Novak Djokovic booked his place in the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Championship with a straight sets…
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Fury-Wilder trilogy fight postponed after COVID outbreak in Fury’s camp
The third fight between WBC champion Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder has been postponed from its previously assigned July 24th…
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Federer crashes out of Wimbledon at quarterfinal stage after stunning upset by Hurkacz
Roger Federer was defeated in straight sets by 14th seed Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-7 0-6 to end the 39-year-old’s participation…
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Nigerian Heavyweight Ajagba set to face biggest test of career in Wilder-Fury trilogy fight
Nigerian-born Heavyweight boxer Efe Ajagba has been confirmed to face undefeated Cuban pugilist Frank Sanchez in a Ten-Round bout at…
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Hamilton misses out on podium as Verstappen wins Austrian GP to extend lead by 32
Max Verstappen eased to yet another victory at the Red Bull Ring in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, completing a triumphant…
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