Patrick Mahomes produced a staggering fourth-quarter performance to guide Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in 50 years as they came from 10 points behind to stun the San Francisco 49ers in Miami. Quarterback Mahomes, 24, had endured a difficult evening under the pounding pressure of the …
Read More »Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, among 9 killed in a helicopter crash in California
7 other people were on board the ill-fated helicopter that crashed and killed American basketball player, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna yesterday, January 26th. Names and photos of victims of the crash has now been confirmed. See below… Kobe Bryant Gianna Bryant John Altobelli- Father of Alyssa Keri Altobelli- …
Read More »Ghana FA: Why we sacked our coaches
THE Ghana FA says it took the decision to remove all of its national team coaches with the Black Stars’ fixture schedule in mind. Ghana’s Football Association (GFA) says it removed all its national team coaches, at all levels of the game, “in line with the vision” of the GFA’s …
Read More »COUNTDOWN 2019 CAF AWARDS: Kanu crowns Mane Africa’s next soccer king
Erstwhile African Player of the Year (APOTY), Nwankwo Kanu, is emphatic that the next player in line to be crowned as the African soccer king is nobody else than Senegalese Saido Mane. Kanu who is one of the only four Nigerians to have been crowned APOTY in the past, has …
Read More »Eagles take search for points to Lesotho
Nigeria will continue their quest to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations when it takes on Lesotho tomorrow evening at the Setsoto Stadium in Maseru, the Lesotho capital. Nigeria came from behind to defeat Benin 2-1 on Wednesday in their opening qualifying match. Goals from Victor Osimhen and …
Read More »Nigeria’s 3×3 Basketball Teams in Uganda for FIBA Africa Cup
The national 3×3 teams departed Abuja Thursday for Kampala, Uganda aboard a Rwanda Air flight for the 2019 FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup. Kano Pillars duo of Godwin David and Lucky Subel alongside Agu Ibeh (Gombe Bulls) and Victor Koko (Rivers Hoopers) made the final men’s team released by the Team’s …
Read More »Nigeria’s Team off to FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Players and officials of the beach soccer national team, Supersand Eagles, will jet out of the country on Friday to Paraguay for this year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals. The two-time African champions picked a ticket for the 10th edition of the global finals after finishing second behind Senegal …
Read More »FIFA U17 World Cup: Buhari reacts from Saudi Arabia as Nigeria beats Ecuador 3-2
President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the performance of the Golden Eaglets in their second game at the ongoing Under 17 FIFA World Cup competition in Brazil. The Nigeria team defeated Ecuador 3-2 after they had trailed by 1-2, fifteen minutes to the end of the match. “Buhari recommends the …
Read More »Sterling Bags Hat-trick In City’s 5-1 Thrashing Of Atalanta
Raheem Sterling scored a second-half hat-trick as Manchester City moved closer to securing their progression from Champions’ League Group C with an emphatic 5-1 win over Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskiy’s penalty capped a fine start for Atalanta, but the Serie A side were no match for City once Pep Guardiola’s …
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