Real Madrid have sacked their manager Santiago Solari and brought back one of their most successful managers, Zinedine Zidane as his replacement. Zidane, a former Madrid player, left the club last year May after two and half years. Now, he will be in charge of the Spanish team till June 2022, according to the terms […]
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Djokovic, Halep, Osaka, Nishikori, Cilic crash out of Indian Wells
Top seeds Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep tumbled out of Indian Wells Masters tournament Tuesday night, while veterans, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Venus Williams progressed. Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber stunned Djokovic, the Australian Open champion 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday, claiming his first career win over a world No. 1 player to reach the […]
Dalung, huge blessing for Nigeria’s sports — Group
A Non-Governmental Organisation, One Nigeria Youths, says Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Youths and Sports Development is a huge blessing to the development of Nigeria’s sports. The group’s coordinator, Magnus Oku, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, said that recent criticism against Dalung was unfair, baseless and unjustified. Oku said that out of […]
Embattled Solari commits to Real Madrid
Embattled coach of Real Madrid Santiago Solari has said he remains fully committed to his job despite speculation that Sunday’s match against Real Valladolid could be his last. Solari arrived an hour and 20 minutes late for his press conference at Valdebebas on Saturday and there was an air of resignation in his responses to […]
Popular WWE Wrestler, King Kong Bundy, dies at 61
WWE fans are in mourning after legend King Kong Bundy died aged 61 just hours after tweeting about an upcoming autograph-signing. Christopher Alan Pallies who weighed in at a ring-rumbling 458lbs and towered at 6ft4 began his career with the WWF in 1981. His friend and wrestling promoter David Herro announced his death online. The […]
Mesai nets 50th hat-trick
Lionel Messi hit a sumptuous hat-trick, the 50th of his career, to inspire Barcelona to a 4-2 victory over Sevilla on Saturday and take them one step closer to winning La Liga. Messi was supposed to be lacking fitness and Barca struggling for form but both delivered a resounding response at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, […]
FIFA bans Chelsea
English Premier League club Chelsea have been banned by FIFA from signing new players in the next two transfer windows. The ban was imposed as punishment for breaking rules on registering under-age players, FIFA said on Friday. It means the club will be unable to make signings until the end of January next year. “The […]
Saudi Crown Prince not seeking to buy Man United – Official
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is not seeking to buy English Premier League (EPL) clubside Manchester United, the kingdom’s media minister said on Monday. While denying reports to that effect, the minister, Turki al-Shabanah, added that there had only been a meeting with the Saudi wealth fund regarding sponsorship. Reports that Mohammed Bin Salman intends to […]
Qatar targets $20b sports industry ahead of FIFA World Cup
Qatar wants to attract more sports companies to the Gulf state, aiming to develop a $20 billion sports sector ahead of the 2022 World Cup, a senior official said on Sunday. Qatar Financial Center (QFC) – which licenses foreign companies, mostly in the finance sector, to exempt them from local ownership laws – aims to […]
Obama, FIBA, NBA launches African elite basketball
Basketball Africa League(BAL), the NBA’s first professional basketball league outside of North America will begin in Africa next year, the NBA and the sport’s global governing body announced on Saturday. BAL will feature 12 club teams from across Africa and will launch next January, the NBA and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) said. Former President […]
