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The League Management Company (LMC) has come down hard on Kano Pillars following the ugly scenes that ensued during their Nigeria Professional Football League Matchday 23 clash with Kastina United on Saturday. Pillars, who were only returning to the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano for the first time in over a year, were held to a barren […]

  Bayelsa state team at the weekend in Abuja led the first edition of National Para Sports Games with 93 medals. Bayelsa won 31 gold, silver 30 and 32 bronze to clinch the premier position with 93 medals in the maiden National  para Sports Games, which ended at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium on Abuja. […]

Chelsea, Bayern and Atlético de Madrid have first-leg deficits to overturn while Liverpool are bidding to avoid a major slip-up in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final deciders. Chelsea and Benfica have a significant amount of work to do to retrieve 3-1 deficits at Real Madrid and Liverpool respectively, but Bayern and Atlético will at least […]

World no 1 Scottie Scheffler can now call himself a major champion after winning the 2022 US Masters at Augusta. He started the day with a three shot lead over Cameron Smith, but after the Australian’s challenge perished with a disastrous triple bogey on the 12th, the unflappable Scheffler kept his composure to eventually win by three […]

Europa League fixtures on Today: West Ham vs Lyon (8pm), Braga vs Rangers (8pm); Leicester vs PSV (8pm);  

Five-time champion Tiger Woods is planning to play in this week’s Masters just 14 months after suffering life-threatening injuries in a car crash. Woods will play nine holes on Wednesday before confirming the decision. But in a news conference at Augusta National yesterday the American said “as of right now, I am going to play”. […]

Dynamo Kyiv are set to face Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, amongst others, as they look to raise money for the victims of the invasion of Ukraine. The friendlies are set to take place between April and June and will be part of a bid to aid those in need as attacks on the nation continue […]

Jennifer Kupcho celebrated her first LPGA title by jumping into Poppie’s Pond. (CNN)Jennifer Kupcho won the Chevron Championship by two strokes, claiming her first victory on the LPGA Tour and the first major of her career. The 24-year-old is the first American to win the event since 2015. Kupcho’s victory celebrations began when she leaped into Poppie’s Pond, as is […]

The Association of Former Female Athletes in Nigeria (AFFAN) has unveiled the first Netball Court in Nigeria to develop the sport from the grassroots. The unveiling ceremony of the first netball court and equipment was held at the Old Parade Ground on Saturday in Abuja. The unveiling ceremony was tagged: ‘#AFFAN revamp netball’. The President […]

Friday’s World Cup draw will see Qatar become the center of the footballing world, but the week’s build-up has been dominated by non-sporting issues. At FIFA’s 72nd annual Congress on Thursday, Norway’s FA President Lise Klaveness delivered a stinging speech that labeled the decision to allow Qatar to host the World Cup as “unacceptable” and demanded that FIFA do more to […]