According to the latest FIBA Power Rankings, Nigeria has been ranked the fourth-best team of the 12 countries that will be featuring at the 2020 Olympics behind Australia, Spain and the USA. The power rankings, which is different from the FIBA World Ranking presented by Nike, is based on the recent performances of the teams….
Personal details of those who posted racist messages and comments online after England’s Euro 2020 final penalty shootout have been handed over to the authorities by social media companies. According to reports, Twitter and Facebook have been ‘working very closely’ with investigating police officers, to look into dozens of people’s racist tweets after five people…
Over a million people have signed a petition to ban racists from football matches in England for life. The petition, started by three fans, calls on the Football Association, as well as prime minister Boris Johnson and UK Culture secretary Oliver Dowden, to ban people who have expressed racism online and offline from attending matches….
Barcelona has reportedly reached an agreement with Lionel Messi to sign a new five-year deal with the Catalan club, sources have confirmed to ESPN. The Sources also added that Messi has accepted a significant wage reduction to prolong his stay. Before the new agreement, Messi was a free agent after his contract at Barca expired…
D’Tigers basketball team were thrashed 108-69, losing by 39 points in the last exhibition game before the Olympics. Coach Mike Brown changed the starting lineup for this game in an attempt to give some players more minutes. Josh Okojie and Gabe Nnamdi kept their starring roles while Jahlil Okafor, Miye Oni, and Chimezie Metu came…
Over 100,000 people have signed a change.org petition, demanding that the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy be replayed, the UK Mirror reports. The Azzurris have been crowned European champions, after seeing off the Three Lions 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out. The encounter at Wembley Stadium had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes. A change.org…
Cptain of the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa, got married over the weekend for the third time. Musa got married in a secret ceremony last Saturday. The 28-year-old’s marriage with his first wife, Jamila, ended in 2017. He took another wife, Juliet, in 2017 with whom he has been living. Musa’s marriage to Mariam officially makes…
Italy have won the European Championship for the second time by beating England 3-2 on penalties on Sunday. The match finished 1-1 after extra time at Wembley Stadium, which was filled mostly with English fans hoping to celebrate the team’s first international trophy since the 1966 World Cup. “It’s coming to Rome. It’s coming to…
Former England striker, Paul Mariner, who won the FA Cup and Uefa Cup with Ipswich Town, has died aged 68. Mariner began his league career at Plymouth Argyle and also played for Arsenal and Portsmouth. He made his England debut in 1977 and played for his country at the 1982 World Cup. He made 35…
Super Eagle Striker and former Leicester City forward Ahmed Musa has been Unveiled as Pop Cola Ambassador in Kano. Musa who recently took over as Captain of Kano Pillars Football Club is to serve as the brand new ambassador of Pop Cola Soft Drink, a product of Mamuda Group of Companies in Kano. The event…