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The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has revealed that his Ministry has tripled its remuneration to athletes representing the country in various global tournaments including the Olympics. This is as he revealed that the ministry still owes 54 athletes a total of N44.37m in bonuses and remunerations. Dare revealed these to State […]
The Director of Planning Monitoring, and Information, Peter Nelson, on Tuesday said the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) will never go on break again. Nelson disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the final eight basketball men’s premier league at the package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. According to him, it […]
Manchester City and French international defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two additional counts of rape, prosecutors said on Tuesday. He now faces six counts of rape and one of sexual assault relating to four complainants aged over 16, with all the alleged offences relating to the period between October 2020 and August […]
Kylian Mbappe on Monday confirmed that he told Paris Saint-Germain in July he wanted to leave the club. “I said at the end of July that I wanted to leave,” Mbappe said in an interview with RMC radio. “My position has been clear. I said I wanted to leave and I told them (PSG […]
England all-rounder Moeen Ali on Monday announced he was retiring from Test cricket to focus on his white-ball career, saying the format’s “intensity can be too much sometimes”. The 34-year-old scored five centuries and took 195 wickets in cricket’s longest format, including a top score of 155 not out and five five-wicket hauls. “I […]
The Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, emerged champions of Africa again on Sunday after they secured a 70-59 points win over Mali in the final match of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket on Sunday. The coach Otis Hughley-tutored side in their characteristic style started very brightly in Sunday’s final; overpowering the Malians 22-11 in […]
Uthe Ogbimi, national U-19 male cricket coach has urged Nigeria’s women team to remain mentally focused ahead of the International Cricket Council T-20 World Cup qualifier in Botswana. Ogbimi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Gaborone that he believed that the mental state of the team would determine how far […]
Ex-France and PSG defender, of Senegalese descent, Jean-Pierre Adams has died after being in Coma since 1982. The former centre-back died on Monday morning at the age of 73 at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Nimes Hospital in France. Adams has been in a coma for 39 years after the anesthetist overdosed […]
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed a deal to sign for Manchester City this summer but the clubs have a couple of stumbling blocks to overcome before the transfer can be confirmed. Reports emerged on Tuesday which insisted Ronaldo was ‘seeking to engineer’ a move to Man City this summer as he looked […]
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has said that he plans to leave the club in 2023 when his current contract runs out. The Spaniard, who joined the club in 2016, feels he will need a rest after seven years at the helm. “After seven years at this team, I think I’m going to have […]
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