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The Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) has invited 20 players to camp ahead of the U-19 Girls International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Championships. This is contained in a statement released on the federation’s Facebook account on Thursday, that the players would be camped in Kaduna before leaving for the event. The...

Chioma Ajunwa-Oparah, Nigeria’s gold medalist in Longjump event at Atlanta’96 Olympic Games, has cautioned Nigerian youths on the dangers of involving in use of illicit drugs. Ajunwa-Opara made the call at a conference organised by her foundation, Chioma Ajunwa Foundation, in commemoration of the 2023 edition of the United Nations...

Football Australia (FA) boss, James Johnson, says they are mulling a joint bid with New Zealand to host the second edition of FIFA’s expanded Club World Cup in 2029. Johnson said on Wednesday that expectations were high as the expanded Club World Cup was expected to be a big success....

Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has left Chelsea to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli, the two clubs announced on Wednesday. “The Lion of Teranga protects our goal,” Al-Ahli said in a twitter post. Al-Ahli, who are making their return to the top-flight Pro League next season after a year in the...

Luka Modric has extended his contract with Real Madrid for one year. The La Liga club announced on Monday that Croatia playmaker, Modric, 37, would remain with the Spanish giants until at least the end of June 2024. Modric who joined Real from Tottenham Hotspur  in 2012 and has gone...

Wrexham Football Club owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney will be part of an investor group taking a 24% equity stake in Alpine. The Formula 1 team’s parent company, Renault, announced on Monday the two Hollywood actors will join Otro Capital and RedBird Capital Partners. The 200m euro (£171m) deal...

A Scotby FC footballer, John McKenna, 22, has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Ibiza in Spain. McKenna who is from Carlisle in Cumbria, England died after the fall on Friday morning at his three-star hotel in the party resort of San Antonio, Daily Mail reported on Saturday....

Ireland’s Leona Maguire hit a flurry of late birdies to take the halfway lead at the Women’s PGA Championship in New Jersey. She carded a three-under 68 in the second round to move to five under par, one shot ahead of a three-strong group that includes England’s Mel Reid. Maguire,...

Stefanos Tsitsipas says comments he made towards Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon in 2022 have been “misinterpreted” after they were perceived as racist on social media. Greece’s Tsitsipas said the Australian’s approach to tennis was “uneducated” after he was knocked out in a fiery third-round clash. He also said Kyrgios brought “that...

The chief executive of the Premier 15s says she will be introducing tougher penalties for sides who break rules on fielding foreign players next season. Clubs currently face soft penalties, such as a reduction in funding, for persistently selecting more than two foreign players in a matchday squad. But Belinda...