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Nigeria’s under-20 women’s football team, the Falconets, will face their Ghanaian counterparts in the final match of the first edition of the WAFU B Under-20 Women’s Tournament on Saturday.  Nigeria defeated Republic of Benin 3-0 in the semi-finals of the event on Wednesday to set up a clash against the...

Record winners Sevilla of Spain on Wednesday in Budapest claimed a seventh Europa League title with a 4-1 win on penalty kicks against Roma, after a 1-1 extra-time deadlock. Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was Sevilla’s hero, saving efforts from Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez, before Gonzalo Montiel converted the deciding penalty...

Novak Djokovic kept his focus on the court amid his latest controversy as he saw off Marton Fucsovics in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday. The French sports minister had weighed into the continued fall-out over Djokovic’s decision to write “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia” on...

Attention is ramping up again on the French Open’s scheduling, with the night session so far exclusively featuring men’s matches. Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo had to apologise last year after saying men’s matches had more appeal. That was supposed, for her, to be a justification for only one women’s match...

Eleojo Denise Augustine (left) and a team member during a training session in Abuja By Augustine Aminu Fourteen-year old Eleojo Denise Augustine has said she is set to beat the records of an American professional basketball player, Steph Curry. Eleojo, a Senior Secondary School student at Total Child Model School...

England star and Brentford striker, Ivan Toney, 27, has been diagnosed as a gambling addict after playing a bet on his own club to lose 13 times. The striker, who could have been hit with a much harsher penalty of 15 months, admitted to lying to the FA about betting...

Juventus midfielder, Paul Pogba, and his wife, Zulay, have welcomed their third child. The footballer shared the news and pictures of himself, his wife and the new baby on his Instagram account on Wednesday night. He wrote, “Al Hamdullilah © a new Pogba member has arrived. So proud of my...

American boxing promoter and former professional boxer, Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr., 45, has showed off about 17 black luxury cars in his garage. Mayweather revealed this in a post on his Instagram page, making the rounds on social media on Wednesday. He captioned the video, “The Money Team got homes...

American professional basketball player, LeBron James, 38, is reportedly considering retirement from basketball after Denver Nuggets swept out Los Angeles Lakers from the National Basketball Association league playoffs on Monday. TNT broadcaster, Chris Haynes, citing league sources, said that James’s retirement was “under consideration.” Lakers’ defeat which brought the curtain...

Afrobeats star, Davido, was at Etihad Stadium in the United Kingdom, for the Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea. This comes a day after global sportswear brand, Puma, invited the singer to watch the live match. Puma on Sunday shared a photo of the singer at the stadium...