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Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, in an interview with CNN Sports after winning the Laureaus World Sportsman of the Year award said he never had the idea of being considered in the top 10. While answering questions in the interview, Messi said, “The truth is that it is an honour today...

A throwback video re-emerged on Wednesday, where Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, stated that playing for Chelsea would be the greatest opportunity ever. The interview was conducted on TVC in 2016 after Osimhen became the all-time leading goal-scorer during the FIFA U-17 World Cup. When asked who his role model was,...

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, celebrated Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, for leading Napoli to clinch its Seria A title after 33 years. The governor, in a statement shared on his Facebook page, said, “So many stories begin in Lagos and it’s always a moment of pride...

By Eric Ojo Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) has hosted the newly introduced Shuttle Time initiative, a grassroots programme that is developed by Badminton World Federation (BWF) in Nnewi, Anambra State.  Shuttle Time is a project in which lessons are designed to provide children with a positive image of badminton...

Argentine international football icon, Leo Messi, has been crowned the 2023 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. Laureus revealed this in a post on its Instagram page on Monday. The Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year, which was first awarded in 2000, is an annual award honouring...

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have arrived in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, for a 10-day camping programme ahead of this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals. This was made known in a video shared on the Nigeria Football Federation Instagram page on Monday. The video was captioned, “ The Flying...

Argentine football superstar, Lionel Messi, has finally broken his silence after he was suspended by his football club, Paris Saint-Germain, for embarking on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia. Messi flew to the Middle East country at the start of the week on a supposed day off for the players...

An autopsy report has confirmed that the former World Wrestling Entertainment star Sara Lee died after committing suicide, TMZ Sports reports on Friday. Lee, who won the sixth season of WWE’s reality show competition Tough Enough, died in October 2022. Documents from the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office claim Lee...

Nigerian football striker, Victor Osimhen, scored the Scudetto-winning goal for Napoli against Udinese at the Udine stadium and the celebration went wild on Thursday night. For the first time since 1990, the city of Naples is the home to the Champions of Italy after Napoli drew 1-1 in their away...

Former American boxer, George Foreman, 74, has been sued for rape by his third wife who is now 64 years old. She claims the ex-boxer raped her at his ranch in Livermore, California when she was 15, making her the third woman to accuse him of child sex abuse, Daily...