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American 100m silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2017 world champion, Tori Bowie, has died at the age of 32. Bowie’s management company and World Athletics reported her death on Wednesday. World Athletics confirmed the American’s death in a post on Facebook that it was “deeply saddened...

Former heavyweight boxing champion, Deontay Wilder, was on Tuesday arrested for possessing a gun following a routine traffic stop in Los Angeles. According to TMZ, Wilder was pulled over in Hollywood at around 1:15 a.m. after officers saif they observed that his Rolls-Royce had illegally tinted windows and an obstructed...

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki; his daughter, Tosin; and son, Niyi, watched the English Premier League match between Chelsea and Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London. Saraki shared pictures of himself, his daughter and son at the stadium on his Facebook account on Tuesday. He wrote, “I had an...

Retired tennis superstar Serena Williams unveiled her latest project on the red carpet at the Met Gala in New York on Monday night – she is pregnant with her second child. “Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala,” Williams said on Instagram...

World Wrestling Entertainment star, Leah Van Dale, also known as Carmella, and her husband, Matt Polinsky, are expecting their first child. Leah made the announcement first on Good Morning America, telling the news show that she was optimistic after suffering two miscarriages in 2022, one of which was an ectopic...

Arrayah, the two-year-old daughter of American Football League star, Shaquil Barrett, drowned in a swimming pool at the family’s home on Sunday, ABCNews reports on Monday. Arrayah was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead after police officers visited at Barrett’s home in the Beach Park neighbourhood in south...

Thirty-year-old Ding Liren has become China’s first world chess champion after a rapid-play tie-break victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan on Sunday. Ding takes over from Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, who chose not to defend his title after a 10-year reign. After 14 first-stage games played in the Kazakh capital...

Two-time champions Nigeria on Sunday picked all three points in a 1-0 win over Zambia to commence their Africa U17 Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign in Algeria on a promising note. In a statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF Head of Communications, Favour Daniel struck powerfully past Zambian goal-tender from a...

Rangers Int’l Football of Enugu on Sunday earned all available three points in their Match Day 16 Group B encounter with Wikki Tourists of Bauchi in the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League. Two goals by Chidiebere Nwobodo in the 28th and 53rd minutes and another by Samuel Pam in the...

Lorient shocked Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) with a 3-1 victory at the Parc des Princes after the Ligue 1 leaders were reduced to 10 men. PSG were reduced when Achraf Hakimi was sent off early in the first half and they have now lost nine games in all competitions in this year....