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Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets on Wednesday in Constantine lost 0-1 for Morocco to earn all three points and sail into the quarter-finals of the Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations. The Golden Eaglets wasted a basketful of opportunities in a match they dominated for large periods in the Algerian city. An own...

In the end it was all smiles and back-slapping as hosts Manchester City walked off with a 3-0 win over West Ham United on Wednesday. It was a game in which Erling Haaland became the highest goal scorer in an English Premier League (EPL) season, having notched his 35th goal....

Napoli have to wait at least one more day before finally celebrating a first Serie A title in 33 years as rivals Lazio beat Sassuolo 2-0 on Wednesday. Felipe Anderson and Toma Basic were on target for the club from the capital who are 15 points adrift of Napoli with...

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the top highest-paid athlete over the past 12 months, according to the World’s 10 highest-paid athletes 2023 list published by Forbes. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe occupied the second and third positions, respectively. Following his exit from Manchester United in 2022, Ronaldo joined Saudi Arabia...

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...