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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....

Achraf Hakimi’s red card in the loss to Lorient by Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was “very stupid”, club coach Christophe Galtier said, asking his side to be more ambitious. The Ligue 1 champions slipped to a 3-1 defeat after they lost the defender inside the first 20 minutes to a second yellow...

Chelsea footballer, Mason Mount, has shown his dancing skills as he vibed to ‘Ameno Amapiano’ by Nigerian singer, Goya Menor. In the video shared on Instagram on Saturday, the midfielder was seen mouthing the lyrics of the song and dancing to it. The England player, who donned hoodies and shorts...

Falconets’ Head Coach Chris Danjuma has called to camp 30 players as Nigeria begin preparations on Monday in Abuja for the upcoming WAFU B Under-20 Women’s Championship in Ghana. Danjuma has included some players from the Nigerian team which reached the quarter-finals of the last FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup...

The Chairman, Lagos State Football Association (LSFA), Seyi Akinwunmi, on Wednesday commended the Nigeria Nationwide League One (NLO) for developing grassroots football in the country. Akinwunmi gave the commendation at a press briefing heralding the 2023 NLO season held at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. Akinwunmi, a former Chairman of...

Akwa United Football Club of Uyo have bolstered their position in Group A of the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) by defeating Kwara United 3-1. In their match day 15 fixture on Monday at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa United scored their first goal through Taiye Muritala...

The Houston Rockets have made a deal to make Ime Udoka the franchise’s next head coach. According to several media reports in the U.S. on Monday, Houston Rockets had before committing to Udoka talked to the league office and the Boston Celtics. The talks were about the circumstances surrounding the...