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Tiger Woods' win on Sunday at the 2019 Masters Tournament is being hailed as one of the greatest sports comebacks of all time, but for many, the focus after his victory was on the woman cheering the golfer on from the sidelines. It’s his first major win since the 2008 U.S. Open, and many of his friends... Continue Reading →
Nigeria U-17 national team, Golden Eaglets, began their quest for a third AFCON U-17 title by defeating hosts Tanzania 5-4 in Dar es Salaam on Sunday. The Eaglets started brightly and mounted early pressure on the Tanzanians but had to wait for the opening goal until the 20th minute when Olatomi Alfred pounced on a... Continue Reading →
CAF's flagship competition, the Champions League, entered the semifinals with defending champions Esperance showing no signs of letting go of their crown following a decisive home and away win over their Algerian opponents. Esperance 3-1 Constantine (Agg: 6-3) Saad Bguir ensured holders ES Tunis marched into the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League with a... Continue Reading →
Nigeria's Israel Adesanya won the Interim UFC Middleweight Championship by unanimous decision over Kelvin Gastelum in Atlanta at #UFC236. Below is a timeline of his rise to stardom from a collage of tweets online. In case you missed the 'breaking news', here's it again in blazing colour: https://twitter.com/playbabaijebu/status/1117337145868464134?s=19 How it went down? Take a sneak... Continue Reading →
Manchester United needed two Paul Pogba penalties to return to winning ways with a laboured victory over West Ham at Old Trafford and the fans showed their displeasure with forward Jesse Lingard for a listless performance over 90-minutes. Pogba converted after Robert Snodgrass was deemed to have fouled Juan Mata in the first half and... Continue Reading →
By Kayode Ogundare With Friday's draw ceremony held in Cairo, the Super Eagles effectively announced their return to the African Cup of Nations after missing the last two editions following their win in 2013. So the search for a fourth AFCON begins for Africa's most populous country and they must go past fellow West Africans... Continue Reading →
The draws for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations takes place on Friday and Nigeria's Super Eagles are in line to reignite some old rivalries and other an interesting match up with compatriot Emmanuel Amuneke who's in charge of Tanzania's Taifa Stars. The 24 teams have been separated into four seeding pots based on the... Continue Reading →
Nigeria will witness the birth of a new generation of players as the country's U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, arrive Dar es Salaam ahead of the 2019 AFCON U17 kickoff against hosts Tanzania on Sunday. In their second game, the Eaglets will face the young Palancas Negras of Angola on April 17 and round up... Continue Reading →
Former Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney accomplished much on the football pitch but he appears to have accomplished much more with this cute collection of pictures of his four children - all boys. Rooney 33, married childhood sweetheart Coleen 32, in 2008 and they have Kai 9, Kit 5, Klay 3 and Cass... Continue Reading →
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was on Thursday morning confirmed as the permanent manager of Manchester United on a three-year contract and the Norwegian has expressed his delight at getting the job at his old club. From the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1892 to the start of the 2018–19 season, Manchester United have... Continue Reading →
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