Thirteen teams have so far qualified alongside Egypt for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria have all qualified already. Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Kenya, and Uganda will also be in the hat…
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and ex-Manchester United coach, Jose Mourinho, surprisingly missed out on top 10 places, as France Football announced their 50 greatest managers ever on Tuesday. The top spot went to legendary Dutchman, Rinus Michels, who is…
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said Napoli are in for a difficult match after they were drawn against Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. When asked about his thoughts on Arsenal’s clash with Napoli, Wenger told Mattino that…
Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel has advised players under the age of 30 to think twice before considering an offer from Chinese clubs that they should not be tempted by the money. Chinese teams are luring outstanding players from…
Professional wrestler King Kong Bundy has died. He died on Monday at age 61; the cause of his death is however yet to be disclosed. His promoter and longtime friend David Herro broke the news on Facebook. “Today we lost…
Suspected kidnappers have abducted the mother of Super Eagles’ midfielder, Samuel Kalu. Mrs. Kalu was driving with some of her children along the Okpulu Umuobo area of Aba, Abia State, last week when the unidentified gunmen blocked her vehicle, ordered…
Popular Nigerian footballer and former Super Eagles captain, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has finally broken out of silence to react to his alleged invasion of tax. A high court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos state had already ordered for the arrest…
Two men died after a freight truck pulling multiple trailers collided with their car near North Slide and Clovis Highway in Texas, USA on Friday afternoon. Lubbock police have identified them as 23-year-old Igbinedion Osaretin (second son of former Edo…
World No. 1 Serbian professional tennis player, Novak Djokovic beat his greatest rival, Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday to win his seventh Australian Open title. It was the eighth Grand Slam final of the world’s top two players.…
The all time highest goal scorer of a record of 9 goals in an Africa Cup of Nations tournament, Pierre Ndaye Mulamba died Saturday in Cape Town aged 70, a Democratic Republic of Congo minister said. Mulamba starred for Zaire…
Three-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce exuded confidence of returning to her peak form following an easy 7.21 second clocking over 60 metres at the Queen’s/Grace Jackson Invitational meet in Kingston on Saturday. “This year I’m just looking forward to putting…
Super Eagles and Chelsea winger Victor Moses has moved to Turkey’s Fenerbahce on loan until the end of next season, the English Premier League side said on Friday. Moses joined Chelsea from Wigan Athletic in 2012 and helped the team…
Sports betting in Uganda banned by President Yoweri Museveni who ordered that no new licences should be issued to sports betting companies nor renewing of permits for the existing ones. According to Minister of State for Finance, Mr David Bahati,…
A Nigerian referee who officiated the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match day three encounter on Sunday, January 20 between Remo Stars and Bendel Insurance, was beaten mercilessly by supporters who attacked him shortly after the match. The Nigerian referee…
Manny Pacquiao just defeated Adrien Broner to retain his WBA ‘regular’ welterweight title, and here is the fight result and scorecard. The 40-year-old boxer defeated Adrien, 29 with a dominating unanimous decision in front of a sellout crowd of 13,025…
Phil Masinga is dead, the former Leeds and South African international striker, passed away at the age of 49 after a long illness. The South African FA president Danny Jordan confirmed Masinga had died after battling illness. “Sad day for…
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has announced that Egypt will be the host nation for the 2019 AFCON finals, taking over from Cameroon, SuperSport Blitz reports. CAF Executive Committee members were initially scheduled to vote between Egypt and South…
English football’s oldest competition, the FA Cup, enters its third round this weekend. Manchester United will welcome Reading to Old Trafford, while Chelsea host Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Arsenal are away at Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers travel to Newcastle. Saturday,…
Mikel Obi has cancelled his contract with Chinese club, Tianjin Teda, a year before the agreement between club and player was due to run out. The Super Eagles captain is seeking a return to Europe for family reasons. In an…
Former Nigerian international Peter Rufai has insisted that the British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua has all it takes to knock out both Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder when the time comes for them to square it out in the ring.…