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Federer in the spotlight in tennis-mad Basel

BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) – Roger Federer will claim the bulk of the spotlight when the ATP Swiss Indoors begins on…

Soccer fans riot in Dortmund

DORTMUND, Germany (AFP) – Around 200 people were arrested and eight police officers injured as fans of bitter German rivals…

Holt guns down Arsenal

NORWICH, United Kingdom (AFP) – Norwich stunned Arsenal as Grant Holt punished a mistake from Vito Mannone to seal a…

Spanish, Romanian Stars Win Gov’s Cup First Leg

Taiwo Adelu The first leg of the 2012 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship came to a thrilling end Saturday with…

Grandpa Maradona expecting fourth child

Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona learned with surprise that he would become a father again aged almost 52 years, his…

English Premier League results and table

English Premier League results after Saturday’s 1400 GMT matches: Fulham 1 (Baird 84) Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 1 (Sterling 29)…

Egyptian Boy, Sabry Lands In Final, As Nina Crashes Out

Taiwo Adelu Egypt’s Sherif Sabry beat his compatriot, Karim-Mohammed Maamoun to qualify for Saturday’s final of the first leg (Futures…

Governor’s Cup Upset: Egypt’s Maamoun Dedicates Victory To Nigeria

The Egyptian player, Karim-Mohamed Maamoun, who caused the first major upset at the ongoing Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship, has…

Ahead AWC: Falcons Off To Ghana Today

In a bid to have an intensive training programme ahead of the African Women’s Championship, AWC, in Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria’s…

NBB of C Showers Encomiums On Ekpo

Two weights national champion, Isaac Ekpo, has recieved encomiums from the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C, as…

Governor’s Cup: Top seeds ousted

Taiwo Adelu Upsets were recorded in the ongoing Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship Thursday, as tournament’s number one and two…

Sunshine FC Keeper Sick

Nigeria’s Sunshine Stars will be without Number 1 goalkeeper Moses Ocheje for Sunday’s CAF Champions League semi-final at Ahly. Ocheje,…

Governor’s Cup First Leg: Atseye: Japanese Star Better Than Me

Nigeria’s Henry Atseye has confessed that his opponent in yesterday second round match in the first leg of the Governor’s…

Igbinovia Retires

Nigerian tennis player, Sunday Igbinovia, has said that this year’s Governor’s Cup will be the final tournament in which he…

I’m Nigeria’s Best For Now

London-based Nigerian female tennis player, Adeyinka Elisabeth Thompson told DAMILARE OKUNOLA at the ongoing Governor’s Cup lagos Tennis Championship why…

Can Sunshine Scale Ahly’s Hurdle?

For Nigeria’s remaining representatives in the ongoing Confederation of Africa Football, CAF Champions League, Sunshine Stars of Akure to qualify…

I Disappointed My Fans

Defending Champions, Judiciary Football Team lost 3-5 to State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB in a penalty shoot-out after 1-1…

Lagos Street Soccer: Organisers Give Winners N12.9m

In fulfillment of its promise, MTN Plc yesterday doled out N12.9million to successive teams in the season five of the…

NCF Calls Up 25 To Camp

The Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF, has called up 25 players to camp ahead of the forthcoming U-I7 ICC-Africa North West…

Tennis: Takeuchi Ends Atseye’s Q/Final Dream

Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s last man standing in the first leg of the ongoing Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship, Henry Atseye,…

Match Fixing: Italian Court Orders Referee To pay $5 million

An Italian court has ordered the referees involved in the 2006 match-fixing scandal to pay $5.25 million in damages to…

Robben Will Retire At Bayern, says Hoeness

Bayern Munich president, Uli Hoeness has made it clear the club are desperate to keep Arjen Robben until the end…

Xavi Plans To To End Career At Barcelona

Xavi insists that he has no intention to leave Barcelona as he is keen to end his active career at…

Sand Eagles For Dubai Beach

The NFF has confirmed Supersand Eagles participation in the Eight-Nation Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup competition in Dubai, UAE from…

Okocha Won’t Set AFCON Target For Eagles

Nigeria legend, Austin ‘Jay jay’ Okocha has voiced his sentiments following the Super Eagles’ qualification for the 2013 Africa Cup…

Karate On The Rise In Nigeria

Yahaya Adamu, a West African Zone 3 KATA champion and KADA Games 2009 gold medallist spoke with BIMBO AJAYI on…

Nina Writes Off Nigerian Players

Top seed in the Women’s Singles, Russian Nina Bratchikova has declared that Nigerian players taking part in the ongoing 12th…

‘Sports Festival Not A Do Or Die Affair’

As the 18th National Sports Festival draws closer, Lagos State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Develpoment, Enitan Osodi, says the…

‘Tennis Is Big Business In Egypt’

While Nigeria still finds it very difficult to maintain her stand in tennis in Africa, Egyptian tennis is on the…

Keshi’s Huge Challenges

Coach of Nigeria, Stephen Keshi, may have succeeded in qualifying the team for the South Africa 2013 Nations Cup but…