News as it breaks
The Nigerian Special Eagles amputee football team have advanced to the semi-finals of the inaugural West Africa Para Games in Abeokuta after a 1–0 victory over Cameroon on Sunday at the MKO Abiola Sports Arena. Ahmed Usman scored the decisive goal, capitalizing on a defensive error to secure Nigeria’s second…
Chelsea battled to a hard-earned 1-1 draw against Premier League leaders Arsenal, surviving more than a half of football with 10 men after Moisés Caicedo was sent off in a fiery London derby at Stamford Bridge. Caicedo initially received a yellow card for a studs-up challenge on Mikel Merino, but…
Manchester United edged Crystal Palace 2–1 to end their recent winless run and bounce back from last weekend’s disappointing home loss to Everton. Crystal Palace started the brighter side and took a deserved first-half lead through Jean-Philippe Mateta, who converted from the penalty spot. The visitors could have gone into…
Japan’s Takumi Minamino was the hero on Saturday as Monaco stunned defending champions Paris Saint-Germain with a 1–0 victory in Ligue 1. The former Liverpool forward scored just after the midway point of the second half at the Stade Louis II, handing PSG only their second league defeat of the…
Luis Diaz scored a dramatic stoppage-time goal to secure a 3-1 comeback win for Bayern Munich against St. Pauli on Saturday, helping the Bundesliga leaders bounce back from Wednesday’s Champions League defeat to Arsenal. Suspended for the loss to Arsenal, Bayern’s first defeat in any competition this season—Diaz headed home…
Former Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to account for $960,000 he claimed was disbursed by FIFA to Nigeria and other participating nations in October 2022 to prepare for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. In a…
The sacred flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will be lit on Wednesday in ancient Olympia, Greece, with poor weather which has forced organisers to adjust the traditional ceremony. The flame is usually ignited at the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera using the sun’s rays focused through a parabolic mirror…
Undisputed boxing champion Claressa Shields has revealed one of the strict routines she follows before a major fight by abstaining from sex for six weeks. Speaking on the Club Shay Shay podcast, Shields mentioned, “I don’t know what other women do, but I stay away from s+x six weeks before…
The Abia State Government has finalized arrangements to host one thousand undergraduates from both public and private tertiary institutions in the inaugural Tertiary Education Sports Fiesta, featuring 26 sporting events. At a joint press briefing in Umuahia, the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Professor Uche Eme Uche, said the event was…
Moroccan football star Achraf Hakimi has been crowned the 2025 African Player of the Year, beating top contenders Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen to the prestigious CAF award. Hakimi, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, made history as the first defender to win the award since 1973, when Zaire’s Bwanga Tshimen…
