Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare says the victory of the national senior women basketball team D'Tigress at the Afrobasketball Championship in Cameroon is a worthy Independence Day gift to the country.

FIFA’s plans for a biennial World Cup would lead to a “direct and destructive impact on the club game”, Europe’s top clubs organisation said on Friday.

Goals from Memphis Depay, Luuk de Jong and the returning Ansu Fati helped FC Barcelona claim a much-needed 3-0 home victory over Levante in LaLiga on Sunday.

Lionel Messi has been ruled out of Paris St Germain’s match against Montpellier FC on Saturday due to a bone bruising injury, the Ligue 1 club said on Friday.

Jose Mourinho blamed the referee and VAR for AS Roma’s 3-2 defeat to rivals Lazio in Serie A on Sunday, saying his side were dominant in spite of the result.

Samuel Onikeku, Technical Director, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), on Thursday said that Nigeria would raise more athletes ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club capped the first phase of the Nigeria Premier Basketball League in style with an 86-59 win over Ondo Raiders in the final game of the Atlantic Conference on Wednesday.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation has announced Saturday, 2nd October for its Extraordinary Congress following the invitation letter sent to stakeholders dated 21st of September.

Anthony Joshua’s reign as world boxing heavyweight champion ended on Saturday, with the proposed “Battle of Britain” against Tyson Fury now in tatters.

Banyana Banyana of South Africa on Tuesday emerged champions of the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament after defeating the Super Falcons of Nigeria 4-2 in the final game.

Anthony Joshua, fresh from being dethroned as world boxing heavyweight champions, is set to go to hospital to check a suspected broken eye socket.

The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, on Tuesday urged the Super Falcons to raise their heads up in spite of the 2-4 defeat by the Banyana Banyana of South Africa at the just-concluded Aisha Buhari Cup.