…To name new host Dec 31 With stadiums only half-built and a violent separatist rebellion playing out dangerously close to planned venues, Cameroon was yesterday stripped of the right to host next year’s African Cup of Nations soccer tournament with little more than six months before kickoff. Falcons ready toContinue Reading

By Ben Efe, Accra Super Falcons’ captain, Onome Ebi has promised that she and her colleagues will fight like lions in today’s 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations final against South Africa, and prove that their defeat in the opening group match was just a fluke. Onome Ebi We willContinue Reading

THE spot of Leon Balogun as first choice central defender for Nigeria is no longer guaranteed unless he starts getting games at English Premier League side Brighton, according to Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr. Leon Balogun Between going forward and moving back Balogun has found it hard to displace theContinue Reading

By Yemi Olus Last week, I started this series by highlighting the  achievements of two of Nigeria’s most promising athletes in recent times, Tobi Amusan (100m Hurdles) and Ese Brume (Long Jump), who were both nominated in the ‘Track and Field Star of the Year’ category of the 2018 NigerianContinue Reading

Cryptocurrency has been heralded as the next big financial boom to emerge from Silicon Valley, but for music producer DJ Khaled and pugilist Floyd Mayweather Jr., it has resulted in fraud charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Mayweather Pacquiao says trainer Roach ‘never left’ his team AsContinue Reading