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Nigerian born British boxer Anthony Joshua have defeated by Oleksandr Usyk in a unanimous decision to be crowned the new unified world heavyweight champion. With this victory, the Ukrainian boxer has become the new heavyweight champion after all the three judges scored him 117-112, 116-112, 115-113 over Joshua. The Nigerian-born British boxer was left stunned …

•Nigeria’s Super Falcons Trash Mali’s Team 2-0 Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, became the cynosure of the global soccer lenses on Wednesday, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was joined by the President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, to attend the opening round of the maiden Aisha Buhari Women Cup. Nigeria’s …

Another Nigerian has made the country proud at the on going Paralympics Games in Tokyo after the record-breaking feat of Folashade Oluwafemiayo on Monday in the Women’s 86kg Powerlifting event. With her victory, Team Nigeria has now gotten three gold medals. Oluwafemiayo had the best lift of 152kg in her fourth and final attempt to …

Manchester City has been dealt a huge blow in their pursuit of Harry Kane , as the Spurs striker has confirmed he will be staying at Tottenham this summer and that he is “100% focused on helping the team achieve success” having accepted defeat in his battle to force a move to Manchester club. The …

After the embarrassing show of the Nigeria Olympic team, Nigeria sports lovers can smile again as the Nigeria team finished third on the overall medals table at the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. The young athletes amassed 7 medals — four gold and three bronze — to rank behind Kenya, the host, and Finland …

Ahead of the African cup of nation (AFCON) 2021 The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in group D alongside seven times winner Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The 33rd edition of the biennial competition draw was held at the Yaounde conference centre on Tuesday evening. …

Tottenham Hot Spurs began their premier league campaign with a 1-0 win over defending champion Manchester United despite the absence of their want away striker Harry Kane. The build up to the match has been about Harry Kane and the record signing Jack Grealish who’s performance was nothing to write home about. But the star …

A wonderful hat- trick from Bruno Fernandes coupled with a Paul Pogba Sterling performance were enough for Man Utd to dismantle Leeds its as the Red Devils started their league campaign with an emphatic 5-1 victory. It would be recalled that Last season’s corresponding fixture had Leeds trounced 6-2 but this was a far finer display from …

It was same old story for Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal as the gunners were comprehensively beaten by newly promoted Brentford. The gunners, missing a clutch of experienced players Witnessed a nightmarish start falling to a 2 nil defeat. The gunners were clearly out of source without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, both of whom had fallen …