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John Fashanu has heaped praises on Super Eagles striker Paul Onauchu who has been in good scoring form for both club and country, Complete Sports. “I am happy that Onuachu was able to score on both occasions he was introduced into both games; it was wonderful because the end justifies …

Sergio Ramos suffered a calf injury while on international duty with Spain, just five days before Real Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Liverpool, the La Liga champions announced on Thursday. The veteran centre-back made his 180th international appearance in Spain’s World Cup qualifying win over Kosovo as a …

Juventus centre-back Leonardo Bonucci has tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from international duty with Italy, the Serie A club announced on Thursday. “Bonucci underwent a test for Covid-19 which came back positive,” Juventus said in a statement. “The player has already been placed in home isolation.” Turkey defender Merih …

World cup winning champion, Toni Kroos says “it’s wrong” that Qatar were given 2022 World Cup hosting rights after reports alleging that thousands of migrant workers have died since the hosting rights of the competition were awarded to the gulf state elevn years ago.     Germany have been among …

Former NBA star, Obinna Ekezie, at the weekend unveiled the first African basketball development academy in Lagos. Ekezie said the academy, tagged Organised Basketball Network (OBN) Academy, is part of his efforts to revamp the nation’s basketball, which has been at the grassroots level. Located at Plot 8 Ogombo Road, …

Fourteen-year-old Seun Ogunsakin ‘stole the show” at the grand finale of the 2021 CBN Junior Tennis Championship when he won the boys’ 16 and boys’ 14 titles in one day, with a full display of his prodigious talentOgunsakin, popularly called ‘Nadal’ by his ever-increasing fan base because he has the …

Tyson Fury’s father John has cast doubt over whether his son’s fight with Anthony Joshua will go ahead, reports rte.ie.   Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, had claimed the pair signed a two-fight deal, but Fury Snr insists it means nothing until a date or venue has been arranged. He added …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will open the 20th National Sports Festival on April 6, 2021, Chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has disclosed. The sports fiesta will hold from April 2 to 14, in various venues in Benin City, Edo …

• As the Crocodiles arrives today • NFF assures adequate security   Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr, may deploy a different set of players to meet Lesotho in their last group game of the Cameroon 2022 African Cup of Nations qualifier in Lagos tomorrow. Nigeria qualified for the African Cup of …

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named Barcelona the best club of the past decade.   “FC Barcelona won the CLUB WORLD RANKINGS of the First Decade (2001-2010) and also of the second Decade (2011-2020),” the IFFHS said in a statement.   Barça were ranked with …