Saturday, March 22, 2025

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Dogo not surprised by low CAF rating of the NPFL

Sunshine Stars technical adviser, Kabir Dogo has said he was not surprised that Nigeria's domestic top-flight received such a poor rating among its competitors in Africa. African footballing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) recently rated Nigeria’s mainstream league...

Infantino warns against restarting football too soon

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has warned against restarting football competitions in Europe too early. The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has seen well over ninety percent of European football leagues suspended. Speculations are ride Bundesliga could resume in May with some...

Ferguson’s retirement was due to his wife – Evra

Former Manchester United left back Patrice Evra has claimed that Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down as manager of the Old Trafford club because of his wife. Ferguson was United manager between 1986 and 2013 and led the club to winning...

African Basketball News: Senegal season wraps, South Sudan ranked top in Africa and Mills...

Coach Mamadou Gueye leads AS Douanes to another championship against Jeanne D’Arc, South Sudan is number one in the latest FIBA Men’s World ranking after their maiden outing and Liz Mills and Jeff Sparrow combine to take over Bangui...

Great week for ultra-distance running as Comrades Marathon and Ultra-trail Mont Blanc take centre...

by Stephen Granger Two of the world’s greatest ultra-distance footraces take place this weekend, with the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc and Comrades Marathon coinciding for the first time in history and saturation television coverage of the two great races likely to...

Bundesliga: Leipzig up to third with win over Köln

RB Leipzig have moved up to third in Germany's Bundesliga after recording a 4-2 victory over FC Köln on Monday night (June 1). The hosts started the quicker of the two sides when Jhon Cordoba netted the opening goal of...

Foreign-born players fueling title glory for teams at 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

A record number of players at AFCON 2023 were born in a foreign country and their presence in their origin country's football teams is hailed as a win for the game on the continent. Joel Omotto, bird story agency Twenty-four nations,...

Russell to replace Hamilton at Mercedes

It has been announced that Williams driver George Russell will replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix.Hamilton tested positive for Covid-19 and has now been forced to withdraw from the race in Bahrain.Williams reserve Jack...

Inexperience behind poor league performance – Adebayo

The 2018 winner of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League, Niger United are without win at the ongoing 2020 edition at Indoor Sports Hall (Package B) of the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The former Africa Champion lost their 4th...

The future looks bright for trail as the sun sets on the 2022 Otter...

The sun has set and the dust is settling on the 2022 Otter African Trail ‘Retto’ Run, powered by Easy Equities, which many acclaim as the ‘best-ever’ in the long line of successful ‘Otters’ since the inception of the...