Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen will not feature in Napoli’s Coppa Italia first-round match against Modena today, as his future with The Blues remains shrouded in uncertainty. The 25-year-old, who has been the subject of intense transfer speculation this summer, has been following an individual training plan at Napoli’s sports centre without participating in any of […]
Nigeria’s hope of winning a medal at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games was further dashed after Tobi Amusan failed to secure a place in the final of the women’s 100m hurdles. Amusan finished third in the semi-final missing out on automatic qualification. The 27-year-old also finished 9th overall in the final standings.The world record holder […]
While it was business as usual for the USA as they continued to bear down on yet another successful title defence, Nigeria bowed out of the competition as basketball heroes. Having exceeded expectations by making it to the last 16—a feat no other African team has achieved—the Nigerians were hoping to book a place in […]
Amusan led the pack of eight athletes with 12.49 seconds, followed by America’s Alaysha Johnson with 12.61 and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown qualified with 12.84 seconds. Amusan is certainly among the favourites for the gold medal, but that won’t come easy, contending with a strong field that includes the Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton, USA’s Alaysha Johnson, world […]
The Blues have been active in the summer transfer window, securing the signatures of Tosin Adarabioyo, Caleb Wiley, Omari Kellyman, Filip Jorgensen, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and Renato Veiga. They have also bolstered their attacking options with the addition of Spain Under-19 international Marc Guiu from Barcelona, but despite his impressive pre-season performances, Chelsea are keen on […]
Nigeria’s D’Tigress have been drawn against the United States in the quarter-finals of the women’s basketball event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Nigerian ladies made history by securing Nigeria’s first-ever berth in the last eight of the Olympic basketball tournament. This followed their impressive 79-70 victory over Canada in their final group game on […]
Making her Olympics debut, Adeshina opened her competition by scaling the 1.83 m mark easily. On her next height, at 1.88 m, she failed on her first attempt but got the job done on her second attempt. At 1.92m, she missed all her attempts as her Paris 2024 Olympics adventure ended in the qualifying round. […]
It wasn’t nearly as pretty as the opening 75-54 blowout of Australia, but Ezinne Kalu was the best performer on the day, with the New Jersey-born point guard and three-time AfroBasket champion Ezinne Kalu followed up with her second successive stunning performance in as many outings at the Games. Following their impressive win over the […]
All the eight countries that have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics women’s football event have been confirmed. The countries are France, Canada, Colombia, United States, Germany, Spain, Brazil and Japan. This follows the conclusion of Wednesday’s group stage fixtures. Japan defeated Nigeria’s Super Falcons 3-1. Spain also defeated Brazil 2-0 in the other group-stage […]
Calenda broke his silence on the protracted transfer of the player in the wake of Tuesday’s report by The Athletic, whose Football Correspondent, David Ornstein, reported that both clubs have continued negotiations over a deal, which will see Romelo Lukaku move to Napoli permanently while Osimhen was expected to join Chelsea on loan with an […]