The funeral for Kenyan world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was killed in a car crash this month, has been brought forward to Friday. Kiptum’s death, just a few months after he smashed the world marathon record and before the Paris Olympics shocked his home country and the world of athletics. “Kelvin will be laid…
Arsenal travel to Porto for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday as they bid to make the quarter-finals for the first time since 2009-10. The Gunners topped their group on their return to the competition after a six-year absence and face the 30-time Portuguese champions for a place in the…
Striker Victor Osimhen is expected to start for Napoli in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Barcelona, making his first appearance for the club this year. Napoli have never won a major European match against Barcelona drawing two and losing two while they’ve previously faced them in the round of 16…
The World Food Programme has paused food deliveries to northern Gaza, saying aid convoys had endured “complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order”. The agency says the decision has not been taken lightly and crews had faced crowds, gunfire and looting. The UN has been warning of looming famine in the…
The Nigeria Football Federation has fixed a date for the 2024 State Federation Cup finals. The NFF disclosed this in a release by the director of competition, Ruth David in Abuja on Tuesday. The state preliminaries have been fixed to commence on 1st March – 31st March 2024 across all the states. The finals have…
The Nigerian association of road transport owners (narto) has suspended its planned nationwide strike. This followed Monday’s meeting with the federal government and stakeholders after tanker drivers suspended operations and stopped lifting of petroleum products amid harsh economic realities. Narto members had threatened shutdown all over the country beginning Monday over the high cost of…
The Federal Government has described the rising cost of cement in Nigeria as unacceptable and threatened to open the borders in order to force down the price of the product. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, who issued the warning on Tuesday, said key components of cement manufacturing were locally sourced and…
The Confederation of African Football CAF has reached an agreement in principle with Morocco for the 2025 Cup of Nations to be played in July and August next year in Morocco, Earlier this month CAF president Patrice Motsepe refused to confirm the dates of the next Africa Cup of Nations, with organisers left with little…
Emerse Fae has been appointed as Ivory Coast coach on a permanent deal after leading the Elephants to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations title. The 40-year-old took over on an interim basis after Jean-Louis Gasset was sacked during the group stage of the finals, where the West Africans had lost two games including a…
Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers between Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, 11 players have arrived the Super Falcons’ camp in Abuja The team’s camp opened in Abuja on Tuesday morning. Goalkeepers Chiamaka Nnadozie, Tochukwu Oluehi and Linda Jiwaku as well as Akudo Ogbonna are among the early arrivals in camp….
