The Nigerian Duo of Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been nominated for the 2023 Globe Soccer Awards. Osimhen who plays his professional football with Napoli in Italy won the Emerging Player of the Year in the 2022 edition. This year he will have to beat Nicolò Barella, Jude Bellingham, Karim Benzema, Yassine Bounou, Antoine…
Multiple Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah says she will train under the same coach as her Jamaican team-mate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as she prepares to defend her sprint titles at Paris 2024. According to her management team, Thompson-Herah split with her coach Shanikie Osbourne this month over the coach’s “extremely excessive” terms. The 31-year-old, winner of 100m,…
Benjamin Mendy has launched a “multi-million-pound” claim against Manchester City over unpaid wages. The 29-year-old former City defender has filed the claim with the Employment Tribunal within the last few days, claiming “unauthorised deductions from wages” after he was charged with rape and sexual assault in 2021. Mendy will take City to an employment tribunal…
Six of the shirts worn by Lionel Messi during Argentina’s World Cup-winning campaign are to be sold at auction. Messi captained Argentina to World cup glory after his side beat France on penalties in last December’s final in Qatar. His shirt from the final is included in the set, which are expected to fetch more…
Belgium showed no mercy to 10- man Azerbaijan in their Euro 2024 qualifying match on Sunday as they won 5-0 with Romelu Lukaku accounting for four goals. The 30-year-old has now scored 83 goals in 113 Belgium games, making him the seventh-highest scorer in men’s international football history. Leandro Trossard added a late fifth for…
World Number one tennis player Novak Djokovic continued his dominance yesterday with a straight set victory to win a record seventh ATP title Djokovic enjoyed a dominant 6-3 6-3 victory over Jannik Sinner in Turin to end the tennis on a high The Serb who had lost to the Italian in the group stage, avenged…
Super Eagles stuttering start to their world cup qualifier continued as they were held to another 1-1 draw by the Warriors of Zimbabwe in their second match of World Cup qualifiers in Rwanda on Sunday. The pressure was on the Super Eagles as they needed a positive result after an underwhelming draw against Lesotho at…
Legendary Golfer Tiger Woods is set to return at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas after seven months out. The 15-time major winner has not played competitively since withdrawing from the Masters in April, after which he had ankle surgery. The 47-year-old American is host of the Hero World Challenge at Albany, a 20-player…
France recorded their biggest ever win in international football by beating Gibraltar 14-0 in a Euro 2024 qualifying match France who had already qualified for the tournament in Germany scored seven goals in each half on their way to setting a personal best for themselves. PSG star man Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick. In all…
Nigeria’s men football team the Super Eagles is in Kigali, Rwanda, ahead of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture against the Warriors of Zimbabwe on Sunday. The team made up of players and officials travelled to East Africa aboard a chartered aircraft and are expected to touch down in Kigali before a two-hour road…
