Sports

The Delta State Government has unveiled the official mascot and logo of the 21st National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled to hold between November 2 and 15, 2022. The chief host, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa led in attendance other top sporting personalities including the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, …

The Community Shield tie between Manchester City and Liverpool which is the curtain raiser for a new season has been moved from Wembley to Leicester City’s King Power Stadium. This development follows the final of the Women’s Euro 2022 coming up the following day at the Wembley stadium. The Community …

Some tennis players, who took part at the just-concluded 2022 CBN Senior National Open Tennis Championships, are yet to be paid their monies and stranded in Abuja The CBN tourney, the most glamorous tennis tourney in Nigeria, had a total of 64 male and 32 female players competing at the …

Jose Mourinho led AS Roma to win the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League title on Wednesday, becoming the first coach to win all three UEFA club competition trophies. Mourinho has won the Champions League twice with FC Porto and Inter Milan; the Europa League with FC Porto and Manchester United …

Following his impressive performance in the 2021/22 season, Glasgow Rangers defender Calvin Bassey has been linked with an exit from the Scottish giants, with Bayern Munich and Chelsea in the race. According to Fichajes, the two European giants are set for a fierce battle for the 22-year-old defender. Bassey raised …

A resilient Manchester City came from two goals down to beat Aston Villa and retained their title, ending Liverpool’s hopes of achieving a quadruple this season. In almost what seemed like a repeat of 2012 when Aguero left it late, City had to throw everything they had to grind out …

Liverpool took the Premier League title race to the last day of the season as goals from Takumi Minamino and Joel Matip gave them a 2-1 comeback win at Southampton. The victory leaves them one point behind leaders Manchester City ahead of the final matches of the campaign on Sunday. …

Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood will remain on bail until mid-June over allegations he raped and assaulted a young woman. The 20-year-old was arrested in January after images and videos were posted online. He was also questioned on suspicion of making threats to kill. Greenwood was released on conditional bail, …

Germany defender Antonio Rüdiger will leave Chelsea at the end of the season after turning down the offer of a new contract, manager Thomas Tuchel confirmed on Sunday. “The situation is that he wants to leave the club,” Tuchel said after their 1-0 English Premier League (EPL) win over West …

Paul Pogba has said that his career with Manchester United is ‘not over’ despite interim manager Ralf Rangnick saying as much following the Frenchman’s calf injury at Anfield. Pogba, 29, went off with an injured calf inside the first 10 minutes of United’s 4-0 evisceration at Anfield during the week. …