Football agent, Ayo Makinwa, has played down renewed speculation linking Beerschot striker Blessing Eleke with a move to Tunisian club, Esperance. It is the second time that the Nigerian had been linked with a move to an African team after…
Joachim Low’s future as Germany boss is under threat ahead of the European Championships after Spain inflicted the biggest competitive defeat in the country’s history with a 6-0 drubbing on Tuesday night. Germany were hoping to book their place in…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles played out a goalless draw against Sierra Leone in the reverse fixture of the AFCON qualifying match at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown. Nigeria went into the match on the back of a disappointing 4-4 draw…
Mali ensured their place at an eighth consecutive Nations Cup finals with narrow hard-fought 2-1 win over hosts Namibia. All three goals of Tuesday’s Group A encounter came in the opening 40 minutes of the game as Mali had a…
Dominic Thiem and Rafael Nadal put on a show of the highest quality in a near-empty O2 Arena as Thiem edged closer to the semi-finals with a straight sets win. Thiem, the world No. 3 from Austria with a gorgeous…
Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud moved closer to Thierry Henry’s goal-scoring record as France survived a late rally to relegate Sweden. Giroud netted in each half to move to 44 goals, seven behind the Arsenal legend’s mark. A deflected Viktor Claesson…
Andy Murray has no worries about the ‘motivation’ of Novak Djokovic, despite the world No. 1 being thrashed by Lorenzo Sonego in Vienna. Djokovic, the world No. 1 from Serbia, bounced back from the astonishing 6-2 6-1 defeat to the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 152 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. In a Twitter update via its verified handle, the government agency said there are now 65,457 confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus…
Mechanic, 50, in court over alleged theft of vehicle (Vanguard) A 50-year-old auto mechanic, Nkem Vitalis, on Tuesday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of a Volkswagen bus, worth N800,000. Vitalis, who resides at No. 20…
Let’s start from the end: I have died. Yes, this daughter of Professor James Adichie has killed me. Call it a beautiful death and I will wake up from the cemetery and take a good beer! And whilst I’m sipping…
