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Mallorca dent Kylian Mbappe perfect start

A goal from Vedat Muriqi halted Real Madrid at Son Moix, as Los Blancos could only manage a 1-1 draw against Mallorca on...

Mateo Kovacic’s stunner secures City’s lead against Chelsea

Defending champion Manchester City defeated Chelsea in a one-sided game at Stamford Bridge, with goals from Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic sealing a...

Go for glory, Sports Minister urges Falconets as they depart for final WC prep

The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, has charged Nigeria’s U-20 women’s national team, the Falconets, to make the nation proud as...

Mo Salah and his assistant’s goals seal victory for Liverpool

The Arne Slot era is off to a perfect start as Mo Salah and Diogo Jota got the job done in East Anglia...

2024/25 Premier League: Zikzee wins it for Manchester United

Player of the Match Joshua Zirkzee’s goal set the tone for Manchester United as they competed in their 100th top-flight campaign with a...

Olympic Games: NOC President speaks on outcome, commends Tinubu, Sports Minister

Despite Nigerian athletes not achieving podium finishes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Engr. Habu Gumel, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC),...

Olympics 2024: Au revoir Paris, up next Los Angeles 2028

By Samuel Akpan in Paris The Paris Olympics Games 2024 were concluded on Sunday with a colourful closing ceremonies held at the iconic...

Olympics 2024: Nigeria’s D’Tigress coach Rena Wakama named best coach in Paris by FIBA

Rena Wakama, the first Nigerian female basketball coach, earned the title of “best coach” at this year’s Olympics after leading D’Tigress to historic...

Paris Olympics 2024: Team Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, and The Scandals

By Samuel Akpan in Paris With the curtains coming down on the biggest global sporting spectacle, Team Nigeria for the eight time (1952,...

USA’s Benjamin holds off Tebogo of Botswana to claim men’s 4×400 relay gold at Olympics

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Team Botswana came so close to winning the gold medal in the men’s 4x400m as Letsile Tebogo made...

One day to go: Team USA wins fifth consecutive men’s basketball gold medal at 2024 Olympics

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Team USA secured a routine victory, winning the fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball against France...

Breaking: Nigeria’s outing at Olympics is nothing but disastrous—Sports Minister

By Samuel Akpan in Paris The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, has described the outing of Team Nigeria at the Olympics...

Day 14 of Olympics: Nigeria’s 4x400m quartet disqualified

Nigeria’s 4x400m quartet ran a season best of of 2.59.81 but got disqualified for stepping on the line in their heat. Persecondnews reports...

World fastest woman Tobi Amusan not fast enough for the 100m hurdles final

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan is in danger of missing out in the 100m hurdles final after finishing third in...

Olympics: Bostwana President declares Friday public holiday after Tebogo’s landmark 200m victory

By Samuel Akpan in Paris The President of Botswana, Mr. Mokgweesti Masisi, has declared a ‘half-day public holiday’ across the country to celebrate...

Day 14 of Olympics: Team Nigeria’s schedule for Friday

By Samuel Akpan in Paris With another underwhelming performance on Day 13 of the Olympics, Nigeria’s medal drought spilled over to Day 14,...