Ghana releases final squad for AFCON

Ghanaian coach Milovan Rajevac has released the final list of 28 players for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The tournament begins 9 January. Only two players were dropped from the original 30-man squad. The players are ‘AS Roma youngste…

Australia like U.S. boycotts Beijing Olympics

Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday. The United States has said its government officials will boycott February’s Beijing Olympics because …

Lamine Diack ex-IAAF chief is dead

Lamine Diack, the former head of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) died at home in Senegal on Friday at the age of 88, his son said. Diack led the IAAF from 1999 to 2015, making him one of the most powerful people in athletics. …

Breaking: Rohr knows fate next week, says Dare

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, said the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will decide the fate of Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr next week. Dare stated this on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the President…

Joshua says he’s learning new things from US coaches

Anthony Joshua has said that he is getting new teaching while trialling out a variety of coaches in America. The British boxer, however, told Skysports that he has not split from long-term trainer Rob McCracken. Joshua travelled to the States to train …

Sport minister Dare sacks NBBF caretaker committee

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has sacked the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Caretaker Committee headed by Musa Kida, ahead of the federation’s elections. In a letter addressed to Kida and Prof. Florence Adeyanju, membe…