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…
UK Queen honours James Bond actor Craig, COVID-19 warriors
Britain recognised the scientists and medical chiefs at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19 in Queen Elizabeth’s annual New Year’s honours list. Among those honoured was James Bond actor Daniel Craig, who was given the same award as his famous…
Record Scam: U.S. Government loses over $100B or N50Trillion to crooks
The United States Government, also known as Uncle Sam, has been swindled big time by local and international crooks, the FBI said. At least $100 billion, about N50 trillion, has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programmes set up by U.S. government in 2…
Simone Biles wins BBC lifetime achievement award, youngest honoree
US gymnast Simone Biles has become the youngest athlete to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She is also the fourth American behind Martina Navratilova, Michael Phelps and Billie Jean Kin…
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. …
Andersson Sweden’s first female PM quits after 8 hours in office
Sweden’s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson resigned from office just eight hours after she became prime minister. Andersson was forced to resign after the Green Party — a junior partner to Andersson’s Social Democrats — said it would not…
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…