Max Verstappen held off a surprise Mercedes charge in Australian Grand Prix Qualifying to beat George Russell and Lewis Hamilton to pole position. The reigning world champion became an overwhelming favourite for pole when his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez crashed out in Q1, but in challenging cool and windy conditions at Albert Park,…
Everton are in serious danger of incurring a points deduction after announcing £400m in losses over the last four years. Having released their financial accounts for the 2021/22 season the club announced further losses of £44.7m, which might sound minimal, but added to their losses over the past couple of seasons, it could spell…
The All England Club have announced that a ban on Russian and Belarusian players from competing has been lifted, allowing players from those nations to compete at Wimbledon once again. The club had banned Russian and Belarusian players last year in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent war between the two…
Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya knows there’s a lot on the line ahead of UFC 287. Adesanya will face Alex Pereira in an immediate middleweight title rematch at UFC 287 on April 8th. He’s looking to avenge his loss to Pereira at UFC 281 when he was minutes away from likely winning a…
Flykite Productions, organisers of the newly unveiled NAIJA Super 8 off-season club football competition, have dismissed suggestions that the competition is competing with the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Super 8. In a statement issued on Thursday, Flykite Productions, explained that there is no division higher than the NPFL in the domestic game and…
Delta state youth female sprinter, Justina Tia Eyakpobeyan ran a blistering 11.35s to win the U18 national trials at the AFN U18, U20 National Trials and All Comers Athletics Championships at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna. Fakorede Adekalu of Ekiti state ran 10.29s to win the senior 100m race beating Adeyemi Sikiru Adewale of…
Organisers have unveiled lead-up activities for the maiden edition of the Abuja International Marathon scheduled to hold on April 29, 2023, in Federal Capital Territory (FCT). An initiative of Unicentral Resources Generation Limited and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA) the race, the Abuja International Marathon, is the first of its kind in FCT….
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has been ruled out of his club’s clash against Milan due to injury. The 24-year-old Nigerian striker took part in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers during this international break, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1-0 loss to Guinea-Bissau. He did not feature in the second clash with Guinea-Bissau,…
Super Eagles will know their opponents in the 2024 African Cup of Nations billed to hold in Cote d’Ivoire in September, just as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fixed the kickoff of the competition on January 13, 2024 at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan. The four-week tournament, pitting Africa’s best 24 nations,…
Super Eagles’ captain, Ahmed Musa was the surprise visitor to the camp of Nigeria’s U17 team, Golden Eaglets at ParkView Hotel in Abuja on Wednesday. Nigeria’s most capped international admonished the players to endeavour to maintain the rich culture of Nigeria football and also make a name for themselves and their families, adding that…
