The Confederation of African Football, CAF on Tuesday, announced Egypt as the hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament after their executive meeting in Dakar, Senegal. South Africa and Egypt were the only two nations to submit bids for the tournament, which is only five months away from kicking off, after Cameroon…
Schoolboy Breaks Own World Record in Rope Jumping Skills [Video]
A boy in China stunned thousands of people with his impressive rope-jumping skills at a competition while breaking his own world record. The video of the performance by 13-year-old student, Huang Junkai shows him completing 136 jumps in 30 seconds at the Double Dutch Contest Shanghai 2018 on Sunday. The result is derived from the number of…
Nigerian Sport Stars Win Awards
One of Nigeria’s biggest sports awards held on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Tagged the “Nigerian Awards for Sporting Excellence,” the event held at Osun Hall, Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. According to the organisers, the award was meant to encourage sportsmen and women and administrators to achieve more success in their various fields. Among the awardees…
Edo Set to Revive Sport
The Edo State Government is set to revive sports in the state. This follows the submission of two proposed bills: The Edo Sports Commission Bill and the Sports Trust Fund Bill by an 11 member committee set up by the state government for that purpose. Receiving the documents at Government House in Benin City, Godwin…
NFF Unveils 2018 Budget
The Nigeria Football Federation today gave an insight to its working capital for 2018. The football running body revealed that it’s “total budget for year 2018 activities is the sum of N6,382,500,310.00.” The figure, the NFF explains, in a release by its communications unit, is the combined sum of government subvention and sponsorship contract. “The…
Shakespeare Quits Leicester
With just eight matches played in the premier league, Leicester City, 2015 champions, have, for the second time in the last eight months, sacked its manager. Craig Shakespeare, who succeeded Claudio Ranieri after he was relieved of his duties in February for poor performance, has become the latest managerial victim in the competitive English league…
Pique, Spanish Defender Booed At Training
Earlier this week, as Gerard Pique, a Barcelona and Spain international, turned up for training, he was booed by some fans chanting “Pique, a**ehole, leave the national team” in their native tongue. This may not be unconnected with the fact that the defender has been very outspoken on social media concerning the Catalan referendum which…
War Of Stars: The Origin Of Cavani And Neymar Feud
They are two of the best footballers on earth playing for one of Europe’s richest teams. These should make any footballer contented and happy as the case may be but Edinson Cavani and Neymar are not known to be friendly with each other. The source of their feud may not be unconnected to ego, as…
Super Eagles And Russia 2018: Don’t Roll Out The Drums Yet
The accolades are coming in torrents and some have started the celebration. There is that feeling of good aura pervading the whole nation, especially among the legion of followers of the round leather game. Suddenly like a bolt out of the blue, the Super Eagles have found their rhythm. And something a number of people…
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