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KC Jones, a 12-time NBA champion as a player and coach and 1956 Olympic gold medalist, has died, his former club the Boston Celtics announced Friday. He was 88. Jones, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in …

The Nigerian entertainment industry was thrown into mourning when a popular scriptwriter, director and producer, Chico Ejiro, passed away on Christmas Day. He was said to have suddenly died at about 2am. Ejiro, who was popular for movies such as …

Poland and Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski has won FIFA The Best Men’s Player of the Year for 2020, beating Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo to the award. Lewandowski joins Luka Modric (2018) as the only players other than Lionel Messi (6) and Cristiano Ronaldo (5) to …

Anthony Joshua has set his sights on becoming the undisputed champion as he prepares to face Kubrat Pulev in his world heavyweight championship defence on Saturday at the SSE Arena London. Joshua described Pulev as a skillful fighter who has …

Paris Saint-Germain took a huge step towards avoiding an embarrassing early exit from the Champions League as Neymar scored twice in a 3-1 win away to Manchester United on Wednesday. Both sides still have work to do in their final …

Tributes have been flooding in for the late Diego Maradona who died at the age of 60 on Wednesday. Maradona suffered cardiac arrest at a home in Tigre, Argentina after recuperating from the removal of a blood clot on the …

Nigeria will begin its preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games today with prospective athletes expected to report to camps in Lagos and Abuja. The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development yesterday disclosed that it has made arrangements to …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is said to be trying to bring sanity to Super Eagles camp over ‘the bad blood’ generated by Friday’s 4-4 draw the Nigerian team recorded against Sierra Leone in an African Cup of Nations qualifier. …

Argentina had to come from behind to draw 1-1 with Paraguay in a World Cup qualifier at La Bombonera on Thursday, and Lionel Messi had what might have been a winning goal disallowed in the second half. A Nicolas Gonzalez …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is working round the clock to ensure it has the complete number of players for the African Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone to avoid falling foul of a new Confederation of African Football …

Pinnick inspects Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium The injury sustained by Super Eagles midfielder, Kenneth Omeruo while featuring for his Spanish club, CD Leganes, at the weekend, has thrown Coach Gernot Rohr and his assistants off balance. The Super Eagles will host …

Argentine football great Diego Maradona was admitted to hospital Monday for medical checks, his personal doctor announced. “It’s not a serious situation and we didn’t come for an emergency,” Leopoldo Luque told reporters outside the clinic in La Plata, south …

Nigeria is trying to prise PSV Eindhoven starlet Noni Madueke away from the England set-up, reports dailymail.co.uk.The 18-year-old former Tottenham forward is the latest target for Nigeria in its attempts to convince dual nationality English players to switch allegiances. Madueke …

The much touted improvement promised by Super Eagles’ Manager, Gernot Rohr, before yesterday’s international friendly against the Carthage Eagles failed to materialise as Nigeria laboured to a 1-1 draw with Tunisia in their second international friendly match in Austria. When …

Coach prefers West African opposition to North Africa’s Super Eagles manager, Rohr has promised to present a better team than the one that lost to Algeria on Friday when Nigeria takes on Tunisia tomorrow. Algeria beat Nigeria 1-0 in the …

Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, Ghana’s goalkeeper Fatau Dauda, Chelsea duo of Tammy Abraham, and Antonio Rudiger, as well as former African Footballer of the Year, Frederic Kanoute, have lent their voices to the protest against police brutality …

Kwara United have snapped up exciting Brazilian winger Lucas Ribeiro Alves on a one-year loan deal, The PUNCH reported. The new arrival will be unveiled soon, according to the player’s Greece-based Nigerian agent Peter Denise Alade. Alves is the second …

Gunners also ‘complete’ two other deadline day signings Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey is set to quadruple his salary after agreeing personal terms with Arsenal over a £250,000-a-week deal at the Emirates, reports metro.co.uk. The report claims that the 27-year-old …

• Onuachu in as Osimhen withdraws over COVID-19 scare The Super Eagles’ camp will open today in Vienna, Austria ahead of Nigeria’s international friendly matches against Algeria and Tunisia this weekend. The warm up games are expected to keep the …

• ‘NFF will not endanger Nigerian lives’ • ‘Players will be tested by clubs before departure from base’ Super Eagles’ international friendly games against the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia billed to hold in Austria next …