Ugo Ugochukwu has won the 2026 FIA Formula 3 Championship, becoming the first American driver to claim the title after finishing second in the final race of the season in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday. The 19-year-old secured the championship at the newly built Madring circuit after finishing behind Finland’s Tuukka Taponen, whose maiden F3 […]
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Like the beginning of any new dawn, including football seasons in Nigeria, much anticipation and excitement trailed the commencement of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season, which took off on August 28, with an incentivised Shooting Stars side defeating newly-promoted Inter Lagos 2-1 at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan. For anyone […]
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress have ended their 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup campaign without a win after suffering a heavy 111-56 defeat to France in their final Group B game in Berlin on Monday. The result leaves Nigeria at the bottom of the group after three defeats, having already been eliminated following losses to South […]
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Moses Itauma suffered his first professional defeat on Saturday, August 29, after Filip Hrgovic stopped him in the ninth round to claim the vacant IBF heavyweight title at London’s O2 Arena. Itauma entered the bout as one of boxing’s brightest young prospects, with a chance to become the sport’s youngest heavyweight champion since Mike […]
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Afrobeats star Ayra Starr is set to headline the halftime show at the 2026 NFL London Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars on October 11, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. BST at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The National Football League announced the singer as the performer for the fixture on Thursday. The […]
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Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Ibrahim Musa Gusau has resigned from his position, alongside the federation’s Executive Committee and General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi. Gusau announced his decision on Thursday, August 27, during a press conference in Abuja, ending a tenure that has come under growing scrutiny over the state of Nigerian football. […]
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On Sunday, August 17, 2025, Coco Gauff joined an exclusive group of Cincinnati Open champions after defeating compatriot Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-3 in the final. The victory marked Gauff’s second Cincinnati title, putting her alongside Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka as the only women to have won the WTA 1000 event twice. It was […]
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Arguably Nigeria’s most charming national sides in recent times, the D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, will return to competitive action when the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup kicks off in Berlin, Germany, on September 3. Nigeria sealed direct qualification to the 20th edition of the World Cup by winning the 2025 FIBA […]
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Head coach David Fizdale has named Nigeria’s final 12-man roster for the second round of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers, with Chima Moneke returning to the national team for the first time in more than five years. D’Tigers arrive in Radès on the back of a three-game winning streak in Angola […]
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The 2026-27 football season is here, and so is another chapter for footballers and their clubs. With La Liga already underway and the Premier League and Serie A set to kick off this weekend, while other leagues like the Bundesliga follow closely, some Nigerian footballers will begin the campaign at new clubs, some in new […]
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The Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon have finally gotten their hands on their maiden Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title after defeating the Scorchers of Malawi 3-0 in an unexpected WAFCON 2026 final. The Lionesses had previously lost three WAFCON finals, while it was the Scorchers’ first-ever final in their debut outing. It was […]
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Nigeria’s Super Falcons have hit an all-time low in their towering footballing history following a 2-1 loss to South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in the 2027 World Cup playoffs at the Moulay Rachid Stadium in Morocco on Thursday. The loss effectively means that, for the first time in their history, the 10-time African champions will […]
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