Tennis
18 Oct
President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Petra Sorling, has pledged his support to the newly-elected executive council of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) as they strive to grow the sport across the continent.
16 Oct
Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi was, yesterday, at the elective yearly general meeting (AGM) of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) unanimously elected as the sixth president of the body.
13 Oct
World number one Jannik Sinner defeated 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 on Sunday to win the Shanghai Masters. Sinner took a crucial break in the fourth game of the second set to defeat the Serb in 1hr 37min and deny him a 100th career singles title. "He was just too good…
11 Oct
The Nigerian Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) has started the process of building a new national team with the selection of teenage stars for the 2024 African Championships.
10 Oct
Rafael Nadal announced his retirement from tennis after the Davis Cup finals in November on Thursday after a career which yielded 22 Grand Slam titles. Fourteen of those majors came at the French Open, where he won 112 matches and suffered just four defeats since his 2005 debut. AFP Sport looks at the Spaniard's 14…
10 Oct
Rafael Nadal on Thursday announced he would retire from tennis after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a spectacular career that brought him 22 Grand Slam titles. AFP Sport recalls six of the Spaniard's greatest Slam finals: 2005 French Open Nadal beat Mariano Puerta 6-7 (7/6), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 -- The one that started…
10 Oct
Rafael Nadal announced on Thursday he will retire from professional tennis after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a career in which he won 22 Grand Slam titles and Olympic singles gold. "I am retiring from professional tennis. The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially," Nadal said…
9 Oct
The Lagos State Government has endorsed a former Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Wahid Enitan Oshodi’s campaign to become the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) president.
5 Oct
Coco Gauff fought back from a set down to battle into the China Open final on Saturday, setting up a showdown with party-pooper Karolina Muchova. The American former US Open champion beat Spain's Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to close on an eighth title. The 20-year-old faces Muchova after the 49th-ranked Czech silenced a capacity…
3 Oct
Carlos Alcaraz said Thursday he had no time to celebrate becoming the China Open champion thanks to the gruelling tennis schedule,rushing straight from the stadium to catch a flight to the ongoing Shanghai Masters. Alcaraz defeated world number one Jannik Sinner over the course of a draining three hours and 21 minutes on Wednesday night…
3 Oct
The traditional ruler of Ikate-Elegushi in Eti-Osa, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, has donated three modern tennis courts to the Lagos State University (LASU).
2 Oct
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka won her 15th match in a row to power into the China Open quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Madison Keys on Wednesday. The US Open champion will face Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic or Spain's Cristina Bucsa in the last eight in Beijing. World number two Sabalenka has…
Sport
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In the past four years, Melvin Amaju Pinnick has been a member of the FIFA Council, which is the highest decision making body of world football. The position entails making several sacrifices
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Former Super Eagles defender, and executive board member of Delta Sports Commission, Sam Sodje, has revealed that there is urgent need for strategic reforms in the country’s sports sector.
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United States-based teenage fencer Peluola Akinbamiro has pledged her allegiance to Nigeria on the international stage. The 13-year-old student from Fort Bend Fencing Academy in Houston, Texas, expressed that her love for Nigeria
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The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has chosen 24 players for camping ahead of the D’Tigers’ 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers third window, which will hold in Tripoli, Libya, from February 17 to 24.
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Swansea put a dent in Bristol City's bid to reach the Championship play-offs as Josh Tymon clinched a 1-0 win at Ashton Gate on Sunday. Tymon netted with a close-range finish in the 55th minute after City goalkeeper Max O'Leary could only parry a Goncalo Franco shot into his path. City were denied by two…
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Benjamin Sesko and Xavi Simons scored first-half goals as RB Leipzig beat St Pauli 2-0 on Sunday to climb to fourth in the Bundesliga table. The duo assisted each other's goals as Leipzig secured their first league win in almost a month. Simons put Sesko into space on the counter-attack, before the latter calmly cut…
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Lazio crushed last-placed Monza 5-1 in Rome on Sunday to climb back into the Serie A top four. Adam Marusic nodded the home team in front after 31 minutes and they ran away with the game after half-time. Pedro scored twice and Taty Castellanos once, before Stefano Sensi converted an 86th-minute penalty for the visitors.…
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Li Haotong holed a long birdie putt on the last hole of the Qatar Masters on Sunday to hold off surging Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen by one shot. "I'm just so pleased I made that putt on the last," the 29-year-old Chinese golfer said. "I'm just very glad I closed out nicely." Li started the day with…
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Nigeria stunned the competition at the inaugural World Boxing Council (WBC)-Africa Boxing Union (ABU) amateur championship in Lagos, winning 10 of 11 bouts. The tournament, held from Feb. 6 to 8, saw 42 boxers from eight African countries compete. Nigeria’s boxers dominated across all weight categories, securing impressive victories. In the 52kg bout on Saturday,…