Olympic
13 Dec
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has promised to build an Olympic size Stadium in the state, to improve sports facilities and promote grassroots sports development. Soludo, who was represented by Dr Law Mefor, Commissioner for Information, made the disclosure at the 2024 Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Week in Awka on Friday. The SWAN…
2 Nov
Japan's Olympic medallist race walker Koki Ikeda said Saturday he was "completely bewildered" and pleaded his innocence after being provisionally suspended for alleged doping. The Athletics Integrity Unit said Friday that the 26-year-old, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, had been provisionally banned for suspected blood doping, according to several media reports.…
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…
28 Aug
Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts (MMA), believing it to be un-Islamic, its sports authority said in a statement on Wednesday. The order was passed down by Afghanistan's morality police in the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice after an investigation into the sport's compliance with Islamic law,…
13 Aug
President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared Tuesday afternoon a holiday as Botswana geared up to welcome home sprinter Letsile Tebogo and his 200m gold medal, a first for the southern African country. Botswana's Olympic team was due to return on Tuesday with Tebogo's gold as well as silver in the men's 4x400m relay, boosting the country's total…
30 Jul
New Zealand's women will defend their Olympic sevens title against Canada after beating the United States in the semi-final at the Stade de France on Tuesday. Michaela Blyde showed two moments of individual brilliance to help the Kiwis run out 24-12 winners over the Americans, who were making their debut in the last four. READ…
10 Jun
Boxing great Manny Pacquiao said Monday that he is in negotiations to make a comeback but cautioned that a potential world title fight against Mario Barrios was "far away". The 45-year-old multiple world champion from the Philippines quit the sport in 2021 and made a failed tilt at his country's presidency. He has signed up…
15 May
Caster Semenya said Wednesday's hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) into whether the double Olympic champion can be required to lower her testosterone levels to compete was an "important day" as her costly legal marathon entered its last lap. The 33-year-old runner won an earlier round at the ECHR, which last July…
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday demanded that Russia admit that it fired at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed, accusing Moscow of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster. Aliyev made the accusation in an interview to state media at Baku airport four days after the AZAL Embraer…
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Pep Guardiola said relief was his overriding emotion after a 2-0 victory at Leicester secured just a second win in 14 games for the crisis-hit English champions on Sunday. Savinho and Erling Haaland struck either side of half-time as City ended a run of eight away games without a win. The performance was still far…
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Sheffield United regained top spot in the English Championship on Sunday despite being held 1-1 by managerless West Brom as pressure mounted on Plymouth boss Wayne Rooney following another demoralising defeat. Andre Brooks gave Sheffield United the lead in the early kick-off before Karlan Grant's equaliser in first-half stoppage time earned the Baggies their first…
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Juventus and Fiorentina's Serie A match in Turin on Sunday was interrupted after seven minutes after racist insults from the stands aimed at home striker Dusan Vlahovic. Earlier, Napoli edged past struggling Venezia 1-0 to move level on points with leaders Atalanta. In Turin, referee Maurizio Mariani called over the two captains to tell them…
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The International Air Transport Association called Sunday for a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation into the fatal Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash. IATA said that if a probe finds the passenger plane was brought down by combatants, the perpetrators must be brought to justice. The AZAL plane crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people of…
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The Dr. Wale Fasakin-led executive committee of the University of Ilorin Alumni Association has described as "unguarded and misdirected" the claim by Prof. AbdulRasaq Kilani that he is being impersonated as the group's president. Kilani's faction had earlier on Sunday accused Fasakin of parading himself as the association's president three years after his removal for…
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The holiday weekend in North America saw two films battling for box-office supremacy and both emerging with a claim to first place. Disney's animated drama "Mufasa: The Lion King" prevailed in the five days from Christmas Day through Sunday with an estimated take of $63.8 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. But Paramount's action…