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Nigeria will travel by boat for this weekend’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Benin after players raised concerns over the poor road...

Western Conference-leading Utah Jazz thrashed a depleted Brooklyn Nets, missing the star trio of Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Kevin Durant, by 30 points....

North Carolina freshman big man Day’Ron Sharpe is entering the NBA draft. The 6-foot-11, 265-pound Sharpe announced his decision in a social media post-Wednesday after averaging...

Burkina Faso qualified for the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon after drawing 0-0 in Uganda on Wednesday with one round of...

Nigeria international Jordan Nwora’s Foundation is set to hold four Elite Camps in four West African countries. The Camp is being put together by...

Italy striker Moise Kean has been ruled out of upcoming World Cup qualifiers because of “fatigue”, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced on Wednesday....

Bayern Munich superstar Alphonso Davies has become the first footballer to be made a United Nations ambassador. Davies, 20, has been given the UNHCR’s...

Fifa has banned ex-president Sepp Blatter from football until 2028 after giving him a new suspension of six years and eight months. Former Fifa...

Deshaun Watson is an American football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson, where he led the team to a national championship win in 2016. Watson...

La Liga and the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar (RNA) have signed a framework collaboration agreement to share experience and knowledge and mutually reinforce...

Kyrie Irving will miss the Brooklyn Nets’ next three games while dealing with a “family matter,” the team announced on Monday. Irving will miss...

Members of Evander Holyfield’s team say Mike Tyson has rejected a $25 million guarantee to fight Holyfield on May 29 at Hard Rock Stadium...

Former Cameroon captain, Samuel Eto’o believes Qatar will deliver ‘the best world cup’ yet, despite the global COVID-19 pandemic threatening fan attendance at stadiums...

The Houston Rockets have ended their 20-game losing streak with a 117-99 victory over the Toronto Raptors. John Wall scored 19 points, 11 rebounds...

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and midfielder Thomas Partey will both miss one game of their respective Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaigns due to...

Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving will miss the team’s next three games because of a family matter, the franchise announced Monday. Irving will sit out Brooklyn’s...

Crotone’s Nigeria international Simeon ‘Simy’ Nwankwo is the latest African footballer in the Italian Serie A subjected to racial abuse on social media. The...

The VL Pesaro have signed Paul Eboua back. The 20-year-old Eboua played in Italy before entering the 2020 Draft. Although he was not picked...

McLaren have signed a long-term agreement with 13-year-old karter Ugo Ugochukwu to support him through racing’s junior categories. The Formula 1 team said the agreement...

Lawrence Okolie delivered a punch-perfect display before landing a sixth-round knockout of Krzysztof Glowacki to become WBO world cruiserweight champion. In just his 16th...

Oral Roberts became the bracket buster when the Golden Eagles defeated Ohio State 75-72 in overtime on Friday thanks to Nigerian Kevin Obanor. Obanor...

Chad was disqualified from African Cup of Nations qualifying on Monday because the country’s government dissolved the soccer federation. The Confederation of African Football...

Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho scored two poacher’s goals as they beat Manchester United 3-1 in their FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday to set up...

The Houston Rockets slumped to their 20th straight loss in a 114-112 defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Houston gave up an 11-point deficit...

Chris Paul became the sixth man in NBA history to reach 10,000 assists as his Phoenix Suns team beat a Los Angeles Lakers side...