Chelsea held to 2-2 draw by Sheffield
Sheffield United staged a spirited second-half fightback to pick up a deserved 2-2 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. After falling behind to a Tammy Abraham first-half double in the [readmore]
August 2019
2019 African Games: Men’s singles gold, boost for my career ―Omotayo
Nigeria’s Olajide Omotayo, has described his victory in the men’s singles of the 2019 African Games in Morocco as a boost for his career. Omotayo, on Thurday night in Rabat [readmore]
FIBA World Cup: D’Tigers ready for Russia -Diogu
Captain of Nigeria’s national senior men’s basketball team, Ike Diogu, has declared that D’Tigers are well-conditioned for their FIBA World Cup group B opener today against two-time World champions, Russia. [readmore]
We’ll develop sports in Oyo from natural strength ―Fakorede
Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Seun Fakorede has assured that he will do everything to work with stakeholders on sports in the ministry and state to develop [readmore]
Why I let Sanchez go ―Solskjaer
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed the reason behind his decision to loan Alexis Sanchez to Inter Milan, insisting that the forward “needed to go”. Sanchez has officially [readmore]
EUROPA: United draw Astana, Arsenal Frankfurt
Manchester United face trips to Kazakhstan and Serbia in the Europa League group stages after being drawn against Astana and Partizan while Arsenal will take on last season’s semi-finalists Eintracht [readmore]
Hazard voted UEFA Europa League Player of the Season
Eden Hazard has been voted as the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season. He was revealed as winner of the award during today’s UEFA Europa League group stage [readmore]
Champions League draw: Liverpool drawn with Napoli, Spurs face Bayern
The defending Champions League champions Liverpool will face Napoli, RB Salzburg and Genk in the group stage of this year’s competition, while Tottenham, last year’s beaten finalists, face Bayern Munich, [readmore]
Carabao Cup: Iwobi scores as Everton knock out Lincoln
Former Arsenal star, Alex Iwobi opened his Everton account with a goal in his side 4-2 victory over Lincoln City in Wednesday’s League Cup fixture. A shock looked like it [readmore]
US Open: Svitolina beat Venus to reach third round
Fifth seed Elina Svitolina knocked Venus Williams out of the U.S. Open to reach the third round on Wednesday despite an heroic defensive effort from the 39-year-old former champion. Trailing [readmore]