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World Record holder TOBI AMUSANrecorded an easy win as she won her third straight gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the African Games 2023 yesterday. The former world athletic champion clocked a time of 12.89 seconds to retain her title while Nigeria’s other athlete in the final, FAITH OSAMUYI narrowly missed out on a podium finish as she ran 13.77 seconds to finish in fourth place. AMUSAN then shifted attention to the women’s 4x100m relay and anchored the Nigerian […]

Nigeria’s FALCONETS have progressed to the final of the African Games after beating UGANDA 2-0 in CAPE COAST, GHANA, and would play the host nation GHANA who won their game 3-1 against SENEGAL. Falconets' substitutes ADAOBI OKAH and CHIAMAKA OKWUCHUKWU fired the winning goals to earn a 2-0 win over UGANDA U-20 yesterday. CHRISTOPHER DANJUMA's side are in pole position to defend their gold, having defeated the Ugandans to seal […]

LAUTARO MARTINEZ missed the crucial penalty for INTER MILAN as ATLETICO MADRID claimed a 3-2 shootout victory to move into the Champions League quarter-finals. INTER held a 1-0 lead from the first leg going into the game and doubled that lead when FEDERICO DIMARCO put them ahead after half an hour but ATLETI instantly responded through ANTOINE GRIEZMANN'S leveleron the night two minutes later. With the Spanish side still needing a goal to stay in the competition, the home side had to wait until 87 minutes […]

Spanish keeper DAVID RAYA was the hero, saving two spot-kicks as ARSENAL beat PORTO 4-2 on penalties to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 14 years after their last-16 tie ended 1-1 on aggregate. Belgian forward LEANDRO TROSSARD, in for the injured GABRIEL MARTINELLI on the left-hand side of Arsenal's attack, even the tie after the scoring four minutes before half-time with a low finish into the far corner after being found by MARTIN ODEGAARD'S delightful, disguised pass. However, after ODEGAARD saw an effort […]

Manchester City survived a second-half bombardment from Liverpool to hold on for a 1-1 draw in an electrifying encounter at Anfield which leaves Arsenal top of the Premier League. The final Premier League meeting between Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola lived up to its billing as the injury-hit hosts roared back from John Stones’ clever first-half opener from a corner. Alexis Mac Allister scored the leveler from the penalty spot early in the second period after Ederson had wiped out Darwin Nunez from Nathan Ake’s poor back pass, injuring himself in the process. Klopp's side, with Mohamed […]