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The Nigeria U20 female side, Falconets this morning defeated their French counterpart 0-1 at the ongoing FIFA U20 women’s world Cup in Costa Rica. The game which was played at the Estadio National De Costa Rica is the first game in Group C and was decided by an 85th minute cool finish by Flourish Sabastine after being fed with a through pass by MERCY Idoko who found space despite being […]

British number one Cameron Norrie suffered a straight-set defeat by Felix Auger-Aliassime in the last 16 of the Canadian Open. The 26-year-old was beaten 6-3 6-4 by the home favourite, who is seeded sixth. Meanwhile, world number one Iga Swiatek also failed to reach the quarterfinals as she lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia. The Brazilian, who beat US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez in the previous round, won 6-4 3-6 7-5. […]

Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the fourth-fastest ever women's 100meters in 10.62 seconds, to win at the Diamond League in Monaco. The 35-year-old five-time world 100m champion, improved her own mark for the fastest 100m of the year, having clocked 10.66 seconds in Poland on Saturday. Fraser-Pryce's fellow Jamaican Shericka Jackson came second in Monaco with a personal best of 10.71 seconds, while Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast set […]

French Striker Karim Benzema continued his Ballon D'or dominant pursuit with a 324th goal for European champions Real Madrid as they beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 to lift the Uefa Super Cup in Helsinki. Carlo Ancelotti's side, who beat Liverpool to win the Champions League in May, took the lead when David Alaba tapped into an empty net, with Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp stranded following Casemiro's header back across goal. Benzema […]

Emma Raducanu's Us Open title defence preparations suffered another set back as she was beaten by Camila Giorgi in the National Bank Open first round. The British number one, who is 10th in the world rankings, lost 7-6 6-2 to the Italian defending champion after leading by an early break in the second set before Giorgi reeled off six games in a row to win in Toronto. The US open, […]

Rangers roared into the Champions League play-offs after they overcame Union Saint-Gilloise and a two-goal first-leg defeat in an inspiring showing at home to win 3-0 and 3-2 on aggregate. The hosts had it all to do after losing in Belgium, but goals from James Tavernier, Antonio Colak and Malik Tillman gave Giovanni Van Bronckhorst's side a spirited victory at Ibrox. The Scottish side were by far the better team […]

Tennis great Serena Williams will continue her comeback next month at the national bank open in Toronto, Canada. The 23-time grand slam singles champion played in her first singles tournament for a year at wimbledon but did not commit on her future. However, the 40 year old american, has signed up to play at one of the us open warm-up tournaments, beginning on 8 august. She has won the us […]

The super falcons of Nigeria have qualified for the semi-final of the ongoing women’s Africa cup of nations after they saw off archrival Cameroon 1-0 in a keenly contested encounter last night. Rasheedat Ajibade headed in the only goal of the game in the second half, to ensure randy Waldrum’s women made it into the final four and qualified for their 9th consecutive women’s world cup in Australia and New […]

Super Falcons striker, Gift Monday, has disclosed that the team is battle ready to conquer the Indomitable Lioness of Cameroon in today’s quarter final clash in the ongoing 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.