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Burkina Faso’s Hugues-Fabrice Zango won Burkina Faso’s first-ever world title in athletics this Monday at the ongoing World Athletic Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. The triple jumper finished ahead of Cubans Lazaro Martinez and Cristian Napole who finished second and…

Defending champions Nigeria to face Senegal in the final of #AfroBasketWomen 2023. The clash is slated for Saturday, August 5.

Former Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has left Bayern Munich to join Cristiano Ronaldo at Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr. The 31-year-old scored 12 goals in 38 games for Bayern in an underwhelming season despite initially impressing. Al-Nassr said Mane’s contract would…

With three wins from three, England finished Group D as winners ahead of Denmark in second. The Lionesses will face Nigeria in the last 16 on Monday. Denmark will take on Australia later that day. The Super Falcon a day…

In Sports Talk this week, Nigeria’s Super Falcons register their first win of the FIFA Women’s World Cup after beating co-host Australia 3-2 Gambia international Bubacarr Steve Trawally’s football club earns promotion to the Gambia Football Federation’s top division after…

Eleven-time African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria on Thursday pulled off a 3:2 victory over host Australia at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup. The victory places them on 4 points in their group and puts the team in…

Sadio Mane looks set to be the latest high profile star to make the switch to the Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr this summer. After a glittering spell with Liverpool, the Senegalese forward joined Bayern Munich last summer, signing a three-year deal…

Germany began their Women’s World Cup campaign in style as captain Alexandra Popp scored twice to see off debutants Morocco in Melbourne. It was a comfortable victory for world number two side Germany, who are heavy favourites to top Group…

Manchester United are on the brink of completing the signing of Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana for almost £50m. The Cameroonian, 27, will replace long-time number-one David de Gea, who left the club last month after 12 seasons. Following a…

This evening, Morocco and Mali meet in the second semi-final of the CAN U23, currently underway in Morocco. Badara Alou Diallo, the Guneas’ coach, said in his pre-match press briefing: “The players know each other very well. I’ve had the…

Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday became the latest nation to qualify for the 2023 FIBA AfroCan after beating Nigeria 74-65. With the win, the Ivorians complete Group A of the AfroCan alongside Kenya and Gabon.  The 12-nation 2023 FIBA AfroCan will…

Nigeria’s U-21 Girls team is in Niamey, Niger Republic, ahead of the 2023 Africa U-21 Girls Zone 3 Nations Championship. Twelve players make up the delegation, along with head coach Rakiya Mohammed, two assistant coaches (Dennis Eleri and Anthony Torbundeh),…