French Open Under Fire Again Over No Women’s Matches In Night Session
Attention is ramping up again on the French Open’s scheduling, with the night session so far exclusively featuring men’s matches. Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo had to apologise last year after saying men’s matches had more...
Falconets Daze Burkina Dames At WAFU B Under-20 Tourney
Two goals by Opeyemi Ajakaye and one by Flourish Sebastine steered Nigeria’s under-20 women past their Burkinabe counterparts on Sunday in Kumasi, Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the win was in...
Bayern Munich Men and Women Celebrate Bundesliga Titles In City’s Main Square
Bayern Munich’s men’s and women’s teams celebrated their 2022/2023 Bundesliga titles as per tradition at the city’s Marienplatz on Sunday. The women hammered relegated Turbine Potsdam 11-1 on Sunday in the season finale to rack...
Fabulous Fati Fires Up Camp Nou Farewell In Barca’s 3-0 Win
Ansu Fati’s fabulous first-half double fired Spanish LaLiga champions FC Barcelona to victory on Sunday in their temporary Camp Nou farewell with a 3-0 win over Real Mallorca. The Blaugrana signed off from their famous...
Leicester City And Leeds United Relegated From EPL, Everton Safe
Leicester City and Leeds United were relegated from the English Premier League after Abdoulaye Doucoure’s stunning strike secured Everton a 1-0 win over Bournemouth and survival on Sunday. On the final day of the season,...
SPORTSFLAKES: ISEBOR: BALL BOY TURNED BASKETBALLER
His frame keeps many looking up as he bounces around like basketball. Jonnie Isebor started from the ground, picking ball on the tennis court before towering to a major hit in slam - dunk. As...
SPORTSFLAKES: OKOKU’S FIRST RED CARD
Coal City, full of Black Rocks turned red for Paul Okoku on a day his eyes were on a national silverware. It was in the grand finale of the 1981 Ramat Cup between Lagos...
Clinical Newcastle Crush Brighton As Top-Four Finish Looms
Newcastle United claimed an emphatic 4-1 home victory over Brighton and Hove Albion to take a massive step towards clinching a top-four finish in the English Premier League on Thursday. An own goal by Deniz...
Sevilla Fight Back To Beat Juventus, Reach Another Europa League Final
Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla recovered to reach another final as substitute Erik Lamela’s fabulous header five minutes into extra time earned a gritty 2-1 win for the hosts. It was a pulsating affair against Juventus...
Family, Friends Of West Ham Players Attacked After Victory In Netherlands
Family and friends of West Ham United players, celebrating their success in Thursday’s Europa Conference League semi-final in the Netherlands, were attacked by AZ Alkmaar supporters at the final whistle. According to Dutch media, AZ...
SPORTSFLAKES: ADOKIYE, OWOLABI AS UNILAG EAGLES
Three members of the 1980 African Nations Cup winning Green Eagles were products of the University of Lagos. Adokiye Amiesimaka, Felix Owolabi Akinloye and Frank Onwuachi led the Akokites to gold two years earlier. UNILAG...
Facing Real Madrid With Revenge In Mind Will Be Huge Mistake —Guardiola
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his players must on Tuesday avoid falling into the trap of trying to avenge last year’s UEFA Champions League semi-final defeat to Real Madrid. Both teams will meet on...
Leicester City’s Relegation Worries Deepen After 3-5 Loss At Fulham
Willian and Tom Cairney both scored twice to help Fulham beat Leicester City 5-3 at home on Monday. The result ended the visitors’ three-game unbeaten 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) run and left them in...
