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Manchester City ended their Chelsea hoodoo on Saturday, beating the European champions 1-0 while Bruno Fernandes missed a last-gasp penalty in Manchester United's shock 1-0 Premier League defeat by Aston Villa.

Anthony Joshua faces a stern test in his bid to record his 25th career win when he comes up against Oleksandr Usyk, a former undisputed cruiserweight world champion in London today (Saturday).

D’Tigress will face Mali on Sunday in the finals of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket in Yaounde, Cameroon after defeating 11-time champions Senegal 73-63 in a keenly contested semi-final fixture on Friday at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports

Napoli reclaimed top spot in Serie A as in-form striker Victor Osimhen struck twice in an impressive 4-0 win at Sampdoria on Thursday, their fifth consecutive league victory.

Manchester United crashed out of the League Cup as West Ham avenged their painful loss to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford, while Chelsea and Tottenham survived penalty shoot-outs to reach the fourth round

Banyana Banyana defeated the Super Falcons 4-2 to win the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan on Tuesday.

Following the successful completion of its inaugural Olympics Trials in Lagos on Saturday, the Bobsled and Skeleton Federation of Nigeria (BSFN) has stated that 10 athletes would represent Nigeria at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen scored his first Serie A goal of the season for Napoli, who remained unbeaten following their 4-0 win over Udinese at the Dacia Arena on Monday.

D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, on Monday in Yaoundé beat their Angolan counterparts 85-65 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship.

Governor Douye Diri has doled out N14 million to the state-owned football club, Bayelsa United, for their victory over visiting AS Ashanti Golden Boys of Guinea in the preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup.

Manchester United escaped with a 2-1 victory against West Ham on Sunday, thanks to Jesse Lingard and the keeper David De Gea.

Chelsea have moved joint-top with Liverpool after demolishing Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 away from home on Saturday.

Nigeria’s senior women national basketball team, D’Tigress, began their 2021 FIBA AfroBasket Women’s Championship campaign with a victory against Mozambique on Saturday in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Mino Raiola, agent to Manchester United’s Paul Pogba, has said there is a possibility that the player will return to Juventus, when his contract expires in June 2022.