1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (250+ words) June 9, 2026 Admin I Sports 0 Team Nigeria will be among the contenders when Africa's finest chess players converge on Botswana for the 2026 African Individual Chess Championships scheduled for June 18-27 at the Nigeria has entered a seven-player squad for the prestigious continental…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (359+ words) June 9, 2026 Admin I Sports 0 Players and officials of the Chapel of Grace Sports Club, Akwa Ibom, who beat 21 other clubs in the South South at a competition organised in Benin, Edo state have presented the trophy and medals to the…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago  (539+ words) June 9, 2026 Adejayan Gbenga Sports 0 Portugal head coach Roberto Martinez has described Nigeria's Super Eagles as a "demanding opponent" as both teams step up preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Portugal will host the Super Eagles in an international friendly at…...

14+ hour, 31+ min ago  (774+ words) June 9, 2026 Austine Agbo Emmanuel Sports 0 Africa's football fraternity has been thrown into controversy following the exclusion of Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan from the 2026 FIFA World Cup after United States authorities reportedly denied him entry into the country. Artan, widely…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago  (589+ words) June 9, 2026 Austine Agbo Emmanuel Sports 0 Five-time Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah has signalled her readiness for a return to elite championship competition after entering both the women's 100 metres and 200 metres events at the Jamaican National Championships. The sprint star will…...

12+ hour, 52+ min ago  (478+ words) June 9, 2026 Adejayan Gbenga Entertainment 0 Nigerian gospel singer Judith Kanayo-Opara, popularly known as Judikay, has shared a disturbing experience she encountered during her pregnancy in Canada, where she was reportedly told that her unborn child had severe medical complications. The singer…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (335+ words) June 8, 2026 Admin I Sports 0 Teenager Amina Orfi broke a 94-year-old squash record to become the youngest British Open women's champion with a 3-1 victory over Nour El Sherbini in Birmingham. The 18-year-old Egyptian overturned a 1-0 deficit to beat her compatriot 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8. And…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (591+ words) June 8, 2026 Austine Agbo Emmanuel Sports 0 A shooting that left at least nine people injured near England's designated training base for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has heightened security concerns just days before the start of football's biggest tournament in the United…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (348+ words) June 8, 2026 Segun Odunewu Business 0 Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the biggest winner at the 2026 Toyota Awards and Customers" Night, clinching the Evergreen Customer of the Year Award for the second consecutive year in recognition of its strong patronage of…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (237+ words) June 8, 2026 Admin I Sports 0 JT Poston claimed the biggest win of his career by beating Ryan Gerard in a play-off to clinch the Memorial Tournament in Ohio. Poston, who held a four-stroke lead after a'weather-disrupted third round,'made a birdie…...