Sports

Football without fans is meaningless. Where is the joy in watching a goal scored in an empty stadium? Sure, it kept us going over the last 18 months or so, but nothing can be compared with the ecstasy of a stadium flare-up in joy. Television broadcasters tried to mimic the …

                  Sebastian Cole, the President of the World Athletics delivered the administrative password to the Tony Okowa led Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The Secretary of the AFN; Niyi Beyioku pledged to always treat by the rules of AFN and Nigeria as a …

                       Have you ever wished your other half would just stop talking so you can get off the phone and go ahead with other things? Well, with Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis it was a great job his chat with …

               Elaine Thompson-Herah set off the second-fastest woman in history as she beat fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to retain her Olympic 100m title. The 29-year-old ran 10.61 seconds, a new Olympic record and just 0.12secs short of the world record set by the US’ …

               Great Britain exit but gold for Great Britain in mixed relay events but there was disappointment for world champion sprinter Dina Asher-Smith. Asher-Smith failed to reach the 100m final and later expressed she would drop out of the 200m as a result of an …

                   Simone Biles has withdrew from Sunday’s vault and uneven bars gymnastics finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The four-time Olympic champion, 24, withdrew from Tuesday’s women’s team final as well as Thursday’s individual all-around final saying she had to focus on …

                Great Britain attested a fourth swimming gold at an Olympics for the first time in 113 years by winning the inaugural 4x100m mixed medley relay in a world-record time. The British quartet of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, and Anna Hopkins …

              Organizers declares the chances of the Rugby League World Cup going ahead this year are “50-50” with a final decision anticipated in the coming days. Australia and New Zealand backed out of the event, citing “player welfare and safety issues” linked to Covid-19. …

          Lewis Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas to a Mercedes one-two ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying. The seven-time champion beat Bottas by 0.315 seconds with a time set on their first runs as neither Mercedes driver got better on their last …

                     The British and Irish Lions will bid to go 2-0 up in a Test series for the first time since 1997 on Saturday, but it is Rassie Erasmus who has become a public eye in the build-up to the game. …