Seven-time Olympic medalist, Simone Biles has come out to say that she was once mistaken for a child by a…
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Popular Olympic star, Sir Mo Farah has come out to say that he was brought to the UK illegally as…
Dennis Onakinor urges the world, especially Africa’s most populous country – Nigeria, to learn from the rare sportsmanship example set…
Three-time NBA finals MVP LeBron James says he is keeping his options open for a return to Team USA for…
Nigeria won the bronze medal in men’s football on Saturday with a 3-2 victory over Honduras. A sparse crowd in…
Germany handed departing coach Silvia Neid the perfect send off by claiming women’s football Olympic gold for the first time…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been included in Sweden’s provisional 35-man squad to play at the Rio Olympics this summer. Ibrahimovic, 34,…
Head coach of Nigeria’s Under-23 football team, Samson Siasia insists success at the just-concluded 2015 Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations…
Nigeria’s U-23 coach Samson Siasia may be considering Anderlecht striker Ezekiel Imoh for next year’s Olympic. Siasia has made clear his intention to beef…
Kenya’s Olympic champion David Rudisha was in absolute control on his track to winning his 2nd world title in the men’s…
Former Olympic 1500m champions Sebastian Coe has been voted new president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Englishman,…
FIFA has appointed Director General of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dr. Francois Carrard, as head of its 11-man Reform Committee.…
Super Falcons head coach, Edwin Okon has said top grade warm-up matches are quite key to the side successful campaign…
Super Falcons have claimed 100% ignorance to the Thursday, February 12 resumption date for the upcoming All Africa Games (AAG)…
World 800m record holder David Rudisha and two-time Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi were notable inclusions in the Kenyan national team named on Saturday for next month’s Commonwealth Games. The selectors decided to give both athletes…
Japanese sports fans bid an emotional farewell to Tokyo’s National Stadium at the weekend with a lavish ceremony to close the venue before demolition begins in July. The stadium, built to host the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, will be dismantled over 15 months…
London Olympic runner-up Nijel Amos of Botswana won the 800 meters Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in a 2014 world-best time while long-injured reigning Olympic champion David Rudisha finished seventh. The Diamond League showdown at the University…
North Korea said Friday it will send athletes to this year’s Asian Games in South Korea, the first time it has participated in a major sporting event there for more than a decade and despite simmering tensions between the neighbours. “The Olympic Committee…
Double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah announced Monday he would compete at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. “Hi guys! I will be running in the Commonwealth Games this year..!! See you in Glasgow..!! Shabba….!!” Farah told his Twitter…
Former Olympic 100-metres champion Justin Gatlin on Saturday said he would give Tyson Gay a run for his money when the fellow US sprinter re-enters competition after a one-year doping ban. Last week Gay, the triple 2007 world champion, said he would…