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Westbrook Joins Lebron James and Anthony Davies in Lakers The OKC Thunder and NBA world saw surprising news go down just hours before the NBA Draft. The Thunder saw their former franchise star, the next player in line to have his jersey retired in the Paycom Center, and soon to have a statue outside the arena, ...

Heritage Bank hailed for supporting Ibadan Golf Club  Heritage Bank Plc has been commended for its continued supports to Nigeria’s sports’ sector, especially backing the Ibadan Golf Club’s 30th anniversary event.   The event that attracted dignitaries and stakeholders from various parastatals also had the presence of the Governor of ...

  10 Nigerian athletes have been disqualified from participating in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It was learned that the development was announced by the Athletics Integrity Unit via a statement on Tuesday. This was contained in a statement in a statement from the Athletics Integrity Unit obtained by our ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has established and inaugurated a sports club known as the “GEJ Sports Club” which he noted is intended to groom young talents into professionals. Speaking yesterday at the inauguration of the facility located in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, Jonathan called on stakeholders to join hands with the ...

  Olympics: All Nigeria’s table tennis reps knocked out as Aruna Quadri loses Olympics: All Nigeria’s table tennis reps knocked out as Aruna Quadri loses Africa’s highest-ranked player Quadri Aruna on Tuesday crashed out of the men’s singles event of the table tennis competition at the ongoing Olympic Games in ...

Euro 2020 best player, Donnarumma, joins PSG Italy goalkeeper and winner of the Most Valuable Player title at the just-concluded Euro 2020, Gianluigi Donnarumma has joined French team, Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer. The 22-year-old saved two penalties as the Azzurri beat England in a shootout to win the ...

  Italy have emerged champions of the 2020 European Championship after defeating England in a penalty shootout. Naija News understands that the two countries battled on Sunday night, July 11 and ended 1-1 on full time. And extra minutes game awarded still ended with a goalless draw, leading to a ...

  La Liga side, Real Madrid has unveiled its new stadium, Santiago Bernabeu, with the stadium expected to contain 81,000 fans. The stadium was scheduled to be ready by 2020, however, the COVID-19 pandemic helped speed up the renovation of the stadium which means it may be open to fans ...

  Germany midfielder Toni Kroos said Friday he was retiring from international football, days after the team was knocked out of Euro 2020 by England. “I have played 106 times for Germany. There will not be another time,” wrote the 31-year-old Real Madrid player on Twitter. “I had already made ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent gesture towards bottles of Coca-Cola may have adversely impacted the share price of the company. Ronaldo removed two bottles of Coca-Cola from his region during Monday’s news conference ahead of Portugal’s game against Hungary. The Portuguese star sat down and spotted the two bottles of the carbonated ...