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The 75th season of the NBA commences on Tuesday with fans focused on Brooklyn Nets' Kyrie Irving, whose refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine in defiance of New York City's mandate led the Nets to announce he would not suit up for the team.…

The US Soccer Federation said it has offered identical contract proposals to the respective men's and women's players associations, in an effort to bring the two parties under one collective bargaining agreement (CBA) structure. "US Soccer…

Novak Djokovic's loss in the US Open final on Sunday denied him a calendar-year Grand Slam but the Serbian world number one said he was just happy his chase for perfection was finally over. Djokovic was left disappointed as he failed to…

Rising British tennis star Emma Raducanu completed a Grand Slam fairytale after beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the clash of the teens to be crowned US Open champion for the  first time in her career. It was the first Grand…

Cuban Yordenis Ugas pulled off a stunning victory against 42-year-old former champion Manny Pacquiao with a unanimous decision to retain his WBA welterweight world title after an intense fight in Las Vegas. Pacquiao was initially…

Former United States President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner to help advance social responsibility efforts across the continent, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced. The NBA announced in March…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, who deemed it fit to watch virtually every game of Team Nigeria in Tokyo, offered some encouraging words to the D'Tigress team after the resilient Team USA beat them in the women's…

After achieving a first-ever win over the USA, Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, continued its preparation for the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a dominating 94-71 victory against fourth ranked Argentina in an…

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has hailed the Nigeria men's basketball team, D'Tigers, for pulling off one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport when they defeated three-time reigning Olympic champions…

Nigeria's basketball team, D'Tigers, upset the United States in a pre-Olympic exhibition basketball game, winning 90-87 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday. Team USA, ranked number 1 by FIBA, started the game with a lineup…