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Spain beat Argentina 95-75 to win the FIBA Basketball World Cup for the first time since 2006 on Sunday. Their victory in the final capped a stunning campaign for a squad considered among the rank outsiders when the 32-team tournament began. The Spaniards scored first and never relinquished the lead, relying
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Enyimba International Football Club of Aba were held to a disappointing goalless draw by 10-man Al- Hilal FC of Sudan in Sunday’s CAF Champions League Second Preliminary Round first leg clash in Aba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Peoples’ Elephant were dominant all through
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A relatively-newbreed Super Eagles team came close to bringing down Ukraine’s “Blue and Yellow’’ in Dnipro on Tuesday before suffering loss of concentration for a 2-2 draw. At the Dnipro Arena in the central Ukrainian city, the hosts were almost being disgraced by their guests, before two goals in
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The Super Eagles have arrived the city of Dnipro in Ukraine ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly with the senior national team of Ukraine. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed on Sunday in a statement that 18 players participated in an early morning
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- A rampaging Serena Williams moved to the brink of a record equaling 24th career Grand Slam title on Thursday, storming past Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-1 to book her spot in the U.S. Open final. Since returning to action after the birth of her first child Williams has come agonizingly
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The Super Falcon of Nigeria on Tuesday defeated their Algerian counterparts, 1-0 to inch closer to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in japan with a 3-0 aggregate.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it took Assisat Oshoala’s solo effort deep in the second half to give the Falcons the
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Serena Williams claimed her 100th win at the U.S. Open in style on Tuesday. This was after she dismantled her quarter-final opponent Wang Qiang 6-1 6-0 in a blistering 44-minute performance that ended any questions over a twisted ankle from the previous round. “I never thought that I would
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Team Nigeria arrived in Abuja to a rousing welcome on Sunday after finishing second overall at the just-concluded 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team arrived on Sunday evening via a chartered flight. The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday
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Nigeria’s Raymond Ekevwo has emerged winner of the 100m event at the ongoing 2019 African Games, having ran a time of 9.96 seconds to defeat others in Morocco Ekevwo’s win came even as another Nigerian, Usheoritse Itsekiri, came third in a time of 10.02secs. This is the first time since 2007 that Nigeria
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Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, qualified for the semifinals of the men's football event of the 12th African Games after a hard fought 2-2 draw with hosts Morocco on Friday, evening at the FAR Sports Complex Rabat. The result meant the Flying Eagles garnered five points from three games behind
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