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Next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon has been postponed until 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of African Football announced yesterday in a video conference. CAF president Ahmad Ahmad said African football’s governing body took the decision as “health was the main priority”. African countries have suffered to
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Pope Francis has written to former Formula One driver and Paralympic champion, Alex Zanardi, telling him his life is a “lesson of humanity”. The Italian is in intensive care after suffering severe head injuries in a handbike accident on Friday. In a handwritten letter published by a sports newspaper in Italy,
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World tennis number one Novak Djokovic tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday and then apologised to all individuals who contracted the virus after playing in an exhibition tournament he organised. Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Croatia’s Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki have previously tested positive after playing in Djokovic’s Adria Tour exhibition tournament
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday gave the green light for the US Open to be held from August 31-September 13 without fans as part of the state’s reopening from shutdowns related to the Covid-19 outbreak. Cuomo said on Twitter the United States Tennis Association (USTA) will take “extraordinary precautions’ to
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja The list being drawn up to expand the reach in terms of welfare for the families of Nigeria’s late sports heroes and the living who are in need of assistance as ordered by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare, include the families of
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The world football governing body, FIFA, has announced the postponement of the FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women’s World Cup and the Futsal World Cup due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A statement on FIFA website on Tuesday, said the decision which was subjected to further monitoring was taken by the Bureau
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Rivers United are confident that they can challenge for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title with support from their front-of-shirt partner, Eunisell. According to the Rivers United General Manager Okey Kpalukwu, the Port Harcourt-based club is in the running to win the league title this season and they have put
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Just days after Naomi Oyinloye broke a 20-year jinx to become the first Nigerian Certificated Umpire of the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA), another Nigerian has bagged the highest award in continental women badminton. The BCA has bestowed on Mrs. Obiageli Solaja the 2019 African Women in Badminton Award. She becomes the
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Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has appointed Mr Nzekwe Manfred as the new Commissioner for Youths and Sports to replace Mr Vitus Okechi.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okechi has been redeployed as the new Commissioner for Housing.The Public Relation Officer of the state Ministry of Youths
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the use of four national stadia and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps as isolation centres for suspected Coronavirus patients. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, disclosed this on Friday via his Twitter handle. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four
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