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Tom Brady was in the Raiders’ coach’s booth on Monday night. Headset on, sitting alongside the team coaches, Brady was in a position to give real-time input on the game as it was happening. That’s well within his rights as an owner, but this entire situation of Brady being able to hold a job as […]

Every team has those players whose performances outstrip their name recognition for whatever reason. Maybe the team itself is so unspectacular, that getting attention from the nation is a fool’s errand. Maybe it’s someone who was buried on the depth chart until the coaches could really see the potential. It could be that the player […]

Tobi Amusan reminded the world why she remains Nigeria’s greatest athlete as she powered to silver in the women’s 100m hurdles final at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, clocking an impressive 12.29 seconds. The race was won by Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji, who stormed to gold in a new national record of 12.24s, while the […]Read More

It is a huge cash out for Tobi Amusan as her silver medal not only delivered pride for Nigeria but also came with a combined prize money haul of $55,000 (₦82.5m). Nigeria’s sprint queen, Tobi Amusan, proved once again why she remains one of the world’s best hurdlers after storming to silver in the women’s […]Read More

The road to Budapest is mapped out after last month’s draw for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League league phase, a path that contains fireworks for England’s six representatives. Both Liverpool and Manchester City will face 15-time winners Real Madrid, while holders Paris Saint-Germain were paired with Tottenham and Newcastle in heavyweight clashes that headline the […]

Golden Eaglets head coach, Manu Garba has expressed confidence in his team’s preparedness for the upcoming 2025 WAFU B U17 Cup. The tournament also serves as a qualifier for the 2026 U17 Africa Cup of Nations. Garba, who previously led the Eaglets to glory, stated that he is proud of the players at his disposal. […]

Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko has said that the future of Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, will be determined solely by the NFF. Chelle, who took charge of the national team during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, has come under increasing criticism following Nigeria’s stuttering campaign. There have been […]

It was the Gameweek 4 of the English Premier League this weekend and this means the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has once again caused ruckus and debate on whether the system is serving the game fairly. From Brentford’s stoppage-time equaliser against Chelsea to Tottenham’s disallowed strike at West Ham, and Wolves escaping a potential red […]

Based on the underlying numbers, Liverpool created enough against a Burnley side that packed all ten outfield players behind the ball that they should have been up two or three to nil long before stoppage time arrived. As the game played out, though, it was still somehow a scoreless draw heading into the final minutes. […]

On Sunday against Burnley, Liverpool left back Milos Kerkez found himself on a yellow card in the first half with the home fans trying to convince the referee to give him a second any time he even looked at an opponent and the player himself seemingly happy to flirt with just that by continuing to […]

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister was slightly fortunate to finish the first half of Sunday’s game against Burnley following an ugly studs-to-ankle tackle by Lesley Ugochukwu that somehow only saw the Burnley man assessed a yellow card. Having played on until the break, though, manager Arne Slot then decided to remove the player as a […]

The Labour government today announced the implementation of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill — commonly known as the Hillsborough Law — aimed to force all public officials to tell the full truth in the event of any investigations into major disasters. Campaigners had feared both that the law was not the priority of the government, and […]