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Nigeria’s senior national men’s basketball team, D’tigers in the early hours of Sunday, defeated the U.S. national men’s team, 90-87 in an exhibition game in Las Vegas, U.S. It is also the first victory for an African side to defeat the basketball superpower, which is also Olympics bound. Nigeria first...

  England beat Germany 2-0 in the last 16 of Euro 2020 on Tuesday to end 55 years of agony against their old foes. The defeat also ended for Germany the tenure of coach Joachim Loew as well. Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling scored in the 75th minute and captain...

 The following are the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday. World ranking    African ranking    Countries 22                            1                     Senegal 26                             2                    Tunisia 32                             3                     Nigeria 33                             4                    Algeria 34                             5                    Morocco 46                             6                   ...

 Luis Suarez struck late on to earn Atletico Madrid a crucial 2-1 win over Osasuna on Sunday which keeps them top of La Liga going into the season’s final week. Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 and would have moved first with Osasuna ahead against Atletico Madrid. But late strikes from...

Tyson Fury has confirmed his all-British showdown with Anthony Joshua will take place in Saudi Arabia on Aug. 14. The pair will contest all four world heavyweight titles for the first time in the sport’s history. In a video posted to Twitter on Sunday, 32-year-old Fury said: “I have got...

Patrick Bamford’s 15th English Premier League goal of the season helped Leeds United to a 3-1 win over Tottenham, all but ending their opponents’ tenuous UEFA Champions League hopes. Leeds United laid siege to their visitors in typical fashion and led through Stuart Dallas’ eighth league goal of the campaign....

 Chelsea set up an all-England UEFA Champions League final against Manchester City on Wednesday with a 2-0 defeat of Real Madrid in London for a 3-1 aggregate victory. Timo Werner and Mason Mount settled the semi-final second leg match with a goal each. Werner headed in from almost on the...

Jose Mourinho will take charge of Roma from next season having only recently left Tottenham but the Special One has discussed his vision for the Italian side Jose Mourinho has declared his desire to "build a winning project" after being appointed as the next Roma manager. The Special One has...

  Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani scored twice each as Manchester United took a giant step towards the Europa League final with a 6-2 drubbing of AS Roma on Thursday. The emphatic victory was in their semi-final first leg game at Old Trafford. Manchester United’s run of four semi-final losses...

  FC Barcelona missed the chance to go top of La Liga with just five games left when they were stunned 2-1 by Granada at Camp Nou on Thursday night. Although Barca controlled most of the ball and had the majority of the chances, two defensive lapses did them in....