Nigerian footballers are back in top clubs and earning competitive wages in European football. Nigeria has produced some of the biggest and most talented footballers to ever played the game in Europe. Expectedly, this has come with immense wealth for these football stars, amounting from mouth-watering sign-on fees to handsome…
1. Please tell us about zinovation sports? Zinovation Sports is a Sports Management firm that renders Talent Management, Consultancy and Advisory services. with the aim to promote Sports Inclusion for sustainable development. 2. Can you explain what the zinovation sports community is about? Zinovation Sports community is a platform that…
Israel Adesanya has dedicated his New Zealand Sportsman of the Year award to the future generation of fighters around the world who will love to pick up the sport. The Nigerian-New Zealand mixed martial arts fighter was the first combat sport athlete to win the award since 1953. He delivered…
In Chicago, Illinois, Jason Heyward, of the Chicago Cubs, is doused with liquid after hitting a game-winning home run against the Miami Marlins at Wrigley Field Photograph: David Banks/Getty Images
Deontay Wilder @bronzebomber believes British heavyweight Tyson Fury @gypsyking101 is avoiding a rematch with him after being concussed in their first bruising encounter in Los Angeles last year. Speaking to journalists on a conference call Thursday ahead of his May 18 title defense against Dominic Breazeale in New York, Wilder insisted he would have…
Kepa Arrizabalaga was Chelsea’s hero as the Spanish goalkeeper sent his side to the Europa League final with two penalty saves in a dramatic 4-3 shoot-out win against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday. Maurizio Sarri’s side will face London rivals Arsenal in an all-Premier League final in Baku on May 29…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (right) celebrates with his teammates after Arsenal booked their place in their first European final since 2006. Aubameyang scored a hat-trick to help Arsenal to a 4-2 win at the Mestalla as they booked their place in the Europa League final with a 7-3 aggregate victory. The Gunners…
The odds were stacked heavily against Liverpool after both Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were ruled out with injury following a 3-0 first-leg defeat last week in Spain. Divock Origi was the unlikely hero as Liverpool pulled off the greatest semi-final comeback in Champions League history with a 4-0 second-leg…
Jarrell Miller was denied a license to box by the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) over a failed drug test on Wednesday, scuppering his planned June 1 bout with world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua @anthony_joshua . In a statement quoted by US media outlets, the NYSAC said Miller was…
Anthony Joshua's @anthony_joshua next opponent Jarrell Miller @bigbabymiller , seen here shoving the British-Nigerian heavyweight, has returned an "adverse finding" in a drug-testing sample, says Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn. The 30-year-old Miller is due to fight Joshua at Madison Square Garden in New York on 1 June. The 29-year-old Joshua…
