IOC president, Thomas Bach believes Tokyo 2020 will be the “great comeback festival of sport” as the one-year-to-go milestone until the postponed Olympics is marked. The...
But for the postponement occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would have opened this day (Thursday 24 July). The postponement till 2021...
Music composed for the Moscow 1980 Olympics has been performed once again to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Games in a special...
An original drawing of the Olympic rings sketched by Baron Pierre de Coubertin is set to go up for auction in Cannes next Sunday (July 26)...
The Nigeria Football Federation has sent congratulatory messages to former Nigeria international, Emmanuel Ndubuisi Egbo, who has become the first Nigerian and African to lead a...
It is the moment Liverpool fans have all been waiting for. Nearly a month after ending their 30-year league title drought, Liverpool’s name is finally on...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. On this date, 20 July 1965, the World football governing body, FIFA slammed a 5,000 Swiss Francs on Nigeria for a sudden withdrawal...
The Ballon d’Or will not be awarded this year for the first time in its 64-year history after the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the football...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Till date, Nigeria has entered for the FIFA World Cup in 15 editions and succeeded in qualifying on six occasions. It was on...
Thomas Bach has confirmed his intention to run for a second term as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Bach, who became IOC President in...