February 17, 2025
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US winter athletes speak out against Russian doping

Now leading US skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin have joined the chorus of those backing the International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban the country from next year’s Winter Olympics. “Doping and what the Russians did is just not acceptable,” Vonn, the most decorated American skier in history, told CNN’s Alpine Edge. “We have
Football Sports

Football Is a Religion in Nigeria – Okocha

A legend of Nigerian football, former Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Augustine “Jay-Jay” Okocha was back in France for the 12th Match Against Poverty. Answering the call of Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo, the men behind this unique initiative, the 41-year-old lit up the star-studded event and showed he had lost none of his magical skills. Sitting down […]
Football Sports

National Teams Receive NIKE Boost

World’s leading brand, NIKE, is to supply kits to the value of $750,000 to the various national teams of Nigeria in the first year of the contract recently signed with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Details of the contract, signed at The Soho Hotel, Richmond Mews, London, on Thursday showed that the products value would […]
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Ennis-Hill Set for Anniversary Games

Britain’s Jessica Ennis-Hill will compete at the Anniversary Games Diamond League meeting in London’s Olympic Stadium on July 24-25. The 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion is returning to competition after giving birth to her son Reggie in July 2014. In May, Ennis-Hill, 29, will take part in her first heptathlon since London 2012 at the Hypo-Meeting […]
Cycling Sports

Hoy Tips Wiggins to Break Hour Record

Six-time Olympic gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy says Sir Bradley Wiggins has “a 99% chance” of breaking the world hour record on June 7. Tour de France winner and four-time Olympic champion Wiggins, 34, will try to beat Rohan Dennis’ mark of 52.4km (32.5m) at London’s Olympic velodrome. “If Bradley really sets his mind […]
Sports Tennis

Congrats Andy Murray!

The quaint town of Dunblane, Scotland and the entire tennis-loving world stood still on Saturday to celebrate the wedding of tennis legend Andy Barron Murray (OBE) to his long-term girlfriend, Kim Sears. The event — dubbed “the royal wedding of Scotland” — took place at Dunblane Cathedral, with cheering crowds spilling onto the streets to […]
Athletics Sports

Farah, Mwangangi Clash in Doha

British double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah will open his Diamond League campaign in Doha on May 15, organisers said. Farah will compete in the 3000 metres in the opening leg of the 14-meet series, marking the 32-year-old’s first appearance in Doha. “I’ve heard so many great things about the track, the crowd and […]