AKURE — Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club of Port Harcourt have been declared winners of the 2021 Nigeria Basketball league(Atlantic conference). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Port Harcourt-based team finished top with sixteen points after winning all eight games. Two venues for the competition are; Abuja and Akure with 22 teams and 11 each for the cities. The teams that participated in the Atlantic conference in Akure included; Winners, Rivers Hoopers, Kwara Falcons, Police Baton,...

PORT HARCOURT — Rivers Angels FC of Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s representative to the Total Energies CAF Women’s Champions League in Cote D’Ivoire, has been promised N1m per goal scored during competition. Amb. Desmond Akawor, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the send forth brunch in honour of the Rivers Angels, made the pledge on Wednesday at The Alfred Diette-Spiff Sports Complex, Port Harcourt. Akawor, who is also the Chairman of the People’s Democratic...

LAGOS — The Chairman of the  Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Sola Aiyepeku, has tasked sports associations in the state to create more tournaments to promote grassroots sports development in the state. Aiyepeku made the call at the closing ceremony of a 3-day  Chess  Clinic organised by the Lagos State Chess Association for secondary schools in the six Education Districts in Lagos State. The event was held at the Sports Bar of the Teslim Balogun...

LONDON —  Andy Murray’s Wimbledon comeback ended in the third round on Friday with a straight-set defeat by Denis Shapovalov. He had won back-to-back matches at a grand slam for the first time since his hip problems started in 2017. The two-time Wimbledon champion therefore had Centre Court dreaming of home glories once again. But 10th seed Shapovalov was a step up from Nikoloz Basilashvili and Oscar Otte. Murray was comfortably beaten 4-6 2-6 2-6...