Boxing: Los Angeles' Staples Center to host Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury fight

WBC champion Deontay Wilder's heavyweight title defence against Britain's Tyson Fury will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.The venue for the Dec. 1 bout was announced by Showtime Boxing, …

Germany to host Euro 2024 after beating Turkey to UEFA vote

Germany will host the 2024 European Championships after being selected ahead of Turkey by UEFA's executive committee.After a two-horse race for Euro 2024, the German Football Association's (DFB) succ…

Formula One: Force India F1 team administrators sued

Russian potash producer Uralkali announced legal action against the administrators of the Force India Formula One team on Thursday after losing out in what it called a "flawed sale process".The compa…

UEFA confirms VAR in Champions League from 2019-20 season

UEFA has confirmed that video assistant referees (VAR) will be used in the Champions League from next season.VAR will also be brought into the Europa League, though a year later from 2020-21, as well…

Basketball: D'Tigress into quarterfinals with victory over Greece, to meet USA

Nigeria have qualified to meet defending champions United States in the FIBA Women's World Cup quarterfinals following a thrilling 57-56 defeat of Greece on Wednesday.Emmanuoela Fasoula led all score…

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich denies money laundering claim

Roman Abramovich's lawyer has said any suggestion that the Chelsea owner has been involved in money laundering or has contacts with criminal organisations is "entirely false" after it was reported th…

Basketball: D'Tigress set African record with second win at FIBA World Cup

Nigeria's women basketball team, D'Tigress, became the first African team to win two games in the history of FIBA competitions, as they defeated Argentina 75-70 in their last group game at the Women'…

Tennis: Naomi Osaka muscles her way into Tokyo semi-finals

Japan's Naomi Osaka exuded a major champion's aura on Friday as she dispatched Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Pan Pacific Open semi-finals, despite being nowhere near her best.The third seed,…

Tennis: Federer, Djokovic to play doubles as partners at Laver Cup

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have played against each other 46 times, from Monaco to Shanghai and everywhere in between, in run-of-the-mill tournaments and major finals.On Friday night, they play…

Camila Giorgi ousts top seed Caroline Wozniacki to reach quarters

Unseeded Camila Giorgi rallied from a break point down in the final set to beat two-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 and advance to the Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals on Thurs…

Russian Anti-Doping Agency reinstated by WADA

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) have been reinstated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after an executive vote.The decision was reached at a meeting of WADA's 12-strong ExCo in the Seych…

FIFA World Ranking: France, Belgium become first joint leaders in ranking history

France and Belgium have become the first-ever joint ranked leaders in the FIFA rankings.The latest published rankings show the two European nations exactly level on 1,729 points, something that has n…

FIFA bans three officials implicated in corruption scandal

Three FIFA officials have been banned from football for life for their roles in the widespread corruption scandal at the governing body.FIFA confirmed the sanctions for bribery and corruption against…

Lyon to ban supporter seen making Nazi salute at Etihad Stadium

Lyon have said they will issue a life ban to a fan after video footage emerged of him making an apparent Nazi salute in their game against Manchester City.The French side claimed a shock 2-1 away vic…

4-year-old boy drowns in four-star hotel's swimming pool

 A four-year-old British boy has drowned in a swimming pool in Tenerife.The boy had been at Paradise Park hotel in the resort of Los Cristianos when he was found unresponsive in the pool shortly…

Tennis: Rafael Nadal pulls out of tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai due to knee injury

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai due to a knee injury.The world No 1 was forced to retire during his US Open semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro la…

CAF clears Liberian referee accused of corruption

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has cleared Liberian referee Jerry Yekeh from all allegations of corruption.Yekeh was one of many African match officials secretly filmed by investigative …

UEFA Champions League: Barcelona, Liverpool, Dortmund opens campaign with a win, Inter Milan defeats Tottenham

European club football action is back as the UEFA champions league kicked off its first round of macthes on Tuesday, September 18 bringing some of the biggest names to the biggest stage of club footb…

European golf champion Celia Barquin Arozamena found murdered Iowa

A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Iowa State golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena, the 2018 Big 12 champion and the school's female athlete of the year.Barquin Aro…

FIFA, CAF send observers for NFF board election

As election day for a new Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) draws ever closer, international football body are paying moer attention than ever considering the recent troubles N…