CAIRO – Pyramids FC produced a dramatic late turnaround to beat South Africa’s Orlando Pirates 3-2 in the second leg of their CAF Champions League semi-final at the 30 June Air Defence Stadium, booking their first ever appearance in the continental showpiece against Mamelodi Sundowns. After a 0-0 stalemate in last weekend’s first leg in…
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Falcons have disclosed that the prank call on Shedeur Sanders was pulled off by the son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. According to a new statement by the Falcons, Ulbrich’s 21-year-old son, Jax, “unintentionally” came across the number. The team says Jax Ulbrich “unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number”…
CLEVELAND – Shedeur Sanders has been picked by the Cleveland Browns in the 5th round of the NFL draft. The Browns passed on Sanders 6 times before selecting him as the 144th pick. Sanders had hoped to be selected in the first round but was passed up on because of concerns about his attitude, as…
PARIS – Former Manchester United player Patrice Evra has called out his age-old foe Luis Suarez to fight in a mixed martial arts bout next month, 13 years on from an infamous racism row. The 43-year-old hung up his boots in July 2019, having made 734 senior football appearances for club and country (France), winning…
Nigeria’s U20 Flying Eagles By Dianabasi Effiong Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, on Tuesday, defeated their Egyptian counterparts, Young Pharaohs, 2-1 in a pre-Africa U20 Cup of Nations friendly at the Cairo International Stadium. Kparobo Arierhi, who scored three goals as Nigeria successfully defended her WAFU B U20 Championship title in Lome in October (including…
Two-goal heroine, Queen Joseph sandwiched between Shakirat Moshood and Muinat Rotimi as she celebrated her first-minute goal against Algeria in Ikenne-Remo on Saturday.   By Dianabasi Effiong Nigeria inched closer to an eighth appearance at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals on Saturday after a brace by Queen Joseph and one each by Zainab Raji…
