The former Super Eagles Media Officer, Ben Alaiya has been reportedly dead. It was gathered that Alaiya, former sports editor of Daily Independent Newspaper, died in his village in Benin, Edo State, South-South region of Nigeria. Until his death, he was the Editor-in-Chief of SportsDay Newspapers. READ ALSO…

More revelations have emerged on the tragedy that happened with Wikki Tourists Football Club, on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Newspot had reported earlier that bus converting players and officials of the Bauchi State government-owned football club, caught up with an unstoppable fire. The supposed joyful sports trip ended abruptly after the bus lost two tyres at Hawan Kibo, a town near Jos, ...

Portuguese and Juventus winger Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for Covid-19, the Portuguese FA said on Tuesday. The Portuguese Football Federation announced Tuesday that Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for COVID-19. On Oct. 3, Juventus announced two of its staff members had also tested positive. As a result, all those involved with the club had gone into self-isolation. This article will be updated to ...

Four Super Eagles players have tested positive for coronavirus. The Eagles are in Austria for friendlies with Algeria and Tunisia on Friday and Tuesday respectively. Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, who refused to mention the affected players, however stated they were fine. According to him: “I won’t reveal their names, they are fine now.” Another round of tests was conducted on ...

Huge numbers of sporting events have been canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. And now it looks like the granddaddy of global sporting events, the Tokyo Olympic Games, set for this summer, will join them. On Monday, International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA Today that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be postponed, likely to 2021. ...

Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman technically knocked America’s Colby Covington out to defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight 245 title. The ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ “TKO-ed” the ‘American Chaos’ at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday morning. He knocked Covington out in 4 minutes 10 seconds of the fifth round to defend his title. Usman, who defeated Woodley in March ...

An unnamed Nigerian player has been sacked by his Slovenian club side after he admitted to impregnating the Club President’s daughter. According to a publication on ghanasoccernet .com, the player admitted he impregnated the young lady but considers it illegal to terminate his contract over the affair. Here’s an excerpt of his quotes: “I signed a three year deal with ...

Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). It means the Russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics and football’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Anthony Joshua, for regaining his belts Saturday night in a re-match with Mexican’s Andy Ruiz Jnr. The President rejoiced with Joshua, saluting him for bringing joy to millions of Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora, who had rooted for him to regain the titles he lost about six months ago. ...

Anthony Joshua on Saturday night defeated Andy Ruiz Jr by unanimous decision in the rematch in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Recall that Ruiz stopped Joshua in the seventh round when both boxers squared up at Madison Square Garden in June. The scores were 118-110, 118-110, 119-109 in favour of the Nigeria-born boxer who now has his WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO Heavyweight ...