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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have suffered a massive drop from  36th in the world to 44th in the latest FIFA rankings.Nigerias eight-place drop in the latest rankings released on the football governing body website on Thursday, November 28, has seen the three-time African champions make their biggest decline in recent years.The Eagles drop was due to their poor outing …

Former Super Eagles head coach, Sunday Oliseh has declared his support for current handler of the team, Augustine Eguavoen.   Eguavoen is currently in charge of the Super Eagles in interim capacity and has guided the team to 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. “Austin Eguavoen is a smart guy. He is not stupid. And I also want to say …

Teenage star Luke Littler will face history-making female player Fallon Sherrock in the World Championship if she beats Ryan Meikle in the first round. Fourth seed Littler, 17, lost January’s world final to Luke Humphries, while Sherrock was the first woman to win matches at the tournament five years ago. Humphries will start his PDC title defence against Thibault Tricole …

Third and fourth places for the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc reduced their deficit to McLaren in the constructors’ championship to 24 points with two races to go. Norris stopped for fresh tyres to take fastest lap in the closing stages to give McLaren an extra point. Verstappen, starting one place ahead of Norris in fifth place on …

Wizkid doesn’t reinvent the wheel with ‘Morayo’. For the past 4 years, Wizkid has boldly walked an artistic path he paved with his 2020 R&B fusion album ‘Made In Lagos’. On his sixth LP ‘Morayo’, he keeps on this path with the album underscored by strikingly familiar elements. Named after his late mother whom he lost in 2023, Wizkid dealt …

Promotion/relegation play-offs will take place in March. These ties will see the teams who finished third in League A playing two-legged ties against second-placed sides from League B, with winner of those takes taking place in League A. Meanwhile, the third-place teams in League B will face the second-placed sides in League C, with winners securing their place in League …

Lee Carsley says England are in “a good position” to win the 2026 World Cup under new manager Thomas Tuchel. German Tuchel takes up his new role on 1 January after being handed an 18-month contract by the Football Association. The 51-year-old has been tasked with ending England’s long wait for a major trophy – and outgoing interim boss Carsley …

McIlroy finished two strokes ahead of Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard at Jumeirah Golf Estates after a three-under-par 69 in his final round and appeared emotional when interviewed on the 18th green. It was his third consecutive time topping the DP World Tour’s rankings, with his sixth overall title drawing him level with the mark set by Seve Ballesteros. Although many will …

Nigerian-American teen, Ugo Ugochukwu has won the 2024 FIA FR World Cup  and the 71st Macau Grand Prix – with a faultless performance throughout the entire weekend.    The 17-year-old becomes the first driver from the USA to win this prestigious event since Bob Earl in 1981.    Ugochukwu, who represents the US in car racing, was born in New …

A tech executive looking ahead at his final days is sharing some parting thoughts amid his cancer journey.   James Butts built an audience on X, formerly Twitter, as the SVP of Product & Design at food delivery service Postmates.  One tweet, shared on Wednesday, Nov. 13, has gone viral as he explains where he is in his medical journey.  Butts …