Category Archives: International Tournament

Real Madrid Win Club World Cup

December 21 Football, International Tournament 13 comments

Real Madrid defeated San Lorenzo of Argentina 2-0 on Saturday to win the Club World Cup and secure their fourth trophy of 2014. The Spanish giants dominated the final with Sergio Ramos, who had been an injury doubt becau...

Holland, Italy Struggle In Euro Qualifiers

October 14 Football, International Tournament 107 comments

The Netherlands fell to another surprising loss and fellow continental powers Italy and Belgium also struggled in European Championship qualifying on Monday, while Croatia showed off their goal-scoring credentials. Meanw...

Airtel Returns With Rising Stars Season 4

June 4 Corporate Briefs, Football, Grassroots Sports, International Tournament 16 comments

Leading Telecommunications Services provider, Airtel Nigeria, on Wednesday announced the commencement of the 4th edition of Airtel Rising Stars, ARS, U-17 male and female tournament, a grass-root football talent search p...

Venus Returns To Win In Charleston

April 3 International Tournament, Tennis 8 comments

Venus Williams, battling a mystery bug and a dogged opponent who refused to lie down, advanced to the third round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston on Wednesday. A day after her younger sister Serena was surprisingl...

Ijeh Leads Swedish Club To Win First Trophy

March 20 Football, International Tournament, World League 26 comments

*WINNERS: Assyriska BK Football Club of Sweden with Chief Coach, Peter Ijeh (Far right back row) after emerging West Goteborg Champion Wednesday night. – Nigerian international, Peter Ijeh has won his first trophy ...

Sochi Olympic Games Action

February 18 International Tournament, Olympics 28 comments

*Team USA players gather at the net before the start of their women’s semi-final ice hockey game against Sweden at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games on 17 February, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of Reuters.

Heat Bites At Sochi Olympics

February 11 International Tournament, Olympics 20 comments

With temperatures rising on the Black Sea coast, the Sochi Olympics are starting to feel more like the Summer Games. On Monday, these Sub-Tropical Olympics really started to heat up with temperatures soaring to 16 degree...

Bolt May Shun Glasgow Games

February 7 Athletics, International Tournament 39 comments

The London Anniversary Games will take place in Glasgow this July, but the participation of global athletics stars such as Usain Bolt is in doubt owing to UK tax rules. British Athletics confirmed this summer’s pre...

Murray Eyes Davis Cup Q/Final For UK

February 2 International Tournament, Tennis 9 comments

Andy Murray will try to put Great Britain in the last eight of the Davis Cup for the first time since 1986 against the USA on Sunday. US doubles pairing Bob and Mike Bryan overcame Colin Fleming and Dom Inglot 6-2, 6-3, ...

Returnee Batista Rules Royal Rumble!

January 27 International Tournament, Martial Arts, More, Wrestling 5 comments

Wrestling followers in Nigeria and Africa, who lost hours of sleep got a better reward for keeping vigil to watch last night’s Royal Rumble, while the others saw it live as it happened during the show in America an...

Wawrinka Surprised To Win Grand Slam

January 27 International Tournament, Players Profiles, Tennis 30 comments

.Beats Nadal In Aussie Open Final – Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka said he did not believe he was good enough to win a Grand Slam. The Swiss, 28, beat world number one Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-...

Pacquiao, Bradley Rematch For April

January 26 Boxing, International Tournament 21 comments

Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley will meet on 12 April 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in a rematch of their controversial 2012 welterweight title bout. The deal was finalized mid-Saturday morning when To...

Azarenka, Djokovic Out Of Aussie Open

January 22 International Tournament, More, Players Profiles, Tennis 17 comments

Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka is out of the Australian Open after she was beaten in a thrilling quarter-final by Agnieszka Radwanska. The second seed had won her previous 12 sets against Radwanska but the...

Murray Faces Federer In Q/Final

January 20 International Tournament, Tennis 36 comments

.Beats ‘Lucky Loser’ Robert In Energy-Sapping Game – Andy Murray will face a tough test when he battles Roger Federer in the quarter final of the Australian Open. Murray came through his first rocky mom...

Jonathan Wants Commonwealth Games Medals

January 7 Commonwealth Games, International Tournament, More, Sports Federations, Sports Personality 6 comments

*The above photograph shows the President, His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan receiving the Queen’s Baton from the Honourable Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi at the State House yesterday, 6 Janu...

John Cena, Others Thrill At Smackdown

December 28 International Tournament, Wrestling 21 comments

SmackDown was to say goodbye to 2013 on Friday, early Saturday, 28 December in Nigeria, Africa and other countries within the same time zone, but the visit of John Cena turned things the other way round. Cena was not alo...

Intercity Basketball Spreads In Africa

December 24 African Sports, Basketball, International Tournament 5 comments

As interest for the annual intercity basketball competition is on the rise, the East and Central Africa Basketball Federation intends to include more cities from across the continent in the competition in the near future...

Pepsi Seeks Beach Soccer Culture In Nigeria

December 16 Beach Soccer, Corporate Briefs, Football, International Tournament, National Teams 10 comments

*R-L: Head of Marketing Seven-Up Bottling Company, Mr. Norden Thurston; Emeka Ogbonna; Isa Abdulahi, Captain of Nigeria team and Tale Victor during the closing ceremony of 2013 Copa Lagos Beach Soccer tournament held in ...

Thunder ‘Strikes’ Lakers In NBA Clash

December 14 Basketball, International Tournament, More 33 comments

*DRIVE: Kobe Bryant (left) tries to stop Kevin Durant who is driving away with the ball during their NBA match Friday night, 13 December, 2013. – Three games into his comeback from injury, Kobe Bryant remains a wor...

Cricket: England Skipper Eyes Tough 100 Test

December 12 Cricket, International Tournament, Players Profiles 1 comment

England Captain Alastair Cook says his 100th Test will be the “toughest” of his career as his country look to turn around the Ashes after two heavy defeats. Australia will regain the run if they win the third...

Athletes Can’t Aviod Drugs, Says Johnson

December 12 Athletics, International Tournament, More, Sports Personality 22 comments

Athletics will never be free of drug cheats and without the Olympics, the sport would be dead, four-time Games champion American Michael Johnson has said. The US track star pulled no punches as he discussed the future of...

Hulk Hogan Listed For BRF Wreslemania

November 30 International Tournament, Martial Arts, More, Wrestling 4 comments

Reports say preparation for the third BRF Wrestlemania is in top gear with the legendary Hulk Hogan from Florida and Ric Flair from Washington DC, USA, coming to feature as Match Commissioners at the event this year. The...

Assembly Members For 2014 Obudu Mountain Race

November 27 Athletics, Corporate Briefs, International Tournament, More 3 comments

The Cross River State government has concluded plans to add the executive and legislative races when the 10th edition of the Obudu mountain race holds next year. According to the state governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, this...