Turkey's forward #21 Baris Alper Yilmaz (up) fights for the ball with Austria's goalkeeper #13 Patrick Pentz during the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Austria and Turkey at the Leipzig Stadium in Leipzig on July 2, 2024. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)

Turkey set up Euros quarter-final with Dutch after thrilling win over Austria

Turkey will face the Netherlands in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 after winning a thriller with Austria 2-1 as both countries reached the last eight of a European Championship for the first
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Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo (R) celebrates with Portugal's head coach Roberto Martinez after winning the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Portugal and Slovenia at the Frankfurt Arena in Frankfurt am Main on July 1, 2024. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Ronaldo’s tears turn to cheers as Portugal survive his Euros penalty miss

Cristiano Ronaldo went from tears to cheers as the Portugal star recovered from missing a penalty during extra-time to score in his side’s dramatic shoot-out win over Slovenia in the Euro 2024
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Ola Aina (middle) battles with two South African defenders during the semifinals of the 2023 African Cup of Nations.

Forget 2026 World Cup, South Africans tell Nigerians

After beating Team Nigeria to top the medals table at the just-concluded 23rd African Senior Athletics Championships, in Douala, Cameroon, athletes and officials of Team South Africa shifted their focus to football
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One of the fights at the South-West elimination competition for the National Amateur Boxing and MMA Championships…at the weekend.

Lagos dominates South-West Amateur Boxing, MMA Hall of Fame Championships

Lagos State, at the weekend, dominated the South West zonal elimination of the National Amateur Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championships, which featured fighters from all the states in the zone.
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Fron left , Chigo Nwughala, Digital Marketing Manager, Samsung Electronics West Africa; Agbo Francis, silver medal winner, professional category; Tijani Quwam, gold medal winner and Moshood Garuba, bronze medal winner at 3rd Cycling championship

Quwam, Nunachi win Cycling Lagos Championship

Professional cyclist, Tijani Quwam, at the weekend, outpaced the field to win the third Cycling Lagos Championship, which featured riders from across the country.   Riding in the men’s category, Quwan, from
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