By Simon StoneBBC Sport By the time Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sat down for what can sometimes be a chaotic media Zoom call at 13:15 BST on Friday afternoon, the Manchester United manager already knew Cristiano…
By Russell Fuller BBC When Novak Djokovic won the 2016 French Open, and became the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slams simultaneously, he danced to the Gypsy Kings near the…
BBC Tammy Abraham scored his first Serie A goal in Roma’s win at Salernitana as Olivier Giroud opened his AC Milan account with a double against Cagliari. Abraham swept home a classy finish from just…
BBC Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second fastest women’s 100m of all time at the Eugene Diamond League. The Jamaican, who retained her 100m-200m title double in Tokyo, clocked a new world lead of…
BBC The meeting of last season’s Premier League champions and FA Cup winners was absorbing in parts and looked to be heading for penalties, but Iheanacho struck from the spot into the top corner with…
By Marsha Green Athing Mu, 19, is a middle-distance runner from Trenton, New Jersey. Most teenagers at this age are making mall runs with their friends or navigating a complicated college campus. But Mu raised…
By Jesse Washington No Trayvon Bromell, the fastest man in the world this year. No Jamaicans. Two almost anonymous Americans. Competitors from China, South Africa, Nigeria, Great Britain, and — for the first time in…
Atshimene scored thrice for the new Nigerian league champions. By Tunde Eludini Akwa United have emerged as the champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League for the very first time in their history. The Promise…
Olympian, actor, and writer Alexi Pappas refuses to sell herself short. By Matt Huston Around the time Greek-American long-distance runner Alexi Pappas competed on the Greek Olympic team in the 2016 Games—setting a national record…
Americans and Britons are becoming familiar with a phenomenon whereby Nigerians often excel to the top of any discipline they find themselves in. Basketball is the latest arena that is showcasing the great Nigerian spirit…
