By Ikenna Okonkwo Beyond the competitive atmosphere, it was a moment to relax and enjoy unique ambience sportstainment produced at the just concluded 6th Taekwondo invitational Tournament staged by Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation (CCSF). The sports event comprising Taekwondo, Table Tenni... Read more...
World Number Tennis icon, Novak Djokovic has tested positive for coronavirus in the wake of the Adria Tour events he helped organise in Serbia and Croatia this month, Bestchoicesports.com.ng reports. The world No 1 was the face behind the Adria Tour, a series of exhibition events that starte... Read more...
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has become the world's highest-paid female athlete, displacing US rival Serena Williams at the top of the list. According to Forbes magazine, Osaka, 22, a two-time Grand Slam champion, made £30.7m in prize money and endorsements over the past 12 months. T... Read more...
Major sports events around the world that are in the process of re-starting or have been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic: FOOTBALL * The 20 English Premier League clubs have discussed plans for a resumption of training this month followed by a possible return to action in June. * ... Read more...
Serena Williams said she was “nowhere near” as good as 15-year-old Coco Gauff when she was that age as the American great reached the Australian Open third round Wednesday despite being far from her best.The 38-year-old, one short of Australian Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Sla... Read more...
Roger Federer said he would donate to the Australia bushfires appeal on Monday after coming under criticism from climate campaigners including Greta Thunberg over his sponsorship deal with Credit Suisse, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report “If anyone can chip in, that’s great because it’s n... Read more...
World tennis icon, Rafael Nadal Saturday married his partner of 14 years, Xisca Perello, at a castle in Mallorca. Nadal, the 19-time grand slam champion, tied the knot with 31-year-old Perello at La Fortaleza, with a reported 350 guests invited to a private ceremony. Juan Carlos I, the king o... Read more...
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will make late summer hardcourt starts next week as the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters gets underway with all major names set to compete. Along to give his resurfaced right hip a test after seven months of singles inactivity will be two-time champion Andy Murray,... Read more...
Homegirl and favorite Fatima Kazeem was quick to recover yesterday and kept up her game after dropping the first game against Algerian Lynda Loghraibi, as there were multiple other withdrawals at the qualifying stage of the Women’s Singles group stage of the ITTF Nigeria Open holding at Sir Molad... Read more...
Ashleigh Barty hung on to top place in the WTA rankings on Monday despite crashing out of Wimbledon in the last 16. The French Open champion, who was hoping to become the first Australian to win at the All England Club since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, lost in three sets to the American Alison... Read more...