The President Nigeria Olympic Committee Engr. Sani Ndanusa has hailed the performance of Team Nigeria to the 18th edition of the African Senior Athletics Championship held in Porto Novo, Benin Republic where the Nigerian athletes emerged overall winners.

Head coach of Nigeria, Stephen Keshi has said he is not worried over the prospect of facing any of the African big guns in the final round of qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Tiger Woods has overtaken Jack Nicklaus in the second place on the all-time PGA Tour winners list after capturing the AT&T National tournament at the Congressional Country Club on Sunday.

Vitali Klitschko could finish his boxing career in September if he is elected to the Ukrainian parliament. The WBC heavyweight champion, 40, faces undefeated German Manuel Charr in Moscow on 8 September.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have announced how Thursday's final qualifiers draw for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations will be done.

According to CAF, the 15 seeded teams represented by 15 balls will be in Pot A, while 15 other teams will be in Pot B.

Usain Bolt who was beaten by Yohan Blake in the 200m final at the Jamaican Olympic trials has said that he is worried about his loss and will now sit to figure out what went wrong.

Chief coach of the U-17 women football team, Peter Dedevbo has set a semi final target for himself ahead of the draws for the championship to take place on July 6 in Azerbaijan.

Triumphant Spain turned their thoughts towards qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and retaining their world title on Monday even as they were celebrating success at Euro 2012.

The Iberian nation became the first country to win back-to-back European championships with a World Cup in between when they thumped Italy 4-0 in Sunday's final in Kiev.

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Premier League new boys West Ham have completed the signing of Sunderland's George McCartney on a two-year deal. McCartney, 31, returns to Upton Park following two previous spells at the club, initially joining in 2006, he also spent last season on loan.