Tag: Sports

  • Via @UFC Twitter Kamara “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman defeated Tyron Woodley last night during UFC 235 to become the first African champion in UFC history. Usman is now the new Undisputed UFC Welterweight Champion after a unanimous decision. He is…

  • Former Stanford Women Basketball All American, Nneka Ogwumike reflects on her past experiences and learnings as a student athlete at Stanford University.

  • Via @CalAthletics Arike added to her stellar career when she became the Women’s Notre Dame Basketball all-time scoring leader on Friday. She passed Skylar Diggins with 2,358 points and counting. Congrats to Arike on an amazing accomplishment. I’m excited to…

  • Image via @NBA Twitter During the 6th annual NBA Africa All Star Luncheon in Charlotte, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced the plan to launch the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2020. The Basketball…

  • This TNT documentary highlights how Giannis Antetokounmpo was discovered leading up to the 2013 NBA Draft.

  • All of the stars were on the court last night in Charlotte during the 2019 NBA All Star game. No star shined more than MVP front-runner Giannis Antetokounmpo. Despite the lost to Team Lebron, Giannis had a game high 38…

  • Image via @CAF_Online Twitter The 27th annual Confederation of African Football (CAF) took place today in Dakar, Senegal. Nigeria won the Women’s National Team of the Year. Congrats to the Lady Super Falcons on amazing year. The CAF is the continent’s…

  • Image via Ros Gold-Onwude(RosGo21) Instagram This past weekend, Hope4Girls Africa hosted a basketball camp in Abeokuta, Ogun State in Nigeria. This was the 7th edition of the camp. Check out some tweets recapping the event here.

  • During the holiday season, it’s always great to hear about stories like this. Victor Oladipo, who won the NBA 2017-2018 Most Improved Player award last season, surprised a fan Renita Hills by donating the car that he won to her.…

  • Over the weekend, FIFA announced the grouping for the upcoming 2019 Women’s World Cup. The Nigeria Falcons are in Group A with France, Korea, & Norway. Group A is already being considered by some to be the Group of Death,…