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France’s Caroline Garcia and Croatia’s Borna Coric claimed victories in the finals at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. Garcia, became the first qualifier to win a WTA 1000 title with her 6-2 6-4 win against Petra Kvitova. In the men’s final, Coric, became the lowest-ranked player to claim a Masters Trophy.

The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has fixed September 30, 2022, for NFF Elective Congress 2022. This was contained in a communiqué signed by NFF spokesman, Ademola Olajire. According to the communiqué the body approved the suspension of the provisions of the NFF Statutes (2010) and the NFF Electoral Code (2009).

Manchester United will unveil Brazilian midfielder, Casemiro on Monday before their Premier League clash against Liverpool. According to reports, the Red Devils will complete the £60million signing of Casemero before the unveiling. The report added that the Real Madrid midfielder has accepted the personal terms on offer from Manchester United and the two clubs are in advanced talks.

Nigeria will play Libya in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2022 African U-21 Men’s Nations Volleyball Championship in Tunisia on Friday despite losing to the hosts in their final group game on Wednesday. Having gotten the better of Morocco and Gambia in their first two games of the tournament, Coach Sani Mohammed’s side suffered their first defeat to hosts Tunisia, who beat Nigeria 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-23). The result revealed […]

Nigeria’s U-20 team, Falconets, beat Canada 3-1 to finish with a perfect nine points out of nine in Group C. Head Coach, Chris Musa, said before the encounter his girls would seek to win even as a quarter-final ticket was already in the bag. Africa’s best team conceded their first goal of the competition in an accidental manner.

British number one Emma Raducanu beat former world number one Victoria Azarenka. Raducanu continued her preparations for the defence of her US Open title with a 6-0 6-2 win in Cincinnati. She played Belarusian veteran, Azarenka just 18 hours after beating Williams, 6-4 6-0.

British number one Emma Raducanu thrashed Serenna Williams in the Cincinnati Open first round. Williams, lost 6-4 6-0 in what is set to be the penultimate event of her career. Reigning US Open champion Raducanu will play Victoria Azarenka in round two.

FIFA has suspended the Indian football federation According to FIFA, its council unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA statutes. It added that the Country will currently not be able to host the under-17 Women’s World Cup in October.

Andy Murray beat veteran Stan Wawrinka in the Cincinnati Open. Murray won 7-6 5-7 7-5 in the first-round match against Wawrinka. The victory keeps his hopes of being seeded at the US Open, which starts on 29 August.