It has been claimed that Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa Bryant had a deal not to fly together in a helicopter. The NBA legend was killed in a helicopter crash with eight other people at the weekend, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore. According to People, Vanessa always refused to join her husband…
The bodies of all nine people aboard the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles killing NBA legend Kobe Bryant have been recovered, the coroner’s office said Tuesday. Three bodies were retrieved from the wreckage by a special response team Sunday, and the remaining six on Monday, it said. The remains were “removed from the crash…
Investigators will continue after sunrise Tuesday to sift through the wreckage of Kobe Bryant’s ill-fated helicopter that crashed in California, killing the former NBA star, his daughter and seven others on board, as they try to answer both the why and how of the accident. An 18-member National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) team, assisted by…
The male and female basketball teams of Lagos and Ondo states respectively, have qualified as the South-West zone representatives for the up-coming 20th National Sports Festival scheduled to hold by March, 2020, in Edo State. This came after the four teams emerged winners respectively, at the zonal qualifiers series concluded yesterday, at the indoor sport…
Football clubs worldwide splashed out a record $7.35 billion (6.63 million euros) on transfers in the men’s game in 2019, FIFA revealed in a report released on Wednesday. The amount represents a 5.8 per cent increase in 2018, with English clubs accounting for the largest total outlay at just over $1.5 billion — a drop of 22.1…
Former Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia filmed a video pleading with well-meaning Nigerians to donate 250,000 euros. The former football striker was banned for life from participating in all football match by the world football governing body, FIFA in 2019 after he was found guilty of accepting bribes in order to manipulate matches. Reacting to…
Manchester United goalkeeper, Sergio Romero, on Monday morning escaped death in a ghastly accident, which left his Lamborghini badly damaged, according to Sky Sports. The Argentina international was unhurt after the accident occurred on the Carrington Spur Road through Ashton, not far from Man United’s Carrington training ground. This is coming less than 24hrs after…
Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has donated $101,000 to help children in Sierra Leone have free education. Rudiger, born to Sierra Leone parents but born in Berlin, Germany and now representing the German national team, made his pledge on the sidelines of the UK-Africa Investment summit in London to support Sierra Leone’s Free Quality Education…
Founder and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revisited his plan to buy English Football Club, Arsenal. For years, his interest to buy the one of the world famous clubs has been discussed in the media space but no one knows been when the deal would be sealed. But the richest African has let the…
Serena Williams has broken a three-year title drought and won the singles final at the ASB Classic in Auckland. Williams had not won a singles title since the Australian Open in January 2017 but prevailed 6-3 6-4 over Jessica Pegula. The victory secured her 73rd WTA title and her first since she becoming a mother…
