The National Basketball Association (NBA) has named NBA Vice President and Managing Director for Africa, Amadou Gallo Fall as President of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa scheduled to begin play next year. Fall will assume his role as BAL President immediately while assisting in the […]
Where to watch Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr Live
It is the most anticipated fight of the season and it promises to be an explosive encounter. The international boxing community will hold their breath on Sunday, 2 June as Anthony “AJ” Joshua defends his world titles against Andy Ruiz Jr in a heavyweight boxing bout slated to hold at the Madison Square Garden in […]
Only three Nigerian footballers have 1 million plus followers on social media
Fenerbahce midfielder Victor Moses remains Nigeria’s leading footballer on social media with just three of them having more than a million followers, according to a new report by RESULT Sports. The Global Digital Football Benchmark 2019 – Players Edition was released at the end of April with a coverage of the top 275 players […]
Nigeria’s top car race Road-X Series kicks off to exciting start
There was an exciting start to the first two races of the 2019 Nigeria Road-X Championship racing season that was held during Easter at the Motorsport Raceway in Edo State. Nigeria’s biggest motor racing event saw Robson Omasheye of Fastlane Motorsports and Jack Affara of Throttle Heads Racing tied on 19 points after the opening […]
LaLiga hits over 1million Nigerian followers on Facebook
Spanish football league, LaLiga, has garnered over a million Nigerian followers on its English language Facebook account (with 53m+ followers). This feat underlines LaLiga’s huge support in Nigeria as fans not only watch the matches but also interact and engage on social media to show support. The LaLiga Facebook page gives fans access to official […]
Anthony Joshua’s new Glo TVC serves up some timely inspiration
The art of great storytelling is learned. Great stories leave the reader enthralled as they pass across knowledge and life lessons. The story of Anthony Joshua is still being written and it has the potential to become a great one. Generations from now, it could become a nighttime story for kids gathered under the digital […]
Nigerian sport needs to unlock its digital opportunities – Mario Leo, founder RESULT Sports
A few weeks ago, I was asked to moderate an interview on one of Nigeria’s leading football WhatsApp groups, Nigeria Football Support Platform (NFSP). The guest was Mario Leo, founder of RESULT Sports, one of the leading digital agencies working in sports. Being a digital researcher in sports myself, I have followed their work over […]
AS Roma winning with new Nigerian Pidgin Twitter account
AS Roma’s decision to set up a Pidgin English Twitter account to cater to its Nigerian fans is finding great reception. In just 24 hours, they have hit more than 11,000 followers. Take a look at AS Roma Pidgin: https://twitter.com/ASRomaPidgin?s=09 The club has become close to the heart of Nigerian Twitter since 2018 with fans […]
NBA and Youtube Partner to Launch Live Games on League’s First Channel Dedicated to Fans in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics The National Basketball Association (NBA) and YouTubeo have announced the launch of the NBA’s first YouTube channel dedicated to fans in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to featuring two live games per week in primetime for the rest of the 2018-19 season, including the Playoffs, Conference Finals and The Finals, the NBA […]
No place for Mikel, Moses, Iheanacho as Nigeria announce squad for Egypt, Seychelles
Despite their newfound form, both John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses were not included in the Nigeria squad for their final 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles and the friendly match against Seychelles in Asaba this month. Leicester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho was also dropped after posting unimpressive performances in recent times. Super […]