Former six-weight world champion Oscar De La Hoya has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2017. Court documents seen by BBC Sport state that De La Hoya, 46, faces complaints for sexual assault and battery, gender violence, negligence and the infliction of extreme emotional distress. The woman behind the allegations…
Calvin Hemery has emerged winner of the men’s singles title of the just concluded 2019 Lagos Open Tennis Championship . The France-born Nigerian player beat Bosnia Herzegovina opponent Aldin Setkic in the final. The finals, which was shifted 24 hours because of heavy downpour in Lagos metropolis on Sunday was the climax of the second…
The Flying Antelopes on Sunday kicked off their CAF Confederation Cup group phase campaign off in style when they beat Salitas FC of Burkina Faso 2-0 in Enugu. Rangers Skipper Godwin Aguda opened scoring for the home team as early as the second minute when he dashed into the box before he chipped past…
Manchester City’s title hopes suffered a huge blow as Newcastle came from a goal down to record a remarkable victory over the defending champions at St James’ Park. Two defensive lapses cost Pep Guardiola’s side the chance to cut Liverpool’s lead at the top of the Premier League to one point. The Reds face Leicester…
Serena Williams has been knocked out of the Australian Open by Karolina Pliskova after holding match points. The 37-year-old American, going for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, led 5-1 in the decider but lost 6-4 4-6 7-5 in Melbourne. Williams’ inability to seal victory means a highly anticipated rematch of her controversial…
The search for a missing plane carrying a Premier League footballer, Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson has been called off for the night. The pair were in the plane that vanished from radar on Monday. The single-engine plane left Nantes, north-west France, at 19:15 on Monday and had been flying…
Arsenal earned an important win in a pulsating London derby against Chelsea to keep themselves in the race for the Premier League top four. The victory moves the Gunners to within three points of fourth-placed Chelsea and back above Manchester United, who had gone fifth by beating Brighton. Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal ahead in the…
Super Falcons of Nigeria have won the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations after beating the Bayana Bayana of South Africa 4-3. The game was decided on penalty kicks after a barren 120 minutes of play. Goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi’s heroics on Saturday in Accra helped the Super Falcons of Nigeria to victory at the…
A 17th minute Dybala strike off a Ronaldo cross put Juventus ahead of Manchester United in their group game in the UEFA Champions League. The visitors were dominant especially in the first half where they kept 70% possession as well as having more shots on goals. Ronaldo remained the centre of attention after the game…
Arsenal went to a temporary third on the English Premier League table when they handed down a resounding 5 goals thrashing to home side Fulham. Frenchman Alexandre Lacazette opened scoring in the 29th minute but Schurrle equalized for the home side in the 44th to ensure that the two teams had one goal apiece at…
Cristiano Ronaldo shrugged off damaging rape allegations to score for Juventus as the Serie A champions beat Udinese 2-0 under the rain in northeastern Italy to stretch their lead at the top of Serie A on Saturday. The Portuguese forward lashed in the second goal after 37 minutes from the left following a cross from…
Luka Modric, Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder has been selected the world best football player (men) by FIFA at its football awards in London. Modric beat former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool sensation Mohamed Salah to clinch the award. The 33yr old has won three Champions League trophies in a row and helped his country…
Britain’s Anthony Joshua stopped challenger Alexander Povetkin in seven rounds at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday to retain his International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organisation heavyweight titles. An estimated 68,000 fans watched Joshua stop Povetkin to earn about £20m in a bout called the most important and spectacular of his career.…
Liverpool continued their best start to a season since 1990-91 and fellow title contenders Manchester City also earned a big win in the Premier League on Saturday. The Reds returned to the top of the table by putting three goals past Southampton at Anfield to earn a seventh win from seven games in all competitions.…
Lionel Messi scored his 48th career hat-trick as Barcelona thrashed Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven 4-0 in their opening Champions League group game. Barca’s captain curled home a stunning free-kick to open the scoring before Luis Suarez’s clever 20-yard lob hit the crossbar. The impressive Ousmane Dembele spun to lose two defenders and blasted home…