Sports & Entertainment

AMC Entertainment, the U.S. theatre chain, reported a decline in earnings for the first quarter ending March 31, with a $941.5 million drop in revenue. That’s down from $1.2 billion over the year from 2019, according to the company’s earnings report, released June 3. The numbers were affected by the coronavirus, which has crippled theatres whose only revenue consisted of people coming in-person to watch...

Nigeria has now shifted its full attention and focus on the Tokyo Olympics following the recent conclusion of the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival in Benin City which saw impressive performances from some of the athletes who participated in the competition. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare, noted the country is ready to show it means...

Sony Pictures Entertainment will make strides towards more sustainable productions as it seeks to rid single-use plastic and cut a quarter of its greenhouse gas emissions across business functions by 2025. The newly announced steps add to Sony’s Road to Zero initiative, the company’s plan to reach a zero environmental footprint from business affairs by 2050. Road to Zero will...

Watford Football Club, an English professional football club in Watford, Hertfordshire, now has three confirmed cases of one player and two staff that tested positive to the coronavirus test making a total of six positive confirmed cases across the Premier League.  Premier League players and staff recently underwent coronavirus testing at their bases before returning to training, and six positive...

Nigerian afrobeats artiste Damini Ogulu, otherwise known as Burna Boy, has been nominated for the Grammy awards for the second time running, consecutively. This makes him the first indigenous artist to be nominated for the awards in two consecutive years. The songster was earlier nominated in the Best Global Music category of the 62nd Grammys ceremony with his African Giant...

History has been made today in Germany’s football following the appointment of Daniel Thioune as Hamburger SV’s new coach. Thioune is the first German-born Black coach in any of German football’s professional divisions. Thioune was born in Germany to a Senegalese father and German mother and holds dual citizenship. The 45-year-old joins on a two-year deal from fellow 2. Bundesliga side...

22-year-old top female tennis player, Naomi Osaka, is now the highest-paid female athlete in the world. The Japanese-Haitian athlete earned a total of USD 37.4 million from prize money and endorsements between June 2019 and May 2020. Osaka is currently backed by 15 endorsement partners ranging from Nissan Motor, Shiseido and Yonex, with almost all of them worth seven figures every year. On top of...

Large gatherings at public events, such as sports, could remain banned in Los Angeles until at least 2021. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told a group of high-level staffers Monday that "large gatherings" – including sporting events – might not be approved until next year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, as first reported by the Los Angeles Times. "It's difficult to imagine...

Born in Ughelli, Delta State, in the South Southern part of Nigeria, Efe Ajagba is in line for a major heavyweight battle. After his ruling success over American fighter Deontay Wilder, ruling WBC champions Tyson Fury is preparing for his United Kingdom homecoming battle on Saturday, December 5, 2020. Fury dominated Wilder before he took out the tough-talking American in the...

La Liga announced a range of broadcast innovations ahead of the anticipated return to action of the competition A few days before the competition returns, La Liga has announced new broadcast experiences that will be part of the remaining eleven matchdays of the 2019/20 season. Due to the unprecedented situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, La Liga Santander and La Liga SmartBank matches...