Sports & Entertainment

Athletes in Uganda are hopeful in their preparations as they look towards the Tokyo Olympics for which a countdown has begun by the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC). Uganda's Boxing trio of Catherine Nanziri, Shadir Musa and David Ssemujju as well as world 800m champion Halimah Nakaayi, all expressed a high level of enthusiasm and optimism noting that they were putting...

The Secretary-General of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Veron Mosengo-Omba, has announced that the delayed draws for the rescheduled Africa Cup of Nations will take place in Cameroon within the first 15 days of August as the country is expected to host it. The new timeline for the draw was disclosed by Mosengo-Omba, who led a CAF inspection team...

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...

Complete Sports Nigeria recently entered into a partnership with RealFevr to introduce Fantasy Leagues to Nigerians. Football fans can now move to the football fantasy world and enjoy what they might have missed so far. RealFevr is a Portugal based fantasy platform, and its move to partner Complete Sports Nigeria is a major coup for the sports entertainment industry in Nigeria....

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...

Bankulli, Nigeria’s talent manager and music mogul, announced today his invitation to the Recording Academy (The Grammys) to become one of its members. Recently, the Recording Academy announced that it has extended membership invitations to more than 2,300 established artists, songwriters, producers, and other music professionals from all races. Academy members can vote in the annual Grammy Awards, submit their...

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...

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...

The organisers of Big Brother Naija (BBN) reality TV show have retained ace TV presenter, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu as host for the fourth season which will be on screen in less than fifteen days This was made known on Twitter by Ebuka who took to the social media platform to share the news with his teeming fans. Ebuka who started hosting the show...