Exclusives

Nigeria’s 4x100m relay team of Seye Ogunlewe, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Usheoritse Itsekiri, and Enoch Adegoke have qualified for the final of the event at the ongoing Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The quartet placed third in the men’s 4x100m relay round 1- Heat 2 with a time of 38.52 seconds, behind the English and Jamaican teams at the Carrara Stadium Park.

Australia’s Home Affairs Minister¸ Peter Dutton says, African athletes and officials missing from the Commonwealth Games have been warned they'll be hunted down and deported for "taking the mickey" out of Australia. Two Sierra Leone squash players and one Rwandan coach have been added to a growing missing list, and Home Affairs Minster Peter Dutton says they'll be shown scant sympathy when caught.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has revealed a $25 billion investment proposal from a consortium of “secret” investors. The "mystery consortium" of investors from the Middle East and Asia have made a $25 billion bid to FIFA for control over two tournaments, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Team Nigeria ended day eight of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 11th position in the medals table on Thursday.

At the close of events on Wednesday, Team Nigeria were 10th but dropped to the 11th position despite winning one silver and two bronze (all from wrestling) on Thursday.

Following the addition of the three more medals, Team Nigeria currently has four gold, five silver and two bronze medals.

Nigeria has moved five places up, now 47th in the world and sixth in Africa with 635 points in the April FIFA/Coca Cola rankings released on Thursday. In the previous rankings, Nigeria was on 52nd position with 609 points. Meanwhile, Tunisia is the highest ranked African team on 14th place with Senegal and DR Congo on 28 and 38 positions respectively.

Nigeria’s male basketball team, D’Tigers medal hopes at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia have been shattered, as they suffered their fourth defeat on Tuesday, losing 66-61 to Scotland in the men’s basketball event. D’Tigers lost their first two quarters 16-23, 12-17 but bounced back to win the third quarter 18-6