Exclusives

The European Commission on Tuesday raided the offices of a number of companies involved in sports broadcasting rights, including a unit of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox, as part of an investigation into a possible cartel, according to Reuters. Sports’ broadcasting is a huge business in Europe, with networks spending billions of pounds to secure exclusive rights to show games in top-flight leagues to attract viewers.

Nigeria’s men’s basketball team D’Tigers will play Scotland on Tuesday morning in a bid to qualify for the semi-final stage of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia despite losing all their preliminary games.

New Zealand defeated the Nigerians 110-65 points in their opening game, while they lost 82-67 to Canada in their second game and got beaten 97-55 points by host nation Australia in their final group game on Monday.

But with the rules guiding the games, the 2015 FIBA AfroBasket champions still have a lifeline to remain in the competition and also compete for a medal.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel held on by the skin of his teeth to win a tense Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix in his 200th race start on Sunday. His tyres fading, the championship leader took the chequered flag only 0.6 seconds clear of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas who piled the pressure on in the final 10 laps.

Caster Semenya smashed Zola Budd’s long-standing South African 1,500m record at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday as her dominance on the track continued to be dogged by controversy off it. Semenya, who has elevated levels of male sex hormones, made her move on the last lap, overtaking Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech on the final bend and accelerating away to win in 4min 0.71sec.

Nigeria’s Milicent Agboegbulem on Monday qualified for the semi-final of the women’s boxing event of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, guaranteeing herself at least a bronze medal.

Fighting in the middleweight (76kg) category, Agboegbulem outclassed Elizabeth Andiego from Kenya with a 5-0 decision.

Agboegbulem overwhelmed Andiego in round one 10-9, 10-9, 10-9, 10-8, 10-9.

The Canadian national basketball team on Saturday defeated the Nigerian national male basketball team, D’Tigers, 82-67 points at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. The Nigerians had lost their first preliminary qualification game against the Tall Blacks of New Zealand on Friday and have now all but crashed out of the tournament.