Lance Armstrong, former cycling’s most prolific icon and considered one of America’s greatest athletes, finally confessed to doping/cheating during all his seven tour de france title achievements.    After an entire decade of vehemently denying doping allegations, through substance mis-use and the use of oxygen-boosting blood transfusions, he finally came clean in an exclusive interview […]

Current African nations cup champions Zambia head 10 strong contenders for this year’s tournament, but it is Ivory Coast who remain favourites to win the competition. This would be the fifth time the Ivory coast team would be tagged favourites, but questions remain as to whether they can deliver. The spotlight remains firmly focussed on […]

Nigerians may not have the opportunity to watch the 2013 African Cup of Nations  televised live as negotiations between the Broadcasting organisation of Nigeria and JCM-African Sports Consulting hit a brick wall. BON accused the agent of Confederation of Africa of conspiracy during the negotiations for the rights to televise the tournament live. […]

Rafael Nadal coped with an on-court intruder and the Paris rain to beat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer and win a record eighth French Open title. Nadal, 27, came through 6-3 6-2 6-3 to reaffirm his dominance on clay, and further elevate himself among the greats of the sport. “I’m very happy, very emotional,” he said. […]

The five candidates for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award have been revealed on the BBC’s Newsday programme. Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure has made the shortlist for the fifth consecutive year and is joined by Nigerians Victor Moses and John Mikel Obi, Burkina Faso’s Jonathan Pitroipa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon. count […]