According to the secretary general of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria , Emmanuel Babayaro, Tijanni’s younger brother, Ibrahim, who played for the national U-17 team , died on the spot, while Tijani and his family were taken to a nearby hospital.
Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi, a four-time winner on the WTA circuit, has retired at the age of 32, Italy's tennis federation has announced. Beauty Akatiku of Nasarawa, who beat Zubair Fatimoh, also from Nasarawa State, in the -56Kg at the maiden Mixed Martial Arts National Amateur Championship for fighters from North-West and Central zones of the country, believes the country is ready to excel at the MMA World Championship slated for Jakarta, Indonesia in December.
Nigeria’s U-17 girls football team, Flamingos, are expected to fly to Bamako, Mali, today ahead of Saturday’s FIFA Cadet Women’s World Cup African qualification series third round, first leg encounter against their counterparts from Burkina Faso.