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Victor Olorunfemi

Victor Olorunfemi is a sports reporter with Peoples Gazette. Prior to working with The Gazette, he was with Sports247 Nigeria, a grassroots football news platform. He is on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram @herovicofficial
June 21, 2023

Bendel Insurance, Bayelsa Queens win 2023 Nigerian Federation Cup titles

The tightly-contested encounter ended goalless in regulation time, which immediately saw the game go into penalties to decide a winner.

Bendel Insurance and Bayelsa Queens
June 21, 2023

UEFA suspends Jose Mourinho for four matches over verbal attacks on referee Anthony Taylor

Many people believed that Mourinho was complicit as Anthony Taylor and members of his family were confronted and hurled insults by hundreds of aggrieved AS Roma fans.

Jose Mourinho
June 19, 2023

Ex-Ajax star Quincy Promes jailed for stabbing cousin

Meanwhile, the former Sevilla player is eligible to appeal the judgement but it is still unclear if he will return to his home country to serve his sentence.

Quincy Promes
June 18, 2023

Road to Cote d’Ivoire: Osimhen, Iheanacho on song as Nigeria beat Sierra Leone to reach AFCON finals

Nigeria only needed a draw to secure a spot at the AFCON finals and two early goals by Osimhen and a crucial late strike from Kelechi Iheanacho sealed the dramatic win for the Super Eagles.

Nigeria vs Sierra Leone
June 15, 2023

EPL: City, Burnley kick start new campaign; Chelsea host Liverpool as Arsenal seek revenge

City are currently on three consecutive EPL title wins and seek to become the first EPL club to win four consecutive league titles.

EPL
June 15, 2023

18-year-old Ugandan makes ‘rare’ baseball debut in U.S.

He spent two years trying to get a contract with an American team and was denied a travel visa twice at the U.S. Embassy in Uganda.

Dennis Kasumba
June 15, 2023

Women’s World Cup: FIFA grants UK, France, others broadcast rights

FIFA has approved additional five major European countries to broadcast the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup on the continent after a previous threat by the federation to blackout the tournament in

FIFA and Women’s World Cup
June 11, 2023

NPFL Super 6: Enyimba clinch record ninth league title

With this win, the two-time CAF Champions League winners will once again feature in the CAF top tier tournament.

Enyimba
June 11, 2023

NWFL Super 6: Delta Queens stun Bayelsa Queens to clinch title

Delta Queens defeated Bayelsa Queens 2-1 to win the 2022/23 season of the Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) Premiership.

Delta Queens
June 10, 2023

Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ terrorist who targeted victims with letter bombs, dies in U.S. federal prison

He was initially kept at federal supermax prison in Colorado for more than two decades before he was moved to a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina.

Unabomber