Two-time Finals MVP says he underwent successful surgery on yesterday Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant says on social media he underwent surgery for a ruptured right Achilles tendon. Durant revealed the severity of his injury Wednesday, two days after getting hurt during Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto in his return after being sidelined for a month with a right ...

By  Harry Awurumibe, Live in France After an hour flight from Lyon International Airport to Rennes, the Super Falcons have arrived their new Center in Rennes. The team has also settled down at Best Western Plus Isidore in Rennes after the delegation which left Grenoble in the early hours of today were taken by bus to catch their flight in ...

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Arab Republic of Egypt, His Excellency Professor Dandatti Abdulkadir has urged players and officials of the Super Eagles to strive to be worthy representatives of the country while fighting for her pride during the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt. The message of Professor Abdulkadir was presented to ...

Super Falcons Coaches and players have vowed to continue to work hard to win more matches in the competition with their next game against the host country, France in Rennes on June 17. Speaking after the heartwarming 2-0 victory over South Korea in Grenoble, Head Coach Thomas Dennerby stated that the players kept to the match strategy hence they achieved ...

There will be quality football action across the country on Wednesday as the first round matches of this year’s AITEO Cup competition hold in eight centres. A ninth match will hold in Lokoja on Thursday, between Kaduna Queens and Abia Angels. Seven teams, namely Rivers Angels, Adamawa Queens, Sunshine Queens, Delta Queens, Nasarawa Amazons, Confluence Queens and Ibom Angels have ...

Nigeria’s U15 boys, known as Future Eagles, will take on the U16 National Team of Mexico on Wednesday in the opening match of the International Dream Cup tournament taking place in the city of Miyagi, Japan.   The Nigerian contingent arrived in Sendai (where the team is staying at the Sendai Hills Hotel) on Monday evening, and the team had ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Live in France It was a black Tuesday for Thailand football and by extension the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as FIFA Women’s World Cup defending Champions; United States of America (USA) massacred Thailand 13-0 at the on-going 8th Women’s World Cup final in France with star striker Alex Morgan scoring five goals alone. Although bookmakers would have ...

Harry Awurumibe, Live in France With all the three African countries losing their first round of matches in the on-going 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France, stakeholders have decried African teams’ poor results so far. They are also expecting that the teams will bounce back to the winning ways in their subsequent matches in the month-long competition which ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Live in France  Determined to pick all the three points at stake in tomorrow’s crucial Group A match in Grenoble, the Super Falcons have trained under the rains at Stade Eugene Thenard today. Head Coach Thomas Dennerby and his technical crew have been trying to get the players in the right shape to win the next match ...

Harry Awurumibe in Super Falcons Head Coach Thomas Dennerby is optimistic that Nigeria will get a favorable result against South Korea when both countries meet in a make or burst match in Grenoble on June 12. Dennerby who disclosed this to PromptNews in France today said that his optimism stems from the seriousness shown by the players in their first ...