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Ikorodu City’s coach Bright Ozebagbe urges players to maintain focus in their continental chase as the NPFL season nears its end with crucial matches ahead Read More: https://punchng.com/ozebagbe-demands-focus-in-ikorodu-continental-chase/
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja The organisers of the maiden edition of Abuja Amateur Basketball Tournament have said that the grassroots competition will hold in July with 20 academies in contention. The programme
AFN Vice President Akuchukwu Aghazu calls for stronger grassroots athletics development, urging states to host regular competitions to nurture talent. Read More: https://punchng.com/aghazu-calls-for-stronger-grassroots-athletics-development/
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is awaiting an investigation report on a youth pastor in Ogbomoso accused of attempted rape by a student. Read More: https://punchng.com/redeemed-church-awaits-report-on-pastor-accused-of-attempted-rape/
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down the 2026-27 Federal Budget on May 12. It's framed as one the country's most consequential Budgets against a backdrop of inflation-fuelling global energy shocks, climbing cost-of-living, slowing productivity and a national debt edging toward A$1 trillion. Chalmers speaks with Bloomberg's James Mayger in Canberra. (Source: Bloomberg)
Big names and rising stars will be honoured on the biggest night in the British TV calendar.
Comedian Bovi Ugboma takes a light-hearted jab at actor Kunle Remi during the 12th AMVCA, referencing a recent debate about the awards. Read More: https://punchng.com/youd-know-if-you-had-one-bovi-teases-kunle-remi-over-amvca-oscar-comparism/
On Saturday, MLB players and coaches remembered late manager Bobby Cox, who died at the age of 84.
In a powerful affirmation of Yoruba storytelling and cultural preservation through cinema, Lateef Adedimeji’s historical epic Lisabi: A Legend Is Born emerged victorious in the keenly contested Best Indigenous Language Film (West Africa) category at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) on Saturday.
Inter Miami captain, Lionel Messi, on Saturday broke former Toronto forward Sebastian Giovinco’s record and became the fastest player in Major League Soccer, MLS, history to reach 50 -plus goals and assists. Messi achieved this feat after scoring a goal and providing two assists in Inter Miami’s 4-2 win against Toronto, according to Fabrizio Romano. […] MLS: Messi breaks Sebastian Giovinco’s record, makes history
Jose Ochoa's post-UFC 328 win proposal was an unusual one ... but ultimately successful.
The killing of Eluyera Kolade, an Accord agent and son of the party’s Women Leader in Ikire town, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, has ignited a political dispute between the party, the Governorship Election Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Imole Campaign Council. This is as the Osun State […] Ikire killing: Accord, Oyebamiji, Adeleke campaign organisations cry foul, call for investigation
