Author: Wayne Lumbasi

Wayne Lumbasi Manchester City are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League with a 1-0 aggregate win, having held Atletico Madrid to a goalless draw at the Wanda Metropolitano. There were ugly yet enthralling scenes towards the end of the match after a swipe on Phil Foden by Felipe sparked a mass brawl between both […]

Wayne Lumbasi Real Madrid have advanced to the Champions League semi-finals after an unbelievable quarter-final second leg against Chelsea. The Blues seemed set to pull off one of Europe’s greatest comebacks after going ahead 3-0 in Madrid, overturning the 3-1 deficit from the first leg. But the hosts scored before full-time and in the first-half […]

Wayne Lumbasi Tunisian sailor Eya Guezguez, who competed in the Tokyo Olympics last year, has died at the age of 17 after her boat capsized while training at sea with her twin sister Sarra, who survived the accident. The International Olympic Committee said that the pair’s vessel capsized on Sunday as a result of strong winds while they were training with the Tunisian […]

Wayne Lumbasi Didier Drogba will go head-to-head with five other candidates in vying for the position of the Ivorian Football Federation president. Mariam Dao Gabala, president of the FIF normalization committee, at a press conference named the candidates as Yatte Ellele Jean-Baptiste, Arnaud Aka, Laurent Kouakou, Idriss Diallo, Sory Diabate, and Didier Drogba. Drogba believes […]

Wayne Lumbasi Manchester City’s breathless draw with Liverpool on Sunday afternoon almost encapsulated their season as a whole; they were comfortably the better side for lengthy periods, but they failed to make their dominance pay and their rivals closed the gap. This was undoubtedly the best game of the Premier League season so far, with […]

Wayne Lumbasi Charles Leclerc took his second win of the season as he dominated the Australian Grand Prix with a lights-to-flag victory, as his potential championship rival Max Verstappen hit more technical issues in a worrying run of form. Sergio Perez overcame a slow start to take second ahead of the Mercedes’ combination of George […]

Wayne Lumbasi Simidele Adeagbo made history at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games when she became the first Nigerian Winter Olympian and the first African and Black woman to compete in the sport of skeleton. Her accomplishments are just as remarkable outside of the sport. The 39-year-old spent more than 15 years on Nike’s marketing team spearheading campaigns celebrating […]

Wayne Lumbasi Chelsea’s Champions League hopes hang by a thread after the holders were soundly beaten by Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarter-final clash.  Karim Benzema’s hat-trick fired Real Madrid to a stunning 3-1 win against Chelsea that put the Champions League holders on the brink of elimination after a dramatic game on Wednesday. The […]