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70 Francis joseph Brooklyn Nets have signed six-time All-NBA First Team guard James Harden from the Houston Rockets on a 3-year deal. An excited general manager of the nets, Sean Mark Said that the team is now ready to compete again “Adding an All-NBA player such as James to our roster better positions our team […]
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280 The Technical session of National Council on sports has recommended December 3rd 2020 for the opening ceremony of the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival, with the closing ceremony holding on Friday December 18th. According to the communique issued at the end of the Council meeting, it was agreed that the games would open on […]
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134 Noah Noel Aniemu The Plateau State Covid-19 Committee has approved the resumption of non-contact sports in Plateau state. The Director of Sports, Mr Simon Moven, in a briefing earlier today, disclosed this to Coaches and Secretaries of the affected sports and mandated them to resume active training with immediate effect. The non-contact sports include […]
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51 Super Eagles legends Nwankwo Kanu, Austin Jay Jay Okocha and Super Falcons legend, Perpetual Nkwocha and Table Tennis legend, Funke Oshonaike were among the 60 sports icons honoured by the Ministry of Sports to celebrate Nigeria’s 60 years of Independence. Members of the Super Eagles teams of 1980, 1994, Atlanta 1996 as well as […]
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51 The Boston Celtics claimed a dominant 117-106 win over the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals to close the gap to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum led the Celtics fightback as they avoided a third loss on the bounce in Florida. It was just the second loss in […]
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306 Francis Joseph The LA Lakers have taken a 1-nil lead in the best of seven series in the western conference finals after defeating the Denver Nuggets 126-114 in the first game. Anthony Davis had 37 points and 10 rebounds, LeBron James added 15 points and 12 assists as the Lakers rolled to a 126-114 […]
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268 Francis Joseph Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks has been named the 2019-20 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player. This is the second straight Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award for Antetokounmpo, who becomes the 12th player to earn the honor in consecutive seasons. Antetokounmpo joins the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James as […]
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102 Francis Joseph The Denver Nuggets has reached the Western conference finals after coming back 3-1 down in the best of seven series to win 4-3 to beat the Los Angeles Clippers. The nuggets won 104-89 on the night. Denver was led by its dynamic duo of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. Murray led all […]
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144 Francis Joseph The Denver Nuggets on Sunday roared back from the cusp of elimination to beat Los Angeles Clippers 111-98 to take the Western Conference series semifinals to game seven. The Los Angeles Clippers needed only a win to make it to the western conference final against the LA Lakers but will now have […]
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167 Francis Joseph Head coach of Houston Rockets, Mike D’Antoni has confirmed that he will not return as head coach of the team for next season after his sides lost to LA Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday. D’Antoni released the following statement about his departure to ESPN “It’s with tremendous sadness and […]
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