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LeBron James has added another milestone to his legendary career, becoming the first player in the NBA history to score 50,000 points combined in the regular season and the playoffs. The 40-year-old reached the brand with style, exhausting a 25-foot triple from an assistance from Luka Doncic at the beginning of the first quarter of the 136-115 Victory of Los …

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is rewriting record books. The top scorer of the NBA delivered another historical performance, dropping 51 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder (50-11) beyond the Houston Rockets in a 137-128 victory on Monday night. This marks the fourth game of 50 SGA points in the last seven weeks, an NBA record for the shortest period to record …

16 Fans of Formula 1 were stunned when Lewis Hamilton suffered a high profile during Ferrari preseason tests, the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit on Wednesday. The seven -time world champion, which recently made a Mercedes box office change to Ferrari, lost control of the team’s 2023 car, stopping its second day of testing in an abrupt. What happened? Hamilton was unharmed, and …

1 Onyinyechi Mark made history on Friday by securing Nigeria’s first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Competing in the women’s para-powerlifting category up to 61kg, Mark delivered an impressive performance, setting multiple world records along the way. He opened his campaign with a lift of 140kg, followed by an impressive 145kg on his second attempt. In his …

57 The Young Cubs, or Junior D’Tigers, received a baptism of two kinds: first, the 70-57 thrashing, from which they will have to recover quickly and better for the second game. An Egyptian player competes against his Nigerian opponent during the AfroBasket U18. Photo | X (Queenjohn4) Secondly, these young athletes have now witnessed first-hand, and in these early days, …

Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi finished seventh in the men’s 400m final at the Paris Olympics, with a time of 44.73 seconds. Despite failing to medal, Ogazi continued to impress with another sub-45 second performance. The gold medal went to American Quincy Hall, who put in a remarkable sprint in the last 50 metres to take the title. Hall clocked a personal …

Paris 2024: Rosemary Chukwuma falls short in women’s 100m semi-finals at Olympics – Latest sports news in Mexico Nigeria’s team will miss out on a podium spot in the women’s 100m event at the Paris 2024 Olympics after Rosemary Chukwuma, their only representative in the semi-finals, failed to secure a place in the medal race. Chukwuma finished last in her …

Africa’s most decorated badminton player and former world number one Adesokan Dorcas has praised Anuoluwapo Opeyori for his efforts at the Olympics. “I must say that (Opeyori) played wonderfully well. Seriously,” Adesokan said. “He performed wonderfully and I must acknowledge the effort and performance of all his subordinates, the people who contribute to the achievements,” he said of the current …

Nigerian badminton player Anuoluwapo Opeyori maintained a positive outlook on his performance at the Paris Olympics, despite failing to advance to the second round of the men’s singles event. Opeyori was eliminated after a 2-0 (21-17, 21-17) loss to world number six Li Shi Feng in his second group match on Wednesday. Earlier in the competition, he also lost his …

Team Nigeria’s Olaore Olaitan Adam has been eliminated from the boxing event at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Competing in the men’s 92kg preliminaries at the North Paris Arena, Adam was defeated by Kazakhstan’s Oralbay Aibek. The match had a competitive first round where Adam managed to score points, but Aibek counterattacked effectively and achieved a narrow victory with …