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Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout crossed paths on a UAE airport tarmac in the hours after the United States and Russia agreed to a prisoner swap. A video of the swap shot by Russian state media outlet TASS was released on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8. In the clip, Griner, wearing a red jacket, is seen walking along […]

Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton were greeted by boos and chants of “USA” while attending a Boston Celtics game. During their visit to the city on Wednesday, Nov. 30, the pair, who were in town to kick off William’s annual environmental prize program in Boston, sat courtside at the Boston Celtics game. When their images were […]Read More

18-year-old Nigerian professional basketball player, Seyi Awogbemi Sodiq, has died after suffering a heart attack.  Sodiq, who played for the Alba Fehérvár men’s basketball team, died in Abuja on Saturday morning, November 19, 2022, a week to his 19th birthday.  The memorial on the club’s website recalls that the basketball player arrived in Hungary at the age of 13 and stood […]Read More

Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker have quietly split following a two-year on-off romance. The supermodel, 27, and basketball player, 26, parted ways amicably last month with ‘love and respect for one another, but have decided to focus on their demanding careers, reports People. A source said: ‘Both have incredibly busy schedules right now with their careers and they’ve decided […]Read More

A former college basketball player fatally shot his estranged wife, a medical examiner, at her Dallas office and then turned the gun on himself in what authorities said was a murder-suicide. James Edward Frost II, 51, who played for the University of Missouri in the 1990s, and Beth Ellen Frost, 46, were found dead at the […]

Some Nigerian football fans have taken to social media to mock English footballers of Nigerian descent – Tammy Abraham, Fikayo Tomori and Eberechi Eze after they were excluded from England’s final squad for the 2022 World Cup.  England coach, Gareth Southgate on Thursday evening,  November 10, announced his final squad for the World Cup.  .Raheem Sterling, […]