Virgil van Dijk is one of six Liverpool players nominated for the Ballon d'Or award.

Iranian sports journalist Raha Purbakhsh says she 'can't believe' she will be among the thousands of women to freely enter a football stadium for the first time in decades to watch Iran's 2022 World Cup qualifier against Cambodia at Tehran's Azadi Stadium. World football's governing body FIFA last month ordered Iran to allow women access to stadiums without restrictions and in numbers determined by demand for tickets.

The African Sports Digital Conference 2019 brings together the leaders in the sports industry to discuss new opportunities for sports in a digital era in the first of its kind industry event in Lagos.

Sudan witnesses its first women's football match just weeks after the installation of a transitional government that replaced Omar al-Bashir's regime, which had imposed sharia law.

What Sunday Dare said about Nigeria's sport sector

Car racing legend, Micheal Schumacher, who has been left paralysed and unable to speak after an accident will now undergo stem cell procedure to boost his chances of getting better.

Popeye guzzled spinach to get his superhuman strength. But the plant's power-boosting properties aren't just fiction. German scientists say spinach has a steroid-like chemical that should be added to the doping list.

Intersex sport ruling raises ethical questions about female competitive athletes

Marcus Glover, president and chief operating officer at Borgata Hotel & Casino, discusses the appetite for sports betting ahead of the NCAA Final and which sport is showing the greatest wagering growth potential.

Bloomberg’s Taylor Riggs discusses the growing appetite for sports betting and various state's tax revenue from gambling. She speaks with Bloomberg's Alix Steel and David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."

Facebook Inc. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg was absent from a meeting with U.K. lawmakers from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which responded by tweeting out a picture of an empty chair reserved for Zuckerberg.

Nigerian army engages Rivers community in sports.