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The tour is part of their preparation for the World Cup Division 5 League, NCF president Emeka Onyeama said here on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. He said the tour, scheduled from Feb 21 to March 3, would be bankrolled by the Sri Lanka high commission. The team would depart Colombo March 3 for the Division 5 League tournament in Malaysia, scheduled for March 4-14. Onyeama added that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had arranged for the Nigerian team to play against three top cricket clubs on the tour....

The Super Eagles were ranked 51st in January rankings but this month, they moved a staggering nine places up despite their absence at the Africa Cup of Nations staged in Gabon. Even at this leap, they are seventh in Africa behind Egypt, Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia, Congo DR and Burkina Faso. The Indomitable Lions, who silenced who defeated the Pharaohs to win their fifth African title climbed up 29 place to occupy number 33 in the world, though third in Africa....

“I know people are tired of this,” Collins said in an interview with National Public Radio, referring to the pandemic which has now dragged on for nearly two years. “I’m tired of it too, believe me. But the virus is not tired of us. It’s having a great old time changing its shape every couple of months, coming up with new variants and figuring out ways to be even more contagious,” added Collins, who is retiring this month....

He might not have been the outright best player in the league for the last few years but Bryant had been among the top five players over a span of last 15 years. It’s the end of the era and his shoe sponsors Nike declared two days back that 13th of April will be celebrated as “Mamba Day” in honour of Bryant’s 20-year career. This is how Nike Basketball made the announcement:...

Kaepernick has been out of the league since opting out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers in 2017, following a season in which he was both praised and criticised for kneeling during the national anthem in protest at police brutality and perceived racial injustice in the United States. Yet the fall out from Kaepernick’s protest has continually been a problem for the NFL despite his absence from the field....

“As many of you may know, next Friday, June 19, is Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. Starting this year and going forward, Nike will recognize Juneteenth as an annual paid holiday in the U.S,” he wrote in an internal, company-wide memo obtained by Newsweek. Donahoe, who became CEO in January said, making Juneteenth a company holiday is an “important opportunity to better commemorate and celebrate Black history and culture....

The Queen of Harts has caught the attention of various stars on the NXT roster since appearing on the brand. While McKenzie Mitchell was conducting an interview with Natalya, Lyons disrupted the interview and informed the former SmackDown Women’s Champion that once she was done with Lash Legend, she was coming for her. Lyons debuted on the 22nd February edition of NXT 2.0 against Kayla Inlay. Prior to signing with WWE, the star competed in WOW and has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do....

After Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder, the jury will now decide whether Cruz will face the death penalty or life in prison without parole. Here are the top moments from day 2 of the trial: Jury Watched Surveillance Footage The jury watched surveillance video from the shooting. After the judge overruled a motion from the defense, the prosecution presented the footage. Ron Lowther, an electronic surveillance technician for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, was able to isolate Cruz in the videos from from the incident and sequence the footage from each camera in the school to create a continuous progression....

This was announced today to celebrate Tekken 7’s presence at EVO 2016 this year. A trailer was released for Nina Williams to make the announcement, showcasing her vicious move set while wearing a bridal dress. The trailer also reveals Nina’s end-match taunt, which will have her looking back at her opponent and saying, “What’s done is done.” It’s unclear at this point if Nina’s bridal dress attire, dubbed “The Fatal Bride” costume by Bandai Namco, will be her primary costume in the game....

There have been many games under Davis’ belt, Spec Ops: The Line being one of them. Spec Ops: The Line’s heavy and uncomfortable single-player narrative explores the deconstruction of many military third-person shooter games, which was praised by many gamers. His other games include other franchises like F.E.A.R. and Condemned. On the other hand, Finck’s notable gaming composition credits includes the dark and ambient NOCT from Devolver Digital and Observation by No Code....

It’s rare that you find a Nintendo console launching without the face of its most beloved character popping up to entice you into picking up the newest releases. Mario has even helped Nintendo branch out into mobile gaming. Mario Kart Tour raced into the #1 downloaded mobile game in the world with 10.1 million players across the world, leaving the global phenomenon Pokémon Go, with 6.7 million downloads, in the dust....

Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for the popular Nintendo DS portable console encourages users to perform mental arithmetic and language tests and can “help you train your brain in just a few minutes a day”, according to Nintendo’s website. But Which? said scientists examining the claim that it can improve your memory found that there was no evidence that it can achieve “any functional impact on your life whatsoever”. Which? Editor Martyn Hocking said: “If people enjoy using these games, then they should continue to do so – that’s a no-brainer....

That sums up Nintendo’s E3 presence for 2016: a Zelda demo booth on the show floor and the two-day Nintendo Treehouse stream. Nintendo still has no plans for a press conference or Nintendo Direct event like it has done in past year, nor has it revealed any plans to extend its demos beyond The Legend of Zelda’s upcoming Wii U iteration. The only plans that have changed will be the featuring of additional games during the Nintendo Treehouse livestream, as well as its expansion into a second day of livestreaming....

Nintendo announced several games and their release dates between now and summer 2022. Combine this with already confirmed, multi-platform games releasing on the Switch, and it’s immediately clear that the Switch has a couple of strong months early this year. RELATED: Microsoft Wants to Port Call of Duty to the Switch Nintendo Video Game Releases (March) March has quite a few games releasing, with March 25 particularly seeing a couple of releases like Kirby and the Forgotten Land (and other non-Switch titles like Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands)....

This trademark is all in Japanese, but a translation of the Animal Crossing trademark details and makes references to ”software for a home video game machine, portable electronic game machine, and smartphone devices.” Out of those items mentioned, Nintendo has already released Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and players seem to be (somewhat) pleased with that addition to the series; however, a proper Nintendo Switch Animal Crossing title is what fans have been almost begging for since the console released....

Meant to serve as a callback to the days of Official Nintendo Magazine and Nintendo Power, Ninty Fresh is designed to provide readers with a similar mix of features,interviews, reviews, and more, much of which was made with the help of people who actually worked on those magazines. It originally debuted back in June with the Kickstarter campaign for its first issue, which managed to surpass its modest goal of $2,500 to collect a grand total of $19,900, and now it seeks to replicate that success with a followup issue....

As covered in a recent episode of Did You Know Gaming?, Nintendo of America wanted to redesign Pokemon’s mascot Pikachu in a rather bizarre way. Apparently, the team presented The Pokemon Company’s Tsunekazu Ishihara with a new Pikachu design that gave him “huge breasts.” As explained by Ishihara, “The staff in America submitted their ideas for replacement designs, but we just couldn’t believe the kind of stuff they were proposing....

Earlier today, fans discovered that Nintendo has removed the Pokemon Sun and Moon trailers that aired as part of Pokemon Direct in 2016. While it appears that the Nintendo UK YouTube channel still features content from last year’s presentation, the videos do not appear to be available on the Nintendo US or Nintendo Japan YouTube channels. The trailer for the game’s demo, along with footage released as part of E3 2016 can still be found....

One of the biggest offerings that will be available when the new service launches in late October will be The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It’s only fitting then that one of the first confirmed Nintendo 64 games to be added at a later date will be The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, the sequel to Ocarina of Time. Neither of these iconic Nintendo 64 Zelda classics are otherwise available for the Nintendo Switch, so it’s an exciting occasion....