Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, cruised into the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Wednesday after Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and Australian Open winner Stanislas Wawrinka both crashed out.

German prosecutors demanded five and a half years in jail Thursday for Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeness for evading millions in taxes.

Ernest Ujubuonu, the National Coordinator of Rainbow Unity and Peace Development, an NGO, on Wednesday said 774 football teams would participate in its maiden Christian/Muslim Youth Peace Cup this year.

The Nigerian boxing team to the just concluded African women Boxing Championship won two gold and one bronze medal to emerge tops at the tournament.

A top ranked U-23 male squash player, Abubakar Adamu-Bala on Wednesday boasted that he would excel at the forthcoming Africa Squash Championships.