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  Manchester City star Sergio Aguero appears to be in top form both on pitch and off pitch.  The Argentine maestro took his season’s tally to eight with his sensational strike against Man United in their 3-1 victory.   And he ...

    Jose Mourinho claimed his side lost to Manchester City because their rivals had a “easy and relaxing” run-up to the derby showdown.   City dominated at the Etihad on Sunday to run out 3-1 winners, but Manchester United boss Mourinho ...

Dani Alves and Lionel Messi   Forwe Barcelona star, Dani Alves has revealed the secret behind his former team-mate Lionel Messi’s success. The duo were at Barcelona during the wonder years, under Pep Guardiola, but according to Alves it is ...

  Pep Guardiola faces an FA fine for his pre-Manchester derby comments about referee Anthony Taylor. Manchester City went on to win the clash 3-1 against rivals United to maintain top spot in the Premier League.   The City manager he ...

  One of Nigeria’s most successful women internationals, midfielder Ajuma Ameh-Otache, has died at the age of 33. Ameh-Otache, who played for Nigeria at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, also won the African Women’s Cup of Nations that same year. ...

    Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are reportedly not in the running for the Ballon d’Or. The superstar pair have split the last TEN crowns between them – with Kaka the last player to beat them in 2007.   But, according ...

    Paul Pogba is a huge doubt for the Manchester derby after he didn’t travel with the squad to the Lowry Hotel.   It emerged yesterday that the Frenchman could miss out on United’s biggest game of the season ...

  Jose Mourinho insists that Sergio Aguero is not the Manchester City golden boy who can do no wrong. Aguero, 30, is City’s record goal-scorer and has just bagged his 150th Premier League goal for the Blues.   But United boss Mourinho ...

  Henry Onyekuru ended a 10-game goal drought in all competitions for club and country, with a brace in Galatasaray’s 3-0 win over Kayserispor in the Super Lig on Saturday and the fans sang his name.   Onyekuru, who is ...

  President Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has declared that Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr cannot continue to decide which stadium should host the team’s international home games.   Pinnick was speaking on a radio programme “Sports Zone” ...

  Football legend, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, fondly referred to us as Ronaldinho Gaucho, landed Friday in Nairobi, Kenya.   And while addressing the media and football stakeholders at a Nairobi hotel, the 38-year-old former Barcelona and AC Milan star ...

  Neymar earns £900k-a-week at Paris Saint-Germain as the 26-year-old Brazilian’s salary was published by the French site Mediapart.   The Ligue 1 side – who smashed the transfer record by paying £198million for Neymar last summer – also paid ...

  Sergio Aguero will hope to continue his impressive Manchester derby this weekend. City host rivals United at the Etihad and are already nine points clear of Jose Mourinho’s men. In 10 matches against United, the Argentine has scored six ...

  Pep Guardiola has denied his coaching is “better than sex” in a hilarious response to Dani Alves’ strange claim. Alves, 35, had made the bizarre comparison between the two in a new documentary charting Pep’s fabled Barcelona tenure.   The Brazilian defender ...

  Paulo Dybala has revealed what he said to Jose Mourinho after the Manchester United manager taunted Juventus fans on Wednesday night.   United completed a dramatic comeback to stun Juventus in the Champions League but Mourinho upset Juve supporters after the memorable 2-1 victory. The former Inter ...

Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, who is now 40 years old, has ended his glittering football career.   Drogba, now 40 years old, decided to hang his boots after his team, Phoenix Rising, which he part-owned lost to Louisville ...

  Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) second vice-president, Mallam Shehu Dikko says the soccer governing body should not be blamed for Southampton youngster, Michael Obafemi’s recent call-up by Ireland Republic, as he says the fast-rising attacker was approached during the Super ...

  Detectives investigating the brutal murder of a Brazilian footballer say they do not believe he raped or attempted to rape the wife of the businessman who admitted to killing him.   Cristiana Brittes is said to have told police that Sao ...

  Mohamed Salah has reportedly reached out to the artist who created a sculpture of him that went viral in order to encourage her to continue with her art.   Egyptian sculptor Mai Abdalla faced a backlash after her piece was ...

  Cristiano Ronaldo sent fans all over the globe into meltdown after brandishing his perfectly chiselled abs celebrating his goal in last night’s Champions League clash.   Man United produced a stunning late comeback in Turin to snatch all three points for the ...

  In apparent jest of the way Nigeria defeated Libya in Uyo last month, South Africa’s coach, Stuart Baxter said his team might also get a first minute penalty kick.   Responding to a question on why he was confident ...

  Paul Scholes slammed Jose Mourinho for his reaction at full time as Manchester United beat Juventus in Turin.   Mourinho walked onto the pitch at the end of the game and cupped his ears to the Juventus fans and had ...

  Kyalian Mbappe’s demands to join Paris Saint-Germain have been exposed – and he will top Neymar’s wage if he wins the Ballon d’Or.   The teenage wonderkid left Monaco for the mega-rich French champions on-loan last season but signed ...

  Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has been ruled out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualification game against South Africa.   Ighalo sustained a hamstring injury in Changchun Yatai’s game against Tianjin Quianjian on Wednesday. The five-goal hero ...

Sheik Mansour (centre) is accused of picking up the tab for inflated sponsorship deals   Manchester City have been accused of cheating after claims that their owner paid large parts of inflated sponsorship deals himself. According to a report by ...