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  FIFA president Gianni Infantino today said that women should “pick the right fights” to “convince us men what we have to do” to bring equality to football. Infantino was speaking in Sydney ahead of the Women’s World Cup final ...

  Former ‘Togolese’ professional footballer, Emmanuel Adebayor has offered clarity on his ancestry, stating he’s an undiluted Yoruba man from Nigeria. He had a chat with newsmen during the celebration of one of Nigeria’s football icons, Augustine Azuka Okocha aka Jay-Jay Okocha’s ...

  The former Arsenal and Southampton winger, retired from football at the age of 34. The former England international announced his decision via an emotional video on his social media page today. He said in a voiceover attached to the ...

  Davido is set to take the stage at the forthcoming Professional Footballers’ Association awards.   The Unavailable crooner made this known via Twitter on Tuesday.   Announcing his preparation to storm the epoch-making event, he said, “Ballers! Are you ...

  Manchester City have won their first ever Uefa Super Cup title. City beat Sevilla 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Pep Guardiola’s men won their first Champions League title in the final against Inter Milan back in June. ...

  Neymar has been pictured in an Al-Hilal kit for the first time as he seals his £78million switch from Paris Saint-Germain. The Brazilian was seen speaking to the Saudi club’s fans in a video on their social media pages where ...

  Nigeria’s Super Falcons have crashed out of the 2023 FIFA women’s World Cup after losing to 10-player England on Penalty shootout, TGB reports. After a thrilling 120 minutes of football which ended goalless, the Three Lionesses triumphed 4-2 to reach ...

  Arsenal won the Community Shield on Sunday when they beat Manchester City on penalties 4-1 after the 90 minutes had ended 1-1. Two goals in the last 20 minutes from Cole Palmer and an own goal from Manuel Akanji sent ...

  Morocco’s Benzina Becomes First Woman To Play In Hijab At Women’s World Cup Morocco footballer Nouhaila Benzina has made history by becoming the first woman to wear a hijab in a World Cup game at the senior level. The ...

  Shirtless Celebration: Celebrities Beg Asisat Oshoala’s Dad For forgiveness Nigerian celebrities have taken to the comment section of Super Falcons’ Asisat Oshoala’s post on Instagram to beg her dad for forgiveness after the football superstar disclosed that he (her ...

  Netizens Knock, Hail Asisat Oshoala As Star Removes Shirt To Celebrate Nigeria’s Win Social media is abuzz with conversations following Super Falcons’ Asisat Oshoala pulling her shirt to celebrate netting a third goal against Australia at the 2023 FIFA ...

  On Thursday, Asisat Oshoala scored the game-winning goal as the Super Falcons came from behind to defeat Australia 3-2 in their second group game at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Matildas got in front one minute into ...

  Kylian Mbappe has been left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad for their pre-season tour of Japan.   PSG are convinced that Mbappe already has a deal in place to join Real Madrid on a free transfer at the end ...

  Chelsea forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is set to leave the club after agreeing a deal with Marseille. The 34-year-old scored just three goals in 22 appearances for Chelsea after joining from Barcelona in a £10.3m deal last September. The Gabon ...

  Paris Saint-Germain have made a staggering contract offer to Kylian Mbappe worth €1 billion (£865m/$1.1bn).   Defensa Central reports that PSG have made an unbelievable offer to Mbappe, with a 10-year contract on the table worth €1bn. It would tie ...

  Benjamin Mendy will attempt to relaunch his career back in France after being found not guilty of a string of s3x offences. The former Manchester City defender, released at the end of his contract, has signed a two-year contract ...

  Harry Maguire has revealed that he has been stripped of the Manchester United captaincy after crunch talks with Erik Ten Hag. Maguire initially inherited the armband at United following Ashley Young’s departure to Inter in January 2020, just six ...

  Ex-Man City footballer Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of r*pe   Ex-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of raping a woman and attempting to r*pe another. The 28-year-old was accused of attacking a 24-year-old woman at his ...

  Cesc Fabregas has announced his retirement from football. The Former Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder last played for Como in Serie B. The former Spain international played active football for 20 years and won major trophies with Arsenal, Barcelona ...

  The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, alongside top government functionaries, will attend the send-forth dinner of the Super Falcons ahead of the team’s departure for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The FIFA Women’s World Cup ...

  Brazil fan leaves everything to Neymar in will Leaving everything you own to a multi-millionaire soccer player would not be everyone’s idea of a good cause, but one Brazilian fan could not think of a more deserving recipient of ...

  Italian football has moved to ban players from wearing the No 88 shirt because of its links to Adolf Hitler in a clampdown on anti-Semitism. The number has been used by neo-Nazi groups to symbolise the slogan ‘Heil Hitler’ ...

Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has claimed the Best African Player award ahead of Treble winner Riyadh Mahrez and Mohammed Salah at the Ghana Football Awards. The 24-year-old registered 31 goals in all competitions last season to help Napoli win the ...

  A Danish court has sentenced ex-Eaglets star and FC Copenhagen of Denmark forward Akinkunmi Amoo to one year in prison for s.e.xual assault. The news of his sentencing was confirmed in a tweet by former BBC World Football reporter, ...

  Lionel Messi’s father and agent, Jorge, has reportedly accepted a record-breaking offer from Saudi side Al-Hilal.   French outlet Foot Mercato has claimed that the total package would amount to a staggering €1.2 billion (£1.1bn/$1.3bn) over two years – more ...