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A Nigerian teenage basketball player, Seyi Sodiq, has died at the age of 18 in Abuja after suffering from cardiac arrest. Sodiq, who played for the Alba Fehérvár men’s basketball team in Hungary, reportedly returned home to Abuja, on the ...

Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood will face trial next year on charges of attempted r.a.pe, controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault, a judge said on Monday. Greenwood, 21, arrived at court in Manchester, northwest England, wearing a hoodie bearing the ...

  Manchester United have parted ways with legendary forward Cristiano Ronaldo by mutual agreement. The club decided to take the call after Ronaldo’s recent explosive interview where he took a shot at Manchester United owners and the manager Erik Ten ...

Arsenal winger, Bukayo Saka has sponsored ‘life-changing operations’ for 120 children in Kano state. BigShoe, the charity organisation who partnered with Saka to help poor children with medical operations, announced the sponsorship in a tweet on Thursday. The organisation revealed ...

  Ecuador beat World Cup host Qatar 2-0 on Sunday in the tournament opening. The opening game of the first World Cup staged in the Arab world took place at the Bedouin tent-inspired Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, 50 ...

Alcohol will not be sold at the World Cup’s eight stadiums in Qatar after Fifa changed its policy two days before the start of the tournament. Alcohol was set to be served “in select areas within stadiums”, despite its sale ...

Super Eagles legend and assistant coach, Finidi George has reacted to criticisms that greeted a post-match incident invloving him, Moses Simon and Pepe after the 4-0 loss to Portugal on Thursday. While Moses Simon and Portugese defender, Pepe wanted to ...

  Manchester United are reportedly considering terminating Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract following his explosive interview with Piers Morgan. New information from The Athletic suggests that the legal action United are currently considering against Ronaldo could lead to the 37-year-old having his current deal annulled. The ...

Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo is suffering a stomach bug and will be left out of the team’s World Cup warm-up friendly against Nigeria on Thursday, according to his coach Fernando Santos. Ronaldo gave an explosive interview to Piers Morgan’s show ...

  A United States District Court in Hattiesburg, Mississippi State has found two collegiate athletes, Emmanuel Ineh, 23, and Toluwani Adebakin, 25, guilty of transferring thousands of dollars to Nigeria as part of a complex fraud scheme. The case was ...

  Kaduna is agog with excitement as preparation for this year’s First Bank of Nigeria Limited sponsored Emir of Zazzau African Patrons Cup and Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign gathers momentum. The African Patrons cup is an annual polo tournament which ...

  Italian football legend, Alessandro Del Piero, has named seven favourites to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. They are: Argentina, Portugal, France, Spain, England, Germany, and Brazil. Portugal have never won the tournament, while England (1966) and ...

  FA to appeal Independent Commission’s decision to only fine Klopp for Man City touchline conduct The Football Association (FA) is requesting a harsher punishment for Jurgen Klopp following his red card during Liverpool’s clash against Man City. Klopp was ...

  Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique, on Thursday announced his retirement. According to the 35-year-old, he will play his last home game at the Camp Nou. He will retire after Barcelona’s away game next week, before the Spanish league stops for ...

  Qatar authorities on Wednesday said they have seized 144 counterfeit World Cup trophies, the latest raid on fakes hitting the market ahead of the football tournament that starts later this month. The interior ministry said officers launched an operation ...

  Ex-Super Eagles and Kano Pillars striker, Bello Musa Kofarmata, has reportedly died at the age of 34. According to Oyo Sports News, he passed away late yesterday in Kano after a brief illness. The deceased will be buried later today  ...

  Manchester United legend Gary Neville has stepped down from his role as CEO at Salford City, with Nicky Butt set to succeed him. A number of former Red Devils stars, including Paul Scholes and Phil Neville, took control of Salford – ...

Nigeria’s Flamingos finished in third position at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after edging out Germany 3-2 on penalties in their third-place encounter in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon. The Flamingos surrendered a 3-0 lead in the game with ...

  Big Brother Naija’s housemate, Adekunle Olopade, popularly known as Adekunle announces he would be a host at the 2022 World Cup conference holding in Qatar. Adekunle made this known on his Instagram story on Saturday, claiming he would be ...

Prince William will not travel to Qatar to watch England play in the World Cup amid a growing row over the country’s human rights record, it was reported last night. As FA President he had been expected to attend the ...

  Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has promised the Olympic Eagles N500,000 per goal against Tanzania. The Olympic Eagles will take on the Serengeti Boys in the second leg of the 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers on Saturday. ...

  Barcelona have been eliminated from the Champions League after Inter beat Viktoria Plzen to ensure they join Bayern Munich in the round of 16. An Edin Dzeko double and goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Romelu Lukaku saw Inter beat the Czech ...

  Aston Villa have appointed Unai Emery as their new manager – completing a sensational comeback for the former Arsenal boss. Emery, 50, succeeds Steven Gerrard – who was sacked by the West Midlands club last Thursday – at Villa Park. It’s ...

  The Labour Party has claimed that Nigeria’s Under 17 team, popularly known as Flamingos are supporters of its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Recall that the under-17 girls qualified for the semi-finals of this year’s U-17 women’s World Cup, ...

  A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aminu Ali Shana has been arrested in Kano State with 367 suspected Permanent Voters Cards, PVC. Kano State Police spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the development to Daily Sun, revealed ...