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  Aston Villa have sacked manager Steven Gerrard following Thursday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Fulham. Villa have won just twice in the league this season and only sit above the relegation zone on goals scored. A club spokesman said: ...

  Manchester United have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will not travel with the squad to face Chelsea on Saturday. United’s midweek win at home to Tottenham ended on a sour note as Ronaldo was caught leaving the pitch before the full-time ...

  Zinedine Zidane has labelled Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema as the ‘greatest striker in the history of French football’. The Real Madrid hitman, 34, claimed the illustrious 2022 Ballon d’Or award on Monday ahead of runner-up Sadio Mane and ...

  Bayern Munich and Senegalese star Sadio Mane has clinched the first-ever Socrates Award for his charity works. The former Liverpool hitman won the prize at the 2022 Ballon d’Or award ceremony on Monday. He has continued to grab the headlines ...

  The Barcelona captain has been crowned the best female player in the world for the second year running. The Barcelona midfielder has been crowned the best female player in the world at the 2022 Ballon d’Or awards. Alexia becomes ...

  Karim Benzema has been named Ballon d’Or winner for 2022, with the Real Madrid striker enjoying an incredible calendar year.   The France international enjoyed a remarkable 2021-22 campaign at Santiago Bernabeu, with a stunning 44-goal haul helping Los Blancos to ...

  The world 100m hurdles champion and world record holder, Tobi Amusan, has been listed among the 10 nominees for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year organised by World Athletics. The athletics body made this known in a press release ...

  Chelsea claimed their first Champions League win in Italy for 19 years by defeating 10-man Milan 2-0 at San Siro to move to the top of Group E. A 4-0 victory over Lazio in November 2003 had represented the Blues’ ...

  Lionel Messi has confirmed that the World Cup in Qatar next month will be the last of his career. The 35-year-old Argentina star will play in his fifth World Cup but is still seeking his first title at the ...

  World record holder, Oluwatobiloba Amusan has been honoured in her state with a house and cash. The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, announced a donation of a house as well as N5m for Oluwatobiloba Amusan. Amusan was also appointed ...

Indonesia’s football association on Tuesday banned two officials from Arema Football Club for life over a disaster at its stadium on the weekend that left at least 131 people dead. Chairman of Arema FC’s organising committee Abdul Haris, and a ...

  Lionel Messi will return to Barcelona next summer after making ‘peace’ with the club’s president following his dramatic exit two years ago. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner joined PSG after Barca released a statement saying he would be leaving ...

A veteran boxing coach died after collapsing in the ring during a charity fight to raise funds for a four-year-old girl battling cancer. Jules Bevis, 55, who was described by friends as ‘a true legend’ and the ‘nicest and most caring ...

Pep Guardiola has explained why Erling Haaland, with 17 goals in 11 games for Manchester City, is not yet at Lionel Messi’s level. The man calling the shots at the Etihad Stadium has been fortunate enough to work with many ...

At least 125 people have died in a crush at an Indonesian football match that has become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Hundreds were also hurt in aftermath of home team Arema FC’s loss to bitter rivals at ...

  Manchester City demolished Manchester United 6-3 at Etihad Stadium on Sunday, October 2,  making it the highest-scoring Manchester derby ever. City attackers, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored six goals for the Etihad side, each scoring a hat trick, ...

Premier League team Wolverhampton Wanderers FC have parted ways with manager Bruno Lage after their 2-0 defeat vs West Ham on Saturday. According to reports by The Telegraph and The Atheltic, the 46-year-old was sacked following Wolves’ poor run of ...

  Super Eagles of Nigeria captain and Sivasspor winger, Ahmed Musa has confirmed he has undergone successful surgery. He picked up an injury while featuring for Sivasspor in a 2-1 Turkish Super Lig defeat against Ankaragucu at Eryaman Stadyumu. Sharing photos ...

  Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has announced his retirement from professional football after 20 years. Obi retired at the age of 35 with laurels won for both clubs and country, including Nations Cup, and Champions League, among ...

  Basketball’s world governing body has opened an investigation after players on the Mali women’s team were filmed physically fighting one another following their World Cup loss to Serbia in Sydney. The scuffle between Salimatou Kourouma and Kamite Elisabeth Dabou ...

  Germany players will each receive £360,000 if they lift the World Cup in Qatar later this year, the country’s football association (DFB) said on Sunday after agreeing on tournament bonuses with the team. The bonus for the title win ...

  Juventus and France midfielder, Paul Pogba, has admitted to hiring a witch doctor but not to put a spell on France team-mate Kylian Mbappe, like his detained brother, Matthias Pogba claims.   Mathias and other suspects charged with trying ...

  Robert Lewandowski will wear a captain’s armband featuring the Ukrainian colours at the World Cup following a meeting with Andriy Shevchenko. Poland captain Lewandowski was presented with the special armband ahead of the World Cup kicking off in November. ...

Jose Peseiro, head coach of the Super Eagles, says he accepted the job because he is hopeful of winning the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Peseiro said this on Wednesday, when he was officially presented to Sunday Dare, the ...

The World Athletics has ratified the women’s world 100m hurdles record set by Tobi Amusan at the 2022 World Championships in Oregon. The international governing body for the sport of athletics on Tuesday confirmed this alongside the world records of ...