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  Sunday Dare, the minister of youth and sports development, says the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is on its deathbed. The minister said the league is currently in a state of disarray, with coaches, players and referees owed salaries ...

    Chelsea’s new American owners took a gamble with the first managerial appointment of their tenure, hiring Graham Potter from Premier League rival Brighton on Thursday despite his lack of experience coaching at football’s highest level. The 47-year-old Potter ...

  Brighton and Hove Albion Graham Potter is set to succeed Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea new manager following the latter’s sacked on Wednesday morning. According to the MirrorPotter is believed to be Chelsea’s target after a stunning start to the term, ...

  Thomas Tuchel has been sacked by Chelsea’s new owners just three months after they formally completing their takeover. Despite Tuesday night’s abysmal Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb, Tuchel’s 100th game in charge, the decision will still come as a ...

Glory Ogbonna, an ace defender of the Super Falcons has signed a one year contract with the Turkish women league champions, ALG Spor Kulűbű. Ogbonna disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. ...

  Scott Parker has become the first managerial casualty of the 2022-23 Premier League campaign after being sacked by Bournemouth. Bournemouth have announced they have sacked manager Scott Parker, with Gary O’Neil taking interim charge. Maxim Demin said: ‘I would ...

  Barcelona forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has reportedly been the victim of a violent robbery at his house in the Spanish city in the early hours of Monday morning – with several armed men breaking in and beating him. El Pais ...

Ahmed Musa has announced the birth of his fifth child — a bouncing baby boy. The Super Eagles star, announced the birth of the newborn via his instagram page. Sharing a photo of the baby’s hand, Musa revealed his name ...

  Barcelona Femení captain Alexia Putellas has been named the 2022 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year and received the award at the Champions League group stage draw ceremony in Istanbul on Thursday. Alexia is the first women’s player to win the ...

  Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was named UEFA Player of the Year and Carlo Ancelotti took the coaching honours after they led the club to a record-extending 14th Champions League title last season. Benzema was in red-hot form, scoring ...

  Nigeria legend Sunday Oliseh has resigned as the head coach of German side SV Straelen after losing five straight matches in the Regionalliga. The 47-year-old Oliseh, who took up the role in June 2022, tendered his resignation after his ...

Ukraine on Tuesday launched its new football season despite Russia’s ongoing invasion, in an apparent attempt to give a morale boost to the war-ravaged nation. In the first match of the Ukrainian Premier League, Shakhtar Donetsk drew 0-0 with Metalist ...

A mum says she wept after allegedly clashing with “arrogant” Cristiano Ronaldo in a phone call when the ace smashed her teen son’s phone on the ground. Sarah Kelly, 37, spoke out after the Manchester United striker accepted a caution ...

Athletics icon Usain Bolt has moved to trademark a logo showing his signature victory celebration pose. The retired Jamaican sprinter submitted an application in the US last week. He is known globally for the move – in which he leans ...

  Poor finishing and hard luck did Nigeria in on Sunday to bow out of the ongoing FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup after a 2-0 loss to The Netherlands. The Falconets could not reenact earlier round performances, which saw them ...

  Edouard Mendy’s shocking error helped a relentless Leeds side beat Chelsea 3-0 at Elland Road in one of their most impressive displays since returning to the Premier League. Goals from Brenden Aaronson, Rodrigo Moreno and Jack Harrison made sure ...

  Oleksandr Usyk kissed the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine and looked to the Saudi Arabian sky as he waited to discover if he had honored his war-torn country by retaining his world heavyweight titles. When he heard the winning words ...

  Thomas Tuchel has received a temporarily suspended one-game touchline ban and fined £35,000 while Antonio Conte has just been hit with a £15,000 penalty after their touchline bust-up. Chelsea manager Tuchel has been deemed the guiltier party by an ...

Manchester United have completed the signing of Casemiro from Real Madrid as the Red Devils look to change their fortunes round following a rocky start to the season. Casemiro won five Champions Leagues in a nine-year spell with Los Blancos ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has donated three million Egyptian dollars ($156,965) to help rebuild a church destroyed by fire in Egypt. At least 41 people died in Giza, which is across the Nile from Cairo, following an inferno that struck ...

After his failed Twitter bid that has left the Tesla chief executive officer (CEO) in an arduous legal battle, Elon Musk today said he’s buying the English football club Manchester United. “To be clear, I support the left half of the ...

Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte have been charged by the FA after coming to blows following Tottenham’s last-gasp draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Both coaches received a red card for their heated confrontation while performing the traditional post-match handshake. Earlier in the ...

Nigeria beat South Korea 1-0 on Sunday in the Group C football match at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, Complete Sports reports. Esther Onyenezide’s late strike gave the Falconets victory in their second match of ...

  Super Falcons forward player, Asisat Oshoala has been nominated for the 2022 Women’s Ballon d’Or player of the year award on Friday.Her exploits with FC Barcelona femeni earned her a place on the 20-woman shortlist. In July, Oshoala was ...

Lionel Messi has been left off the Ballon d’Or shortlist as the Paris Saint-Germain star was not named among France Football’s 30-man shortlist on Friday. Messi has not been left off of a Ballon d’Or shortlist since 2005, having won ...