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  Nigeria have arrived in Abuja for the must-win return fixture against Ghana in the 2022 Fifa World Cup final qualifying round. The Super Eagles played out a goalless draw against Otto Addo’s men at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium ...

  Ghana held Nigeria to a goalless draw in the first leg of the 2022 Fifa World Cup final qualifying fixture on Friday. As expected in a fully-packed Baba Yara Sports Stadium, the Black Stars made an aggressive start to ...

  Saliou Ciss’s early own goal proved to be the difference between Egypt and Senegal as the Pharaohs defeated the newly crowned African champions 1-0 in the first leg of their World Cup playoff in Cairo on Friday. Less than ...

Manchester City have topped Deloitte’s list ranking the richest clubs in the world by revenue for the first time in their history after overtaking Barcelona, who have fallen three spots. The Premier League champions were top of the accountancy firm’s ...

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, will miss Nigeria’s FIFA 2022 World Cup playoff against the Black Stars of Ghana on Friday due to illness. The Super Eagles made the announcement in a post via its Instagram account on Tuesday afternoon. ...

Sunshine Queens goalkeeper, Elizabeth Johnson, has died, hours after she trained with the Akure-based side. The team confirmed the development in a brief statement issued on Sunday. “Very heartbreaking! Sunshine Queens lost one of its goalkeepers, Elizabeth Johnson (Janded) to ...

Former Super Eagles player, Kanu Nwankwo, has said he will support Tinubu because the politician as also been of help to him. Kanu made a video explaining his reasons for participating in the activities lined up to celebrate the 70th ...

  West Ham are daring to dream of Europa League glory and will face Lyon in the quarter-finals of this season’s competition, while La Liga giants Barcelona have been paired with Eintracht Frankfurt. Elsewhere in the last eight, free-scoring Serie A side Atalanta will take on RB ...

  Reigning European champions Chelsea will face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the 2021-22 Champions League, while Liverpool have been handed a showdown with Benfica. Elsewhere in the last eight, Manchester City will take on Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich must make their way past Villarreal. All of the teams still involved at ...

Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen has revealed that it’s an uphill task leading the Nigerian national team. Eguavoen who doubles as the Nigeria Football Federation’s Technical Director said Nigerians are understandably demanding and do not settle for less. While he ...

Former Super Eagles stars, such as Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Peter Rufai, Tijani Babangida, Mutiu Adepoju and Garba Lawal will dust their boots and return to the football field once again. Others are Julius Aghahowa, Victor Ikpeba, Uche ...

  Neymar and Lionel Messi were both booed by Paris Saint-Germain supporters while Kylian Mbappe was cheered in the trio’s first appearance since the team’s Champions League meltdown against Real Madrid. All three men played the full 90 minutes of PSG’s ...

  Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a director of Chelsea by the Premier League. The decision comes in the wake of the UK government’s decision to sanction the Russian oligarch and freeze his assets. A statement from the English ...

  A number of key first-team players are set to depart Chelsea this summer after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK Government on Thursday morning, a decision which has thrown the London club into turmoil. Included are club ...

  The sale of Chelsea is now up in the air as the UK government imposed sanctions on Roman Abramovich, with the Russian billionaire’s assets now frozen. Abramovich had announced his intention to sell the London-based Premier League club last ...

  Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi stormed the referee’s dressing room and broke equipment after his side were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid, according to the referee’s report. Madrid overturned a two-goal deficit in the last-16 ...

Former Nigerian midfielder, Justice Christopher has died at the age of 40. OmaSports reports he passed away Wednesday morning in his hotel in Jos, Plateau State. Christopher made his debut for the Super Eagles in 2001 and went on to ...

The Federal Government has approved the allocation of houses to 22 members of the 1994 Super Eagles in their various states, thereby fulfilling a pledge made to them 28 years ago by the then administration. A statement in Abuja on ...

  FIFA has announced that it will suspend the contracts of foreign players currently tied to Ukrainian and Russian clubs for the rest of the 2021-22 season. The Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory has prompted dozens of footballers to flee ...

  Andriy Shevchenko has issued a powerful statement calling for the end to a “real war” between Ukraine and Russia, with the AC Milan legend pointing out that “children are dying” and members of his own family remain in Kyiv. ...

  English Premier League club Everton on Wednesday said they had “suspended with immediate effect” sponsorship agreements with several companies in which Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has a stake, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The club can confirm that it ...

  Roman Abramovich has confirmed he will sell Chelsea after 19 years of ownership. The Russian billionaire has come under increasing pressure this week due to his alleged ties with Russian president Vladimir Putin amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. ...

  Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss says he has received an offer to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich alongside a group of several others. Abramovich has come under increasing pressure over the past week following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, with Labour ...

Adidas has suspends its partnership with Russian Football Federation. The sports equipment giants — Adidas said Tuesday they have suspended their partnership with the Russian Football Federation in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Adidas is suspending its partnership ...

  FIFA has taken the decision to suspend Russia from all international football until further notice. That call has been made on the back of an invasion of neighbouring Ukraine by Russian forces that were sent into combat by president ...