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A football fan was handed a suspended jail term in Britain on Wednesday for posting racist comments on social media blaming three black players for England’s Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy. Scott McCluskey, 43, from Runcorn, northwest England, singled ...

  Ahmed Musa has given his Super Eagles teammates the sum of 5 million naira to share as part of the celebration for his 100th appearance in the national team. The 28-year-old joined the illustrious list of Nigeria’s centurions on ...

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games gold medallist Latifat Tijani says she was highly impressed with the hospitality, organisational structure and the Japanese people that the thought of not returning to Nigeria crossed her mind at some point at the global Games. ...

Eight Brazil players are set to be missing from Premier League games at the weekend after the Brazilian federation invoked a FIFA rule that will temporarily suspend them. Premier League clubs had collectively voted to ban players from linking up ...

Barcelona defender, Gérard Pique has revealed that his relationship with Colombian music star, Shakira, had caused problems between him and former manager, Pep Guardiola. Guardiola left Pique behind at Barcelona to join Bayern Munich and is now the Manager at ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has admitted error in its earlier counting of Super Eagles’ captain Ahmed Musa’s record. The Federation said FIFA was right in its counting, in a statement titled, ‘NFF defers to FIFA on Ahmed Musa’s record’. While ...

Chelsea defender, Andreas Christensen, has said life was difficult for him during the reign of Frank Lampard as the club’s manager. The Denmark International said the current manager, Thomas Tuchel believes in him and has given him the opportunity to ...

  Ex-France and PSG defender, of Senegalese descent, Jean-Pierre Adams has died after being in Coma since 1982. The former centre-back died on Monday morning at the age of 73 at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Nimes Hospital ...

A young footballer who had a suspected cardiac arrest while playing in an FA Youth Cup match has sadly died as his club pays tribute. West Bridgford Colts have confirmed that Dylan Rich has tragically passed away. The young footballer ...

Italy broke the world record for the longest unbeaten run in international football with a goalless draw at Switzerland on Sunday, while Germany got their World Cup qualifying campaign back on track by thrashing Armenia 6-0. European champions Italy should ...

The World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended on Sunday due to four English Premier League players who allegedly ‘lied’ on documents they filled out on entry to the country. The players were Tottenham pair of Giovani Lo ...

  Former Bayern Munich, Juventus and Atletico Madrid forward Mario Mandzukic has announced his retirement from football at the age of 35, bringing the curtain down on a glittering career. The striker, a former all-time great Croatia international and a ...

  Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has received his Guinness World Records certificate after breaking the record of goals in men’s international football. Ronaldo grabbed a brace as Portugal beat Ireland 2-1 on Wednesday to achieve the feat. Before the ...

Kelechi Iheanacho scored a first-half brace to hand Nigeria a comfortable 2-0 win against Liberia in their 2022 World Cup qualifying at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos State. Nigeria who started the game brightly went ahead in the 24th minute through ...

  Manchester United have revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo will don his favourite No. 7 shirt for the 2021-22 Premier League season. Ronaldo’s blockbuster return to Old Trafford from Juventus was one of the biggest stories of the summer transfer window. ...

  Teenage star Ansu Fati has been given the huge responsibility of succeeding Lionel Messi in the No 10 shirt at Barcelona. There had been some suggestions that teenage midfielder Pedri could be handed the iconic jersey number. But in ...

Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, is the 18th most expensive player in the world, Punch Sports Extra reports. In a report released by FIFA, which has records of transfers done in the last 10 years, Osimhen ranks 18th in the ...

Manchester United have posted pictures of Cristiano Ronaldo wearing the club’s kit for the first time since he completed his return to the club. The 36-year-old looked set to leave Juventus for United’s bitter rivals Manchester City. But the Red ...

  Antoine Griezmann has made a shock return to Atletico Madrid after the Rojiblancos completed a season-long loan move for the Barcelona forward with a mandatory €40 million (£34m/$47m) option to buy. The France international has sealed a surprise homecoming to the Wanda ...

  Cristiano Ronaldo has officially completed his return to Manchester United, putting pen to paper on a two-year deal with the Old Trafford club. The forward will earn around £480,000 a week at United, making him the highest paid player ...

  Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe will not join Real Madrid this summer after the latter pulled out of negotiations to sign the young striker. Having originally been confident that a deal could be reached, the Spanish side would not concede ...

  Team Nigeria won their second gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Sunday as Bose Omolayo claimed victory in the women’s 73kg para-powerlifting. Omolayo lifted a Paralympics record of 141kg to win the gold medal. She had earlier ...

Manchester United’s website simply could not handle the massive traffic Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to the club generated. Fans flocked to the club’s official site to see the news Ronaldo’s long-awaited move back to Old Trafford had been confirmed. But after ...

Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus. Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes offered the former Red Devils forward to Man City aftermath they missed out top target Harry Kane, but City dropped out of the race on Friday. That ...

  Manchester United are now in advanced talks with Cristiano Ronaldo over a £24 million (€28m/$33m) transfer from Juventus after Manchester City ended their interest in the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes offered the former Red Devils forward ...