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  Jose Mourinho was greeted by swarms of Roma fans as the Portuguese boss received a warm welcome upon touching down in Italy. Mourinho was recently named Roma’s new manager, marking his return to Italy after previously leading Inter to ...

  Liverpool star Mohamed Salah and Arsenal’s Mohamed Elneny will not be playing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after they were dropped from Egypt’s 22-man squad. Shawky Gharib dropped Salah from his selection after Liverpool declined to release the ...

  Italy are in the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-final against Spain after beating Belgium 2-1 with goals from Nicolò Barella and Lorenzo Insigne, but lost Leonardo Spinazzola to injury. The winners of this quarter-final will go on to meet Spain ...

  The Federal government has condemned the alleged killing of a Nigerian Footballer, Kelvin Igweani, by the UK police. Recall that Igweani, a Nigerian Footballer, was shot dead by officers, who attended a call out to a house, where a ...

Lionel Messi has become a free agent after the Barcelona star’s contract expired at the end of June. Although Barcelona were hopeful of signing Messi to a renewal before the June 30 deadline, the 34-year-old is now officially unattached.   ...

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has accused former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia of being economical with the truth in the wake of his life ban by FIFA, The Punch reports. World football body FIFA’s life ...

Tennis legend Serena Williams wept profusely at Wimbledon on Tuesday as an ankle injury shattered her hopes of a record equaling 24th Grand Slam title. Williams was serving 3-3 in the first round when she decided to abandon the match, ...

A 400-level student of the Department of Political Science, University of Benin, Austin Izu, has been shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in his friend’s off-campus hostel room on the Federal Girls College Road, Ugbowo,. Punch Metro gathered that the deceased, ...

  Goals in the final 15 minutes from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane sends England through to the Euro 2020 quarter-finals. For many onlookers facing Die Mannschaft brought up painful memories, from the 1970 World Cup to the ghost goal ...

France and PSG forward Kylian Mbappe has apologised for missing the decisive spot kick that made the world champions crash out of Euro 2020. Switzerland won the shootout 5-4 and qualified for the quarter finals. In an Instagram post early ...

  American reality star and business mogul, Kim Kardashian had announced that her Skims company is the official loungewear for Team USA at Tokyo Olympic in Japan. The 40-year-old entrepreneur, revealed on Monday June 28, that her brand has been ...

  Fans and pundits favourite, France, have crashed out of the Euro 2020 after a spirited performance from underdogs, Switzerland. On the same night Spain and Croatia wowed many with a spectacular display, the French were knocked out of the ...

Lionel Messi and Barcelona have reportedly agreed terms on a new contract which will keep the Argentina star at the club for another two years. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner’s future has been up in the air with his contract ...

James Odong, a rugby player on Uganda’s national team has disappeared from his hotel in Monaco where the team was isolated. The team was in isolation after some members tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the repechage qualifier for the ...

  Ex-Nigeria international Samson Siasia has hit out at the government for abandoning their legends in their time of need. The former striker played for the Super Eagles from 1984-1999, making a total of 51 appearances and scoring 16 goals ...

Thorgan Hazard netted with a wonder strike as Belgium ended Portugal’s reign as European champions with a hard-fought 1-0 victory in Seville. The younger Hazard brother settled a slow-burning Euro 2020 last-16 clash with a swerving long-range effort late in ...

Irate fans attacked players of Nigeria Professional Football League side, Enyimba, and injured some of them after the visitors held home side Plateau United to a goalless draw in Jos, in a match-day 29 fixture on Sunday. It’s not clear, ...

  Italy set a new national record after extending their unbeaten run to 31 games with a 2-1 extra-time win against Austria in the last 16 of Euro 2020. Roberto Mancini’s side equalled the record that has stood since 1939 ...

  The Lagos State government has gifted Olympic Gold Medalist Chioma Ajunwa a three bedroom apartment as reward for her feat, 25 years after she was promised.Sanwo-Olu announced the gift was handed to her for her heroics at the 1996 ...

Four dead 1994 Super Eagles players and 18 other members of the team have been allocated houses by President Muhammadu Buhari 27 years after the Federal Government promised them houses for winning the African Nations Cup. The deceased who got ...

  UEFA has confirmed the away goals rule will be abolished from European competitions, with the change being put into place in time for the 2021-22 season. The away goals rule has been used for over half a century but will no longer be used ...

FC Barcelona sent birthday greetings to Lionel Messi as the club captain turned 34 on Thursday, at a time when his future remains unresolved. The man who holds a near clean sweep of individual club records has yet to sign ...

  A UK police officer, PC Benjamin Monk, has been convicted of the manslaughter of the former footballer Dalian Atkinson, after firing an electric stun gun into him for 33 seconds and kicking him twice in the head. According to ...

  Cristiano Ronaldo has become the joint-top scoring men’s international player of all time. The Portugal star fired home two goals from the spot against France in a heavyweight Euro 2020 clash on Wednesday. That takes him up to 109 goals ...

European football governing body UEFA has declined a request to light up Munich’s Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for Wednesday’s Euro 2020 match between Germany and Hungary. The request was made following a proposal from the Munich city council in ...