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  Victor Osimhen has been rushed to the hospital after a collision with Cristian Romero in Napoli’s 4-2 defeat to Atalanta in Sunday’s Serie A game. The forward’s debut season with the Parthenopeans has been hampered by injury, suspension and ...

World number one Novak Djokovic blew away Russian challenger Daniil Medvedev in three straight sets 7-5 6-2 6-2 on Sunday to win a record 9th Australian Open title.   The victory also gave the Serbian his 18th Grand Slam title, ...

Kidnappers of the bus driver of Adamawa United have established contact with the club and demanded N50 million to release the driver. Players of Adamawa United were attacked on Friday evening by gunmen while on their way to Lagos for ...

Players and officials of Adamawa United FC have been attacked and their driver kidnapped. Sources in Adamawa State said on Saturday morning that the players were attacked at gunpoint on the Benin-Ore expressway. Their phones, money and other valuables were ...

12-year-old autistic girl has set a record by swimming 36 kilometres in the Arabian sea, Indian officials said Thursday. “Jiya Rai, daughter of a naval sailor Madan Rai, created history by swimming from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India, ...

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was on Thursday fined 5,000 euros ($6,000) by the Italian Football Federation for blasphemy. The 43-year-old Italian World Cup winner, who escaped a ban for the offence, was overheard using a “blasphemous expression” towards teammate Manolo ...

Naomi Osaka powered into the Australian Open final Thursday to stay on track for a fourth Grand Slam title and keep Serena Williams’ dream of a record-equalling 24th major title on hold once more. The Japanese third seed swept past ...

  Naomi Osaka powered into the Australian Open final Thursday to stay on track for a fourth Grand Slam title and keep Serena Williams’ dream of a record-equalling 24th major title on hold once more.   The Japanese third seed ...

  Mohamed Salah has been crowned as Liverpool Player of the Month for January 2021. The Egypt international featured in all seven of Reds’ encounters in the month under review – scoring five goals in the process. Although Jurgen Klopp’s ...

  Bayern Munich stuttered to a 1-0 win over Mexican side Tigres in Qatar to claim their second FIFA Club World Cup title and earn their sixth trophy in less than nine months despite plenty of VAR controversy. In doing ...

Former Wales goalkeeper Dai Davies has died at the age of 72. He had been in a hospice after being diagnosed with cancer. Davies was at one stage Wales’ most-capped keeper, making 52 appearances for his country over a seven-year ...

Nigerian Olympics silver medalist, Blessing Okagbare has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as she has attended the Athletics Diamond Meetings 67 times.According to the honorary citation they presented to Blessing Okagbare, it stated that she has ...

Ex-Super Eagles defender who was on Friday rushed to LUTH has lost the battle to stay alive.   Yisa Sofoluwe is said to have died yesterday night. At the time of his passing, Sofoluwe was 53 years old. Recall it ...

Isaac Drogba, son of former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier, has signed a deal with Italian fourth division side Folgore Caratese, the club announced on Monday. The 20-year-old, who operates in attack like his father, has joined the Lombardy-based ...

Premier League referee Mike Dean will not officiate this weekend after he and his family received online death threats following two controversial incidents. The 52-year-old referee sent off West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek for catching Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic with his ...

Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane, has included Nigerian winger, Marvin Akinlabi, in his side’s squad to face Getafe in the La Liga on Tuesday night. Marvin, who was born to a Nigerian father and a South Korean mother, was included ...

A psychologist and two nurses who helped care for football legend Diego Maradona before his death have been added to a widening involuntary manslaughter probe, a judicial source told local media on Monday. Maradona died of a heart attack outside ...

  Tony Collins, England’s first black manager, has passed away at the age of 94, it was confirmed on Monday. A former left-winger, Collins was also the first black player to represent Crystal Palace and enjoyed a long career in which ...

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 500th club goal of his long and illustrious career in AC Milan’s Serie A clash with Crotone on Sunday. The former Sweden international opened the scoring in first half for the Rossonieri, his 13th league goal of ...

  Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo has joined Saudi Arabia Pro League side Al Shabab on a permanent deal from Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai Shenhua. The former Super Eagles star was handed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the King Fahd Stadium ...

Nigerian footballer and former Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, ahead of his proposed move to Al-Shabab, a Saudi Pro League Division side.According to Sky Sorts, the former Shanghai Shenhua striker has agreed ...

  Manchester United ruthlessly dispatched nine-man Southampton to kickstart their Premier League title hopes with a 9-0 win on Wednesday night. Southampton were a man down just two minutes into the Old Trafford clash following a horror challenge on Scott McTominay, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Red Devils took ...

The Duke of Cambridge has called for racist abuse aimed at footballers to stop, calling it “despicable”. Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford was the latest player subjected to racist abuse this weekend after a series of incidents. On Sunday, Greater ...

Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab have agreed to sign former Manchester United loanee Odion Ighalo from Shanghai Shenhua. The Nigerian striker has been linked with moves to Dubai, the Premier League and the MLS but a switch to the Middle East ...

  Barcelona say they are ready to take legal action after the publication of the details of Lionel Messi’s €555 million (£491m/$674m) contract. Spanish newspaper El Mundo leaked documents revealing the terms of Messi’s current deal at Camp Nou, which is due ...