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Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa defender Motjeka Madisha is dead. He died early Sunday after crawling out of a burning car wreckage following an accident, a club official has told AFP. The 25-year-old star was one of two occupants of ...

Marcus Rashford has declared himself a Manchester United player for life and ruled out ever playing for another club.   Ahead of the Manchester derby at Old Trafford against local rivals City, Rashford underlined his lifelong devotion to the red ...

  Chelsea missed the chance to move top of the Premier League table as Gylfi Sigurdsson’s penalty secured Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti a 1-0 win over his former club. Ancelotti endured a miserable return to Stamford Bridge last season with his current employers, Everton going down 4-0 in the capital. However, he came out on top in a ...

FIFA, on Friday, announced their final three-man shortlist for this year’s Men Best Player of the Year, Puskas Awards and Best Goalkeeper. The world football governing body also announced their final three-man shortlist for this year’s Men Best Coach of ...

Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s all-time top Champions League goalscorer with his first-minute strike against Midtjylland on Wednesday. The goal was Salah’s 22nd for the Reds in Europe’s top club competition, overtaking Steven Gerrard, who scored 21 Champions League goals for Liverpool in his career. Gerrard ...

Breaking — elite breakdancing will make its Olympics debut at Paris 2024, officials have announced. It will be the first DanceSport event to appear at an Olympic Games, having been staged at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires two years ...

  RB Leipzig held off a dramatic late fightback from Manchester United at the Red Bull Arena to win 3-2 and qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League at their opponents’ expense.   United won the reverse fixture 5-0 in October and only ...

France and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has narrated his experience while recovering from Covid-19. Pogba was diagnosed with Covid-19 on August 27, which forced him to spend 10 days in quarantine before returning to full training with United. He ...

FIFA approved a new measure on Friday that will change women’s football forever, with mothers now able to have their salary guaranteed for 14 weeks while also having medical support. Until now, many female players had had to cut their ...

Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has debunked reports that Nigerian doctors worsened his shoulder injury. On Saturday, Tuttosport claimed Super Eagles medical personnel did more damage to the 21-year-old’s injury, by trying to fix his dislocated shoulder immediately on the field. ...

  Neymar and Marquinhos put Manchester United’s progression into the last 16 of the Champions League on hold as Paris Saint-Germain secured a 3-1 win at Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford scored in his third successive Champions League appearance against PSG to restore parity following Neymar’s opener, ...

  Olivier Giroud was Chelsea’s match-winner for the second time in as many Champions League games as he scored all four goals in a 4-0 victory over Sevilla that clinched first place in Group E for the Blues. Giroud, making his 50th start for the club, ...

French referee Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to take charge of a men’s Champions League game when Juventus host Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday. Frappart became the first woman to take charge of a major men’s Uefa competition match ...

Super Falcons captain, Asisat Oshoala, is one of the fifty nominees for the UEFA Fans’ Women’s Team of the Year’ for 2020. The list was revealed by Europe’s football governing body UEFA today. The 26-year-old, who has scored twice in ...

A man in Kenya lost his life at Kinamba Centre along the Naivasha-Kirima Road, after allegedly mocking Arsenal fans after their 2-1 loss at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers FC last weekend. In the absence of their top scorer Raul Jimenez ...

Barcelona will have to pay a €3,000 fine, after captain Lionel Messi paid tribute to Diego Maradona, by celebrating in a Newell’s Old Boys shirt on Sunday, SportsMail reports. Messi celebrated his goal against Osasuna, by taking off Barcelona’s blue-and-burgundy ...

Romain Grosjean has sent a reassuring message to fans saying he is “sort of OK” after he was involved in a terrifying crash during Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.   The Frenchman also heaped praise on Formula 1’s halo crash-protection system, ...

Grieving fans of Diego Maradona have clashed with police as they scrambled to get a glimpse of the Argentine football legend’s casket in Buenos Aires.   Grief and passion boiled over as heartbroken supporters broke through barriers and brawled with ...

Diego Armando Maradona’s manager and friend said the legend ‘was tired and let himself die’ while the family around him was ‘tearing each other’s hair out.’   The Napoli and Argentina icon died on Wednesday at the age of 60 ...

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, are three of the notable names shortlisted by FIFA for this year’s Men Best Player award.   FIFA also announced candidates for Puskas, Men’s Best Coach, goalkeepers and among ...

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has passed away at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack.   The Gimnasia coach had been hospitalised at the start of November, days after celebrating the landmark birthday, after complaining of low ...

  Liverpool will welcome back Mohamed Salah for their Champions League clash with Atalanta on Wednesday night. The Reds’ top scorer is available after missing Sunday’s Premier League win over Leicester following a positive coronavirus test while on international duty with Egypt. Jurgen Klopp confirmed on ...

Kwaito star Mshoza, real name Nomasonto Maswanganyi, died on Thursday morning due to complications from diabetes.   The 37-year-old musician first revealed that she was diabetic in 2014 when she was hospitalised after a health scare. Her manager of 11 ...

  Tottenham moved top of the Premier League after strikes from Son Heung-min and Giovani Lo Celso earned them a statement 2-0 victory over Manchester City. Jose Mourinho celebrated a year in charge of Spurs with a second straight win over old ...

Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, has hit back at his Tottenham Hotspur counterpart Jose Mourinho, after he accused him of getting Raheem Sterling withdrawn from England duty under false pretences.   Sterling returned to his The Etihad at the start ...