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Ansu Fati has cemented himself in Clasico history by becoming the youngest player to score in the Barcelona vs Real Madrid fixture in the 21st century at just 17 years and 359 days old. Saturday’s showpiece lived up to its billing in the early stages, ...

  Sergio Ramos returned to win and score a game-turning penalty in Real Madrid’s 3-1 Clasico win at Barcelona on Saturday. Madrid captain Ramos was substituted in last week’s home defeat to Cadiz and missed the subsequent shock reverse against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League as ...

  Former Italy, Juventus and World Cup-winning boss Marcello Lippi said he is “definitely done” with coaching. Lippi has been without a job since resigning as China head coach in November last year following a 2022 World Cup qualifying defeat ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus again and will miss next week’s crunch clash with Barcelona.   The Juventus star flew home early from international duty with Portugal earlier this month after returning a positive test. Ronaldo has tested ...

  On Tuesday night, security operatives shot at civilians who were protesting against police brutality Football stars including Mario Balotelli, Michael Essien, Yannick Bolasie, Ahmed Musa, William Troost-Ekong, Alex Iwobi and Antonio Rudiger have condemned the shooting of peaceful protesters at ...

Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo, has condemned the reported killing of #EndSARS protesters by security operatives at the Lekki toll gate, in Lagos.   Tragedy struck when security operatives in a bid to disperse protesters, reportedly opened fire on the ...

Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala celebrated her first goal in the 2020-21 Spanish Primera Iberdrola campaign with a fist showing her support for the ongoing #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. The Barcelona attacker opened scoring this season against Sporting Huelva. Just ...

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has celebrated scoring a goal for Napoli in their 4-1 victory over Atalanta in Serie A.   Osimhen scored Napoli’s 4th goal, and celebrated it by holding a shirt with the inscription “End Police Brutality ...

  Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah has scored his 100th goal for the club, with the strike arriving against Merseyside derby rivals Everton. More to follow.

  Cristiano Ronaldo has been ruled out of Portugal’s clash with Sweden after testing positive for coronavirus. The Portuguese Football Federation confirmed the news in an official statement on Tuesday, which reads: “Cristiano Ronaldo was released from training with the national team after a positive test for ...

                                                      Two Tunisian players, Ferjani Sassi and Seifeddine Khaoui, have tested positive for Covid-19 ...

                                                                    Nigeria players Leon Balogun, John Ogu, ...

  Mesut Ozil has been left out of Arsenal’s 25-man squad for the Europa League group stages. The club’s highest earning player – who pockets £350,000 ($454,000) a week – is one of two senior players who has been cut by ...

Joseph Yobo is thrilled resuming his role as assistant coach of Nigeria senior national team.   The 40-year-old who captained the Super Eagles to a triumphant 2013 Africa Cup of Nations outing in South Africa was named as Gernot Rohr’s ...

                                        The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the appointment of Randy Waldrum as the new Head Coach for the senior women’s ...

                                                  Loveable mascot Gunnersaurs has been sacked after 27 years of service as part of the ...

  Manchester United have reached out to Maurizio Pochettino following Sunday’s 6-1 loss to Tottenham, reports the Daily Star. The club is not prepared to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer just yet, but Ed Woodward is making contingency plans if the ...

  Adama Traore has declined an invitation to Mali’s senior national team, having appeared in Spain’s camp ahead of Wednesday’s friendly against Portugal. The jet-heeled Wolverhampton Wanderers star was included in Mali’s 31-man squad for October’s international friendlies against Ghana ...

  Manchester United have completed the signing of former Paris-Saint Germain striker Edinson Cavani. The 33-year-old has signed an initial one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months. He is set to earn €11 million (£10m/$13m) per season ...

                                          Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says their 6-1 hammering at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur in the English ...

                                      Son Heung-min and Harry Kane starred as Tottenham inflicted a joint-worst home Premier League defeat on 10-man Manchester United, who were ...

  Rodrigo capitalised on a bad mistake from Ederson to score his first goal for Leeds United and secure a 1-1 Premier League draw against Manchester City at Elland Road. City, hammered 5-2 at home by Leicester City last weekend, ...

  Ben Chilwell produced a star turn on his Premier League debut for Chelsea as Frank Lampard’s side beat Crystal Palace 4-0 on Saturday. Chilwell marked his 100th appearance in the competition with his fifth goal to break the deadlock ...

                                                    Liverpool star Mane has tested positive for coronavirus.   The Reds winger is the ...

  Sheffield United signed Liverpool striker Rhian Brewster in a club record deal reported to be worth £23.5 million on Friday. Brewster agreed a five-year contract with the Blades and United boss Chris Wilder hailed him as one of the ...