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      Liverpool have agreed an initial £20 million (€22m/$26m) deal with Bayern Munich for midfielder Thiago Alcantara, Goal can confirm. The Reds are stepping up their efforts to land the Spain international, with the fee potentially rising to £27m (€30m/$35m) in add-ons. After months of speculation official contact has been ...

  Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has put an end to the speculation regarding his future at the club by signing a new three-year contract. The Gabon international’s previous deal had been set to expire in the summer of 2021 and ...

  Chelsea began the new Premier League season with a 3-1 win at Brighton and Hove Albion, with Timo Werner key to the first goal. Timo Werner won a penalty on his Chelsea debut as second-half goals from Reece James ...

                                              Barcelona are ready to make Luis Suarez watch the entire 2020/2021 season from the stands, if he ...

                                          Austrian Dominic Thiem came back from two sets down to defeat Alexander Zverev, 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. and win his first US Open title, his first Grand Slam.   The winner was decided in a tie breaker after ...

Edin Dzeko, a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Roma, has welcomed the birth of their third child with his wife Amra Dzeko.   Dzeko shared the photo of Amra and the new baby ...

Naomi Osaka fought back from a bruising first set loss to overcome Belarusian Victoria Azarenka to win her second US Open Grand Slam title, in three years.   After shaking off a 1-6 thrashing in the first set, the Japanese ...

Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week’s Italian Open citing the Achilles issue that bothered her in a loss to Victoria Azarenka in the U.S. Open semifinals.   Organisers of the Foro Italico announced Williams absence Saturday. Williams, a four-time ...

  Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, as Liverpool snatched victory, but Leeds took plenty of credit away from Anfield. In a battle between last season’s Premier League and Championship winners, Salah’s first two goals and one from ...

Paul Pogba has returned to training with Manchester United after recovering from the coronavirus.   The 27-year-old midfielder tested positive for Covid-19 last month but reported back to United’s Carrington training ground ahead of their friendly against Aston Villa on ...

Neymar has declared himself to be “super happy” after testing negative for Covid-19 and returning to training at Paris Saint-Germain. The Brazil international forward was one of several players at Parc des Princes to contract the disease. He formed part ...

The Federal Government says it has not lifted the ban on contact sports, including football, amid preparations by Nigeria Professional Football League clubs ahead of the 2020/21 season.   National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Dr Sani ...

Serena Williams’ quest for an historic 24th Grand Slam singles title came to a stunning end against old foe Victoria Azarenka in the semi-finals of the US Open in the early hours of Friday morning.   Williams was not helped ...

A football player in Osun State, identified only as Damilola, has passed on after he slumped during a football match in the Ido area of the state.   According to an eyewitness, Damilola slumped while playing for his club, Premier ...

Chelsea football club has released pictures of their new third kit designed by Nike. The jersey takes its inspiration from a Nike sneakers which was popular in the 90s. But fans don’t seem to be in love with the new ...

  Paris Saint-Germain and France attacker Kylian Mbappe has tested positive for Covid-19. The forward, who is asymptomatic, has left the national team squad and will not feature for Les Bleus in their forthcoming Nations League fixture with Croatia in Paris on Tuesday, a match ...

Novak Djokovic, the favourite for the men’s singles title at the US Open, is out of the competition after he accidentally hit a line judge in the neck when he hit the ball back off his racket.   He had ...

Manchester City duo Aymeric Laporte and Riyad Mahrez have tested positive for Covid-19. City announced that both players have been forced to self-isolate for the next two weeks in a statement on their official website on Monday, which reads: “Manchester City FC ...

Chelsea have completed the signing of Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen in a deal worth £70 million ($91m) including add-ons. The Blues will pay almost the entire fee up front but with a small proportion coming in add-ons after successfully ...

  Lionel Messi ended speculation about his future at Barcelona by announcing on Friday that he would reluctantly stay for another season rather than tackle his career-long club in court. A week after saying he wanted to leave the Liga ...

For the umpteenth time, Kano Pillars football club have appealed to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to pay their N25million Aiteo Cup Prize money.   After waiting for 66 years, Kano Pillars won their second Challenge Cup trophy, now called ...

Brazil’s football association (CBF) has announced that women will be paid the same amount as men for representing the national side. Australia, Norway and New Zealand are among the nations who have already enforced equal pay for male and female ...

One of the more unexpected headlines of this transfer window – Declan Rice’s West Ham future has drawn the attention of WWE star Triple H, who has sent the young midfielder a message encouraging him to remain at the club. ...

Three members of the Paris Saint-Germain squad have tested positive for coronavirus. The French club confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday. “Three Paris Saint-Germain players have confirmed positive Sars CoV2 tests and are subject to the appropriate health protocol. ...

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes has responded to Jose Mourinho’s dig at his penalty record, while pointing out that Kevin De Bruyne is the only man who can better his statistics for goal involvements. Fernandes hit 12 goals in his ...