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Odion Ighalo looks set to remain at Old Trafford for the rest of the season as his Chinese club, Shanghai Shenhua, reconsider their initial stance to recall him. The former Watford striker joined on transfer day deadline in January, and ...

Morecambe defender Christian Mbulu has died at the age of 23. Tributes have been paid to the former Millwall, Motherwell and Crewe Alexandra defender who was found dead at his home. Police were called to the address at Cottam near ...

Super Eagles player and Everton midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has revealed why he chose to represent Nigeria rather than England. Iwobi decided to switch his international allegiance from England to Nigeria by playing a cap-tying game for Nigeria in an Africa ...

Mike Tyson made a huge entrance at the TNT wrestling championship – by ripping off his shirt on stage to stop WWE legend Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts from interfering with the match. The Baddest Man on the Planet was meant ...

Nigerian chess player, International Master Oladapo Adu, has been stranded in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, for nine weeks following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Adu was in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he went to compete at the ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned former Paralympic Para powerlifting champion Esther Oyema for four years after she committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The Nigerian, who won gold at London 2012 in the women’s up to 48kg, returned ...

Liverpool have been promised they will be allowed a Prem trophy lift, but behind closed doors. Jurgen Klopp’s men need just two wins from their remaining nine games when the Premier League returns next month to lift the crown for ...

Chelsea teenager Callum Hudson-Odoi has been arrested after an incident at his Battersea home during the early hours of Sunday morning where a woman claimed she was r.a.p.e.d. Metropolitan Police officers attended reports of an incident at the England international’s ...

Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, and his wife Dinma have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl. The proud dad shared the news on his instagram writing; ”I’m Fortunate to know that ‘’God is gracious’’ – JAINA.”    

After two months of inactivity, German top-flight league, the Bundesliga, will resume this afternoon. The sudden break in the Bundesliga was as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19, which has killed thousands of people and affected sporting activities and ...

  The UK government has cleared the Premier League and English Football League (EFL) to resume competitive action from June. Professional football in England has been halted since March due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed more than 33,000 deaths nationwide ...

Besiktas have installed a gigantic disinfection cabinet at the entrance to the club’s training ground as Turkish Super Lig sides begin to prepare for the resumption of the league. The humongous cabinet has 20 sides and players and staff alike ...

World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has been ranked the second-richest sportsperson in the United Kingdom. In the ranking done by The Sunday Times, Gareth Bale was rated the richest young sports star. However, Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton was ranked ...

Newcastle’s prospective new owners have reportedly earmarked Gareth Bale as their priority summer signing as they bid to make their mark on the Premier League. The Magpies are currently the subject of a £300million bid from a wealthy group of ...

Manchester United star Odion Ighalo was pictured with a mystery female training partner as he exercised in a public park in Cheshire. The on-loan forward’s Old Trafford future is hanging in the balance with Shanghai Shenhua looking to snare the ...

The women’s Under-17 World Cup, due to be held in India in November, has been postponed for three month, FIFA said on Tuesday, adding to a growing list of sporting events hit by the pandemic. The tournament, to be played ...

Former U.S. Olympic bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic has died. He was 43. USA Bobsled/Skeleton said in a release that Jovanovic took his own life May 3. A native of Toms River, New Jersey, Jovanovic started in the sport in 1997. A ...

Didier Drogba has fended off competition from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be crowned the best Ligue 1 striker in the past 20 years. The vote was held on Ligue 1’s official Twitter account, with Drogba receiving 51 per cent of the ...

Sol Campbell has been criticised for suggesting coronavirus is a man-made disease. The former Arsenal and England defender continued to say he thought Covid-19 may have been designed to target certain people. But the Southend manager tweeted a picture of ...

Five players from Spain’s top two leagues have tested positive for coronavirus, La Liga confirmed on Sunday. Players in Spain’s top-flight and Segunda division were allowed to carry out individual work at training grounds last week. The move was the ...

President Trump congratulated UFC for restarting the sports world Saturday night after a nearly two-month hiatus. Trump’s taped message was played during ESPN’s broadcast of the UFC 249 undercard from a fan-free arena in Jacksonville. “I want to congratulate (UFC ...

  U.S. women’s national team forward Alex Morgan has announced that she gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday morning. Morgan and her husband Servando Carrasco of the LA Galaxy welcomed Charlie Elena Carrasco on Thursday at 11:30 a.m., Morgan confirmed on Saturday with a post ...

Tottenham star Son Heung-min has completed his mandatory three-week military service in South Korea, with the Spurs forward reportedly boasting the best performance of all the trainees who had been taking part. According to information published by the Korea Herald ...

Barcelona striker, Asisat Oshoala, will be given the Spanish Primera Iberdrola winners medal following the sudden end to the 2019/20 season, with the title handed the Spanish giants. The Royal Spanish Football Federation was unable to meet the government’s health ...

Orlando Pirates midfielder Ben Motshwari has tested positive for the coronavirus according to a statement on the club’s official website. The 29-year-old player becomes the first Premier Soccer League (PSL) player to test positive for the virus. Bucs released a ...