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Former Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas has confirmed he is to run for the presidency of the Spanish Football Federation. Casillas, who won 167 caps for his country, is to stand against current president Luis Rubiales when the election is held ...

  Odion Ighalo has become the first Nigerian to play for Manchester United following his debut against Chelsea.   200 – Odion Ighalo is the 200th player to make an appearance for @ManUtd in the @premierleague, and is the first Nigerian to do ...

  Manchester United closed ground on the Champions League places as Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire struck to claim a vital 2-0 win over Chelsea, who were twice denied by VAR. Despite heading into Monday’s meeting at Stamford Bride having taken just four points in ...

  Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg has died at the age of 87. Gregg was one of the survivors of the Munich air disaster in 1958 which claimed the lives of 23 people, and was heralded ...

The country’s football body has picked Asaba as the location where the Super Eagles will take on Leone Stars. Nigeria will host Sierra Leone in Asaba when the qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations commence in March. The ...

  Arsenal were not wholly convincing for long periods at home to Newcastle United, but four second-half goals clinched all three points. Alexandre Lacazette scored for the first time since December to put the gloss on a much-needed 4-0 win ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that the All-Star Game MVP award will now be called the Kobe Bryant Award as players lined up to pay tribute to the late NBA icon on Saturday. “Kobe Bryant is synonymous with NBA all-star ...

President, Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has given reasons for Joseph Yobo’s appointment as Super Eagles assistant coach. Mixed reactions have trailed the decision of the NFF to pick Yobo, a former captain of the national team, as Gernot Rohr’s ...

  Liverpool have sealed their place in next season’s Champions League through their 1-0 win over Norwich on Saturday, assuming Manchester City’s suspension from the competition is upheld.   Sadio Mane’s strike 78 minutes into the tie sealed the three points for the Reds, ...

  Manchester City have been banned from competing in the Champions League for two years. UEFA handed down the punishment, which includes a €30 million fine (£25m/$33m), to the Premier League giants for breaching Financial Fair Play rules. Following an investigation, the Adjudicatory Chamber ...

A 15-year-old schoolgirl has been electrocuted in the bath after her charging mobile phone fell into the water. The teenager was taking a bath at her home in Marseille in France, when the tragedy happened on Sunday, it has been ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he could be sacked if he fails to beat Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League. Guardiola has won five major trophies in three seasons at the Etihad, but a failure ...

                                                Newly appointed NFF assistant coach,Joseph Yobo’s daughter is 3 today. And her proud dad took to ...

Mohamed Salah’s potential involvement at Tokyo 2020 will be a decision for the player and his club Liverpool, says Egypt coach Shawky Gharib. The forward, 27, is on Egypt’s provisional 50-man list for the football tournament, which will hold its ...

Odion Ighalo has been banned from Manchester United’s training ground over fears of a potential coronavirus risk. Ighalo, on loan at United from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua until the end of the season, has been working with a personal trainer ...

    The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Super Eagles’ defender and captain Joseph Yobo as Super Eagles assistant coach. The announcement was made today. Yobo replaces Salisu Yusuf. Big congrats to him.

  Team Nigeria to the just-ended African Wrestling Championships has delayed its scheduled flight back home from Algeria due to bad weather conditions. Nigeria had participated in the championships in Algiers where the team won 14 medals and was due ...

The Technical Director, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Christopher Nwadei, said that team Nigeria has won nine medals in the 6th International Solidarity weightlifting championship holding in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Nwadei disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the competition ...

Odion Ighalo will be in the Manchester United squad for the Premier League clash with Chelsea next Monday despite missing a training camp in Spain due to fears he could be denied re-entry into Britain if restrictions against the outbreak ...

Lionel Messi intends to stay at Barcelona despite this week’s public row with sporting director Eric Abidal. Sources close to the 32-year-old have told Sky Sports that he is not thinking of leaving the Nou Camp this summer and remains ...

  Athlete number 165, David Bamasai has emerged winner of the Lagos city marathon. The Kenyan crossed the finish line in a record time of two hours, ten minutes and ten seconds. The race started at the National stadium in ...

JOSE MOURINHO already regrets taking the Tottenham job and hasn’t improved them at all, according to Arsenal legend Paul Merson. The Portuguese boss was appointed just 12-hours after Mauricio Pochettino was axed towards the end of November. He has guided ...

  LIVERPOOL stars Mo Salah and Jordan Henderson’s wives have both given birth nine months on from the club’s famous 4-0 Champions League victory over Barcelona at Anfield. Neither player has confirmed the good news but it is understood that ...

  Barcelona have been knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Athletic Bilbao at the quarter-final stage!   Williams, who had a first-half goal ruled out for offside, made the breakthrough for Athletic against the run of play with ...

Super Eagles new kits, inspired by the traditional agbada design have been unveiled by the sportswear giants Nike. The master class jerseys were unveiled in New York on Wednesday evening, and the home jersey has got everyone talking. According to ...