Cristiano Ronaldo suffered his first Saudi Pro League defeat on Thursday as Al Ittihad claimed a 1-0 win to replace Al Nassr at the top of the table. Al Nassr had not lost any of their five league games since Ronaldo’s debut on Feb. 3, drawing his first match...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Sports Minister, Sunday Dare has congratulated Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen for clinching the prestigious ‘Best Foreign Athlete’ Award in Italy. Osimhen who plies his football trade with Italian Serie A side Napoli has scored 19 goals in 21 games already this season. Dare...
The Group B Match Day 4 fixture in the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup group phase involving Nigeria’s Rivers United and DC Motema Pembe of Congo failed to hold on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match scheduled for the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo...
A controversial retaken penalty kick helped Chelsea turn the tide to overcome Borussia Dortmund 2-0 on the night and 2-1 on aggregate on Tuesday. The win helped the London side to progress to the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Raheem Sterling struck before the break for the hosts and...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, has charged the Flying Eagles to put behind Monday’s semi-finals loss to The Gambia at ongoing Under-20 Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) and focus on the World Cup. Dare gave the charge on Tuesday in...
Brazil forward Neymar will be sidelined for the remainder of the season due to ankle surgery, French clubside Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) announced on Monday. The Brazilian has been out of action since suffering an ankle injury during the 4-3 victory over Lille in February. Club head coach Christophe Galtier...
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Monday lost 0-1 to their Gambian counterparts in the semi-finals of the ongoing Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. The match which was played at the Cairo International Stadium saw the Nigerian side dominating the encounter with 62 per cent possession as against...
A pitch invader who collided with the Liverpool players while celebrating their seventh goal against Manchester United and nearly injured Andy Robertson has been arrested by Merseyside Police. It is likely that he would be banned from Anfield, the club’s home ground in the Liverpool city, for life. As...
If striker Victor Osimhen manages to lead Napoli to their first Italian Serie A title in more than 30 years, he believes he will become a club “icon”. However, the 24-year-old Nigerian said he would not be able to reach the status of late Argentine great Diego Maradona, whom...
Novak Djokovic has formally withdrawn from the draw for the Indian Wells tournament, organisers have said. His withdrawal is an indication that the world number one’s application for a COVID-19 vaccine waiver to enter the U.S. might have failed. The Serbian is one of the most high-profile athletes unvaccinated...
Erik ten Hag accused his Manchester United players of an “unprofessional” and “unacceptable” performance as they crashed to a humiliating 7-0 defeat at bitter rivals Liverpool on Sunday. United’s stunning loss ranked as their worst-ever defeat against Liverpool and the joint heaviest in their entire history. Ten Hag’s team...
Liverpool were goal crazy on Sunday as they humiliated rivals Manchester United 7-0 in the biggest 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) encounter of the week. Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice, while Roberto Firmino netted once to boost their Premier League top-four hopes. The humiliation...
Gianluca Mancini’s thunderous strike moved Roma up to fourth place in Serie A with a 1-0 victory over Juventus at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. The centre-back’s rasping second-half drive sealed three precious points, boosting Roma’s hopes of qualifying for the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League. After a week dominated by...
Liverpool made light work of Manchester United in a Premier League showdown on Sunday as the Reds blew away a hapless Manchester United. Netherlands star Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, and Darwin Nunez were in beastly form at Anfield, scoring twice each to dispatch their eternal rivals 7-0. Jurgen Klopp’s...
Bayern Munich are happy to be top of the 2022/2023 German Bundesliga again with a 2-1 victory at lowly VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. But they say they know that more concentration and a better performance are needed on Wednesday in the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)....
Arsenal recovered from conceding the second fastest goal in Premier League history as Reiss Nelson’s stoppage-time strike gave the Premier League leaders a thrilling 3-2 win over Bournemouth after title rivals Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-0 on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side were trailing by two goals with just over...
Gunmen on motorcycles shot at a supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, wife of Lionel Messi, in Rosario, in Argentina’s Santa Fe province early on Thursday morning. Local media and the city’s mayor reported that a threatening hand-written message was also left on the shop’s door for...
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria on Thursday in Ismailia beat Uganda 1-0 to qualify for the semi-finals of the ongoing FIFA Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. The Nigerian under-20 male national football team also in the process qualified for the 23rd FIFA Under-20 World Cup finals...
FC Barcelona take a slender advantage to Camp Nou after they beat Real Madrid 1-0 in their Copa del Rey semi-final first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday. An Eder Militao own goal was all that separated the two Spanish giants, with Carlo Ancelotti’s men having a lot...
On March 20th, the Cape Coast Stadium will host the first match of a double-header between Ghana’s Black Stars and Angola in the qualifications for the 2023 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. Ghana’s team is eager to make up for their below-average performance in the previous AFCON...