Influential football agent Mino Raiola has died at the age of 54, his office confirmed on Saturday. Raiola’s family has also announced his death on their Twitter account. No details were given but the statement said “Mino fought until the end with the same strength he put on negotiation...
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Nigeria’s Super Falcons have South Africa as their Group C rivals in the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), as well as Botswana and Burundi. They were drawn in the same group at the official draw ceremony held at the Complex Mohamed VI in Rabat, Morocco on Friday....
Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has been appointed coach of Austria’s national team, the federation said Friday, but he will continue in a consultancy role at the club. Rangnick joined United as interim manager in November last year and will move into an advisory position after Ajax coach Erik...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored an excellent equaliser to spare Manchester United a third successive English Premier League defeat as they drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea on Thursday. Ralf Rangnick’s side lost their previous two games to Liverpool and Arsenal by an aggregate score of 7-1. But while the performance...
WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury adamant he’s retired and ‘no amount of money’ will change his mind WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury has again reiterated that he is retiring from boxing, stressing that “no amount of money” will tempt him to change the decision. This is coming days after...
The head coach of Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure, Emmanuel Deutsch, on Wednesday in Abuja blamed his side’s 0-1 loss to Kano Pillars on his forwards’ inexperience. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sunshine Stars lost to Kano Pillars in their rescheduled match day 25 fixture...
Kano Pillars defeated Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure 1-0 on Wednesday in Abuja in a rescheduled fixture of the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). In the match day 25 fixture played at the main bowl of Moshood Abiola National Stadium, hosts Kano Pillars managed to hang on...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists “nothing has happened yet” in spite of a 2-0 UEFA Champions League semi-final win over Villarreal. It was a result which has given them a significant advantage for next week’s second leg in Spain. The scoreline did not reflect the pattern of the game,...
Liverpool wore down Villareal 2-0 in a UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg tie on Wednesday to keep their bid for four season titles alive. Pervis Estupinan deflected team captain Jordan Henderson’s cross into his own net in the 53rd minute and Sadio Mane got the second two minutes...
Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund have raised 400,000 euros (about 426,000 dollars or N215 million) for Ukraine from a match played on Tuesday against the country’s top club Dynamo Kiev. Some 35,000 fans attended the game which Dynamo Kiev won 3-2. All match proceeds were going to victims of the...
Manchester City were two goals up on three occasions before beating Real Madrid 4-3 in a UEFA Champions League thriller on Tuesday, a result which leaves the tie wide open. Karim Benzema kept Real Madrid’s chances intact as the France striker scored a brace in his 600th game for...
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has failed in his bid to become president of the football federation in Côte d’Ivoire after he was eliminated in the first round of voting. Yacine Idriss Diallo was eventually elected president, the federation said in a statement online on Sunday. Diallo won after...
Ralf Rangnick believes Manchester United have improved despite the loss to Arsenal. He also thinks his team were unlucky against the Gunners on Saturday. “Improved performance but poor result, I think we created enough chances to score more than that one goal, we bounced back well to that early...
Chelsea scored late on Sunday as the Blues needed a 90th-minute strike from Christian Pulisic to defeat London rivals, West Ham. More to follow…
Bayern Munich on Saturday won a record-extending 10th consecutive Bundesliga title with a 3-1 home victory over second-placed Borussia Dortmund. They thus became the first side in a major league to do so. Juventus previously managed nine Serie A championships in succession but Bayern Munich are the first to...
Inter Milan went back to the top of the Italian Serie A table with a routine 3-1 win against Roma at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan on Saturday. Goals from Denzel Dumfries, Marcelo Brozovic and Lautaro Martinez took the Nerazzurri to victory. The victory helped them to continue...
Lionel Messi scored a fine goal as Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) sealed the Ligue 1 title in spite of being pegged back late on by Lens in a 1-1 draw. PSG went into the game at the Parc des Princes knowing a point would be enough to claim a record-tying...
Tyson Fury enjoyed a happy homecoming as he retained his WBC heavyweight title with a sensational sixth-round stoppage of British rival Dillian Whyte at a packed Wembley Stadium on Saturday. In his first fight on British soil since August 2018, Fury was treated to a hero’s welcome by a...
Arsenal took control of the battle to finish in the Premier League top four with a 3-1 win over Manchester United to all but end the Red Devils’ hopes of Champions League football next season. Nuno Tavares, Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka struck for Mikel Arteta’s men to move...
Sunshine Stars Football Club returned to their Akure base in the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) with a 1-0 defeat of visiting League leaders match Rivers United on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match at the Ondo State Sports Complex saw the hosts...