Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was on target again as FC Barcelona scored an important 1-0 victory over top-four rivals Real Sociedad in Spanish LaLiga on Thursday. A close-range header in the first half was Aubameyang’s 11th goal in his past 14 games for Barca —— as many as he scored in...
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Harry Maguire’s house was checked by police on Thursday after the Manchester United captain received a bomb threat. England defender Maguire, who lives with his fiancée and two children, has endured a difficult season with club and country, but it is not known who made the threat. The 29-year-old’s...
Manchester United have appointed Erik ten Hag as their new manager. The Ajax boss will take over from Manchester United’s interim coach Ralf Rangnick in the summer. Ten Hag said: “It is a great honour” to be appointed manager and that he is “hugely excited by the challenge ahead”....
Former Nigerian coach, Gernot Rohr has dragged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) before FIFA and is awaiting a ruling on a $1m compensation claim for unfair dismissal. Rohr was fired in December, weeks before the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The German is the longest-serving Super Eagles...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has condemned the action of some football fans, suspected to be supporters of Kano Pillars football Club. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar, on Wednesday in Kano, the governor slammed the unruly fans for damaging a...
Liverpool embarrassed Manchester United for the second time this season to move top of the Premier League as Mohamed Salah struck twice in a 4-0 thrashing on Tuesday. Jurgen Klopp’s men won 5-0 at Old Trafford in October and expectations of a similar rout were well-founded as Liverpool exposed...
BY Solomon YAKUBU, Abuja – The League Management Company (LMC) has fined Kano Pillars N9 million following a fans’ violence that erupted in their game with Katsina United. LMC in a statement on Monday said the Kano-based club violated the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Framework and Rules in...
Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday evening took to his Instagram page to announce the heartbreaking death of his little son. “It is with our deepest sadness that we have to announce that our baby boy has passed away from an unspecified illness. “It is the greatest pain that any parent...
Bayelsa state team at the weekend in Abuja led the first edition of National Para Sports Games with 93 medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Bayelsa won 31 gold, silver 30 and 32 bronze to clinch the premier position with 93 medals in the maiden National para...
Nigeria’s under-17 women national football team on Sunday defeated they Egyptian counterparts 4-0 in their third round first leg match in the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifying Competition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja...
Second half goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Mason Mount saw Chelsea overcome Crystal Palace 2-0 in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Chelsea will now face Liverpool in the FA Cup final. Former Crystal Palace loanee Loftus-Cheek put Chelsea ahead after 65 minutes when Kai Havertz’s...
Real Madrid fought back from 2-0 down to beat Sevilla 3-2 as Karim Benzema’s stoppage-time winner took them a step closer to clinching the title. Sevilla looked to be breathing life back in LaLiga’s title race, but Carlo Ancelotti’s side produced a brutal second-half performance to make a real...
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) came out on top 2-1 in a tight tussle with Marseille in Sunday’s Classique, with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe securing the bragging rights. All three goals were scored before half-time in a match that was far from being a classic between Ligue 1’s top two teams....
Arsenal are reportedly in pole position in the race to prise Victor Osimhen away from Napoli in the summer. The 23-year-old has been heavily linked with a move away from Italy following another productive season in front of goal. Despite spending almost two months on the sidelines with a...
Liverpool reached the FA Cup final as Sadio Mane’s double inspired a 3-2 win over Manchester City that kept alive their quadruple bid and shattered their rivals’ treble hopes. Jurgen Klopp’s side are chasing an unprecedented clean-sweep of the four major trophies in a single season. They remain on...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Manchester United claimed a 3-2 win over Norwich on Saturday to take advantage of defeats for Arsenal and Tottenham in the race for a place in next season’s Champions League. Spurs’ winning run was brought to an abrupt halt by a 1-0 home...
A young Nigerian athlete, Favour Ofili, has broken Blessing Okagbare’s 200 metres National Record at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic 2022. Okagbare previously held the National Record since 2018 with a time of 22.04 seconds. Ofili ran a blistering 21.96 secs to also become the first collegian athlete to ever...
Bayern Munich, Julian Nagelsmann on Friday said he has received 450 death threats after the German champions suffered a shock UEFA Champions League quarter-final exit to Villarreal midweek. He told reporters that he has received such messages on social media “after every game actually, regardless if we win or...
Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo blocked the club from appointing Antonio Conte earlier this season, the Manchester Evening News reports. However, senior officials at Old Trafford, chose not to consult Ronaldo over the appointment of Erik ten Hag. United have been searching for a new permanent manager since Ole...
Following the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has approved the appointment of Salisu Yusuf as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles B (otherwise known as CHAN team) as well as the U23 (Olympics) team. Yusuf, who was...