The Nigeria U-17 female football team, the Flamingos, defeated South Africa’s Bantwana 3-1 on Saturday. This result gave them a strong advantage in the qualification series for this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals. In the match, held at the Lucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe Stadium in Pretoria, Shakirat Moshood...
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Manchester United took the lead through Joshua Zirkzee but were held to a 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday. Tottenham Hotspur however suffered a 1-0 defeat at AZ Alkmaar. Manchester United had the only real chance of the...
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane scored in each half to guide his team to a 3-0 victory over 10-man Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League round of 16 first-leg match on Wednesday. The Bavarians earned their first victory in the last seven matches against Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen and will...
Raphinha struck a second-half winner to give Barcelona a 1-0 victory at Benfica on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. Barcelona’s teenage defender Pau Cubarsi was given a straight red card for a last-man foul on Vangelis Pavlidis in the 22nd minute. But the...
Liverpool substitute Harvey Elliott scored a last-gasp winner less than a minute after coming on to earn a fortunate 1-0 win against Paris St Germain during Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 first leg match. Elliott slotted the ball home in the 87th minute against the run of play after a...
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was pleased with his side’s resilience as they earned a 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid at the Bernabeu. This was after a hard-fought first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie on Tuesday. Brahim Diaz scored the second-half winner after Atletico forward...
Arsenal’s talented teenage duo Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri combined on Tuesday to help the Gunners to an imperious 7-1 Champions League last-16 first leg advantage over a shambolic PSV Eindhoven. The Premiership side were on a different level to the struggling Dutch champions, who were condemned to their...
Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle has recalled former captain Ahmed Musa in a provisional list of players for the crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Rwanda and Zimbabwe in March. This is according to a statement by Ademola Olajire, the Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football...
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on Monday failed to overwhelm visiting Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt for both sides to part goalless. In their 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Match Day 27 fixture at the Lekan Salami Stadium, both sides huffed and puffed but...
Head Coach of Rivers United Football Club, Finidi George, on Monday acknowledged that his team faced a quality team in the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan. George, while speaking after their goalless draw outing, admitted that it was difficult for his team to pick a point against...
Fulham will host London rivals Crystal Palace in the FA Cup quarter-finals after knocking out holders Manchester United on penalties. The Cottagers won the shoot-out 4-3 at Old Trafford after Sunday’s fifth-round tie had ended 1-1 following extra time. Championship club Preston, the lowest ranked side left in the...
Matches were played on Saturday in the fifth round of the English FA Cup with Manchester City seeing off giant killers Plymouth. Languishing in the Championship relegation zone, Plymouth had stunned Premier League leaders Liverpool in the fourth round after beating top-flight side Brentford in the third round. Pep...
Nigeria’s top-ranked table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, has advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup in Tunis, Tunisia, marking a major achievement for him. Quadri first defeated Salifou Abdel-Kaden of Benin 3-0 in Group 2, securing his spot in the knockout stage with a dominant performance....
Erling Haaland returned from injury to clinch Manchester City’s 1-0 win at Tottenham as the troubled champions moved into fourth place in the Premier League on Wednesday. Haaland had missed City’s Champions League play-off second leg exit against Real Madrid and the Premier League defeat to Liverpool with a...
Team Nigeria on Monday exited the 2025 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Club Championships in Tunis. The Canaan Queens of Calabar, representing the country lost 0-3 to PETROJET Women’s team of Egypt in the semi-finals of the event at the El-Menzah Sports Hall on Monday. The team, who...
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Sunday defeated Cape Verde in their last group game in Tripoli to complete the qualifier on three winning streak without a loss. Inspite of already having the qualification for the 2025 FIBA Afrobasket, set for August in Angola, Nigeria’s D’Tigers closed out their final game of...
Defending champions Kwara United triumphed 5-4 on penalties over Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, following a 1-1 draw in regulation time, to claim the 2025 Kwara FA President Federation Cup. The match, held at the Rashidi Yekini Main Bowl in the George Agbazika Innih Stadium Complex, Ilorin, saw...
Liverpool took a big step to winning the Premier League, crushing an uninspiring Manchester City in a showdown on Sunday. Mohamed Salah stole the show, scoring one and providing an assist to send Liverpool 11 points clear at the top of the table although they have played a game...
Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge suffered a massive blow as the 10-man Gunners were beaten 1-0 at home by lowly West Ham on Saturday. Jarrod Bowen headed in the only goal just before half-time and an injury-hit Arsenal had no reply after Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off on 73...
Liverpool will take on Paris Saint-Germain in one of the standout ties in the last 16 of this season’s Champions League after the teams were paired together in Friday’s draw. Liverpool finished first in the 36-team league phase of the competition to qualify directly for this stage, while PSG...