Phil Foden was ruled out of England’s Euro 22024 qualifier against Ukraine after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix on the morning of Sunday’s game at Wembley. The 22-year-old came off the bench, and was later substituted, in Thursday’s 2-1 win away to Italy. Manchester City midfielder Foden, 22, trained with England on Saturday but […]

Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho has faulted the decision of former Nigerian captain, Jay-Jay Okocha to have joined Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League. Ronaldinho, who was Okocha’s teammate at Paris Saint-Germain, thinks the move to England restrained the full potential of Okocha. Ronaldinho, who was full of praised for Jay-Jay, said, “Jay Jay Okocha, […]

After shocking the Super Eagles in Abuja, Guinea-Bissau coach, Baciro Cande says his team will be aiming for yet another victory in the return fixture. The Djurtus stunned the continent when they defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the first time on Friday at MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja courtesy of a first-half strike from […]

The new deal would make Haaland become the best-paid player in the Premier League.

Qatari Banker, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani has submitted an improved bid to buy Manchester United. Al-Thani was expected to make his second offer ahead of Raine Group’s 9 p.m. UK deadline on Wednesday before all bidders were given additional time. Sheikh Jassim’s offer was submitted overnight on Friday UK time and will now be […]

Chelsea winger Noni Madueke produced a stellar cameo performance for England U-21s on Saturday, sending Graham Potter a timely reminder of his significant talent. Madueke arrived Stamford Bridge from PSV in January in a £29million deal and has struggled for minutes in Blues shirt. The 21-year-old, however, came on in the second half of Saturday’s […]

Morocco stunned Brazil 2-1 in a friendly international on Saturday as the north African side recorded a first ever win over the five-time world champions. Midfielder Sofiane Boufal, a former Southampton star, but now playing with Al Rayyan in Qatar, gave Morocco the lead after 29 minutes, scoring with a powerful turn and drive from […]

Gareth Southgate said England had “huge sympathy” with the people of Ukraine ahead of Sunday’s “crucial” European Championship qualifier between the two countries at Wembley. England launched their qualification campaign with an impressive 2-1 win away to reigning champions Italy on Thursday, with manager Southgate urging his side to back up that performance this weekend. […]

Anthony Joshua has insisted he remains among the world’s leading heavyweights ahead of his return to the ring next weekend. The British boxer will be back in action on Saturday when he faces Jermaine Franklin of the United States at London’s 02 Arena. The 33-year-old will be bidding for his first win since 2020 after […]

The whole of Australia are looking forward to the Super Falcons’ 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup match against the Matildas on July 27, an Australian official said on Saturday in Abuja. Leann Johnston, the Charge d’Affaires, Australian High Commission in Nigeria, while speaking at a forum tagged “Women and Sports Dialogue 2023”, said the match was […]

The original FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy to be competed for by 32 teams from across the globe from July 20 to Aug. 20 arrived in Abuja on Saturday afternoon. The trophy arrived in Nigeria after being taken to the three other African countries which will participate in the finals —- Morocco, South Africa and […]

The Nigeria Football Federation has apologized to the generality of Nigerians over the poor outings of the U23 Men National Team (Olympic Eagles) and the Senior Men National Team (Super Eagles) in crucial international matches this week. The Super Eagles fell 0-1 to Guinea Bissau’s Djurtus in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match […]

The Argentine Football Association head, Chiqui Tapia has announced that Argentina’s training center would be named after Lionel Messi. Chiqui relayed the announcement through his official Twitter account that the once-known ” Casa de Ezeiza” was changed to “Lionel Andres Messi”. “We lived a historic day in our Casa de Ezeiza, which from today will […]

By Emmanuel Okogba The senior national team, Super Eagles, want Nigerians to keep the faith despite an uninspiring outing in last night’s African Cup of Nations qualifier that saw them lose to lowly rated Guinea Bissau in Abuja. Guinea Bissau’s Wild Dogs scored a 29th minute goal and held on for a historic win that […]

Newly-appointed Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel said on Saturday he was stunned at being offered the position. Tuchel, 49, has replaced the sacked Julien Nagelsmann in charge of the six-time Champions League winners. Nagelsmann lost his job at the German champions on Friday with the Bavarians second in the table but he had guided them […]