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Manchester City midfielder, Rodri has won this year's men's Ballon d'Or award, surpassing competition from Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, and Dani Carvajal, while Barcelona star, Aitana Bonmati won her second consecutive women’s Ballon d’Or award. Rodri, who became the second Premier League Player to win the prestigious award in 16 years since Cristiano Ronaldo won it in 2008, has enjoyed an impressive season, having won the Premier League, […]

Nigerian international and Bayer Leverkusen striker, Victor Boniface will be unavailable for today’s Champions League match against Brest due to a recent car accident. Boniface was involved in an accident on Sunday in Germany, when the car he was in collided with a truck and also shared images and a video on social media showing a black Mercedes with a damaged chassis along with photos of his blood-soaked arm.  It was reported […]

TAIWO AFOLABI, has been named Player of the Match following Flamingos’ 4-1 victory over New Zealand last night. The number 10 bossed the midfield all day and got a goal for herself early in the second half, nodding home Nigeria’s fourth goal of the day on 55 minutes. SHAKIRAT MOSHOOD, KHADIJAT ADEGOKE and FARIDAT ABDULWAHABwere the other goal scorers for BANKOLE OLOWOOKERE’S side in the game. Flamingos occupy top spot in the group with three […]

Wimbledon has announced that it will replace all 300 line judges with artificial intelligence and an electronic system from next year, removing human officials for the first time in the championship's 147-year history. The All England Club has confirmed all 18 match courts will be installed with automated electronic line calling (ELC), and the system will be the same as the one used at the US Open since 2020, where automated […]

Nigeria’s under 17 women team, the Flamingos were forced to a 1-1 draw by Mexico in a friendly game yesterday. Faridat Abdulkareem gave Flamingos the lead in the 33rd minute but with three minutes left in the first half Mexico equalized. Both teams used the friendly match to prepare for this year's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.  Flamingos are in Group A with hosts Dominican Republic, […]

Rangers yesterday defeated Bayelsa United 1-0 in a rescheduled Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL encounter. Substitute ISAAC SAVIOUR grabbed the winning goal as he fired home from inside the box 20 minutes from time, his first goal of the season for the Flying Antelopes. Fidelis Ilechukwu’s side returned to winning ways again following last weekend’s 2-1 loss to Remo Stars in Ikenne. The title holders moved to seventh position on the table […]

Manchester City’s quest to reconquer the Champions League began yesterday as they were held to  a 0-0 draw by Inter Milan at the Etihad. City started the defence of their Premier League title in relentless fashion with four consecutive wins but failed to hit their stride as Inter comfortably held out. Despite the presence of RODRI, who scored the winning goal when the sides met in Istanbul 15 months ago, Inter were composed in possession […]