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Super Eagles winger Ademola Lookman has been voted Atalanta Player of the Season award. Lookman was recognized by the fans of the Italian side for his exemplary displays in what was his first season at the club. The former Leicester City player beat Teun Koopmeiners and Marten De Roon to the award after scoring 15 times and registering eight assists in all competitions for La Dea. The 25-year-old linked up […]
Dutch driver Max Verstappen eased to victory at the Austrian Grand Prix to claim a fifth successive Formula 1 win and tighten his grip on the 2023 world championship. Having won Saturday's Sprint contest, pole-sitter Verstappen maintained his and Red Bull's dominant form to finish five seconds clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, despite losing time when opting not to pit under an early Virtual Safety Car and opting to take […]
Nigerian Born Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka helped The Three Lions of England sign off the season in style by scoring a hat trick in a 7-0 thrashing of North Macedonia, which maintains their 100 percent record and top spot in Euro 2024 qualifying Group C. The Arsenal forward scored two stunners, blasting in from a tight angle for his first before receiving a superb Trent Alexander -Arnold pass and firing […]
Spain beat Croatia 5-4 on penalties to clinch Nations League glory as they celebrated their first trophy win since Euro 2012. Real Madrid wing-back Dani Carvajal who came in much later in the game converted the winning spot-kick with a Panenka after the game had finished goalless after extra time, giving head coach Luis De La Fuente, only appointed Luis Enrique’s successor in December, a trophy-winning start to his tenure. […]
Brazil will play Spain in a friendly in March next year at the Bernabeu as part of an anti-racism campaign in support of mercurial Real Madrid winger Vinicius JR. Vinicius was the target of racist abuse multiple times in Spain in the just concluded season while playing for the Los Blancos. The President of the Spanish Football Association Luis Rubiales said there is no place for racist insults in their […]
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria yesterday night surpassed all expectations by sending hosts Nation Argentina out of this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup after recording a 2-0 win in the round of 16. Two Second-half goals from Ibrahim Muhammed and Haliru Sarki saw the Ladan Bosso tutored side edge out the six times World Cup winners in what was the first time they would defeat a South American team since […]
French international and Manchester United forward Anthony Martial will miss Saturday's FA Cup final against Manchester City with a hamstring injury he sustained in Sunday's 2-1 win against Fulham at Old Trafford. The club confirmed yesterday that his tests revealed the 27-year-old had suffered a muscle tear, with The Red Devils also sweating over the fitness of winger Antony, after he was taken off on a stretcher in tears in […]
22 times Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic began his campaign for a record 23rd men's Grand Slam singles title with a victory and world number one Carlos Alcaraz also progressed to the second round at Roland Garros. Serbia's Djokovic, a two-time champion in Paris, claimed a 6-3 6-2 7-6 win over Aleksandar Kovacevic, while US Open champion Alcaraz also came through in straight sets, beating Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-0 6-2 […]
An 80th-minute strike from mercurial attacking midfielder Chidiebere Nwobodo ensured that the chase for a seventh championship triumph of the Federation Cup was kept alive by Rangers International F.C after a dominant display over Doma United F.C in the quarter-final at the Akure Township Stadium. The Abdul Maikaba tutored side took command of the match from the blast of the referee’s whistle signalling the start of hostilities with the trio […]
