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Wales have called up teenage Birmingham City midfielder Jordan James for their Nations League games against Belgium and Poland on 22 and 25 September after injury ruled out Joe Allen. 18 year old Uncapped James, has played for England Under-20s and was last week included in the Wales Under-21 squad. Senior Wales boss Robert Page has now promoted James to his squad. While a hamstring strain ruled out Allen, defender […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday conferred national awards on 17 athletes and gifted Two hundred million Naira to Team Nigeria to medalists at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games during the Presidential Reception of Team Nigeria to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and World Athletics Championship in the United State of America USA. For the first time in the history of Nigeria, four athletes were honored with the Officer of The Order […]

Portuguese Captain Cristiano Ronaldo ended his goal drought with the first Europa League goal of his career as Manchester United earned 2-0 victory at Sheriff Tiraspol. Erik Ten Hag's opened the scoring in the first half as a lovely team move was coolly finished off by Jadon Sancho from Christian Eriksen's reverse pass. Sancho, who was left out of the England squad earlier in the day, came close to a […]

The home-based Super Eagles will face Algeria in an international friendly on Friday, September 23. The Algeria Football Association disclosed that the friendly would take place at Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine. The home-based Super Eagles failed to qualify for the 2023 African Nations Championship Chan which will be hosted by Algeria, after losing 5-4 on penalties to rivals, Black Galaxies of Ghana. The North Africans will also take on Sudan […]

Erling Haaland's magnificent strike capped a dramatic Manchester City comeback and condemned former club Borussia Dortmund to a painful Champions League defeat at Etihad Stadium. City struggled against a composed Dortmund, who took the lead when the talented Jude Bellingham glanced home Marco Reus' cross after 56 minutes. Pep Guardiola's side toiled in search of inspiration and found the equalizer with 10 minutes left when defender John Stones fired a […]

Real Sociedad has revealed Super Eagles striker Umar Sadiq will undergo surgery on his right knee tomorrow. The Nigeria international sustained the injury in the White and Blues 2-1 defeat to Getafe on Sunday night. Sadiq was diagnosed with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament on Monday and is set to miss the remainder of the 2022/23 campaign. After suffering a rupture of his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, […]

Joel Matip's late header against Ajax at Anfield gave Liverpool their first Champions League win this season after Manager Jurgen Klopp demanded a reaction to the horror show of the 4-1 defeat at Napoli in their group opener. Liverpool created plenty of openings and deservedly went ahead when Mohamed Salah swept home Diogo Jota's pass. Mohammed Kudus' searing shot went in off the underside of the bar to level, but […]

The Super Sand Eagles will know their group opponents when the draws for the Mozambique 2022 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations holds on Friday, 16 September according to the Communications Department of the Confederation of Africa Football CAF. The final tournament will be held in Mozambique in Vilankulo between 21 and 28 October 2022 and the competition will feature eight teams divided into two groups of four teams. Mozambique […]

Emma Raducanu is through to the second round of the Slovenia Open after winning her first match since her unsuccessful US Open title defence. British number one Raducanu was leading 6-2 5-3 when her opponent Dayana Yastremska was forced to retire. The 22-year-old Ukrainian, who is 89th in the world, injured her wrist while 30-0 down serving to stay in the match. 19-year-old Raducanu went into the WTA 250 hard-court event […]