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The Nigeria Football Federation NFF and Portuguese football federation have signed a formal agreement for the Super Eagles and the Seleção to clash in a prestige senior team friendly at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon on Thursday, 17th November. Portugal will be led by five-time Ballon D’or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, while the Super Eagles would parade Napoli forward Victor Osimhen, growing to be one of the most lethal strikers […]

Reigning Nigeria, Commonwealth, and World champion, Tobi Amusan ended her historic and record-laden year 2022 with another record as she successfully defended the Diamond League title, she won last year. The 25-year-old ran 12.29 seconds to smash the 22-year meeting record of Gail Devers to win the 100meters hurdles. It is her second fastest legal time ever over the high hurdles after the 12.12 seconds world record, she ran in […]

Controversial Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has been given the biggest fine of the Us Open so far for his behavior in his quarter-final defeat by Karen Khachanov. Kyrgios was fined 14,000 dollars after throwing a drinks bottle to the ground and then smashing two racquets at the end of the match. The total of his fines in New York for offenses including spitting and swearing was 32,500 dollars Kyrgios […]

Super Eagle striker Victor Osimhen missed a penalty last night but didn’t stop Napoli from humbling Liverpool 4-1 in Group A Champions League clash. Osimhen missed his spot kick in the 18th minute before he was replaced at 41 minutes due to a knock after Piotr Zielinski had put them ahead from the spot in the fifth minute after Victor Osimhen had hit the post. Andre-Frank Anguissa And Giovanni Simeone […]

Two-time champions Chelsea suffered a shock defeat to Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb on the opening night of their Champions League campaign as Mislav Orsic's first-half strike was enough to earn a 1-0 victory. Thomas Tuchel's side was caught napping in the 13th minute as Orsic ran from his half, latching onto a ball from strike partner Bruno Petkovic, to outpace 70million Pounds signing Wesley Fofana on his debut before dinking […]

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have once again lost to the world champions the United States of America in their second friendly game despite putting up a spirited performance that ended in a 2-1 defeat. It was a much-improved display from the Falcons inside the Audi Field, Washington DC after they were hammered 4-0 by the U.S in their first meeting on Saturday. After containing their hosts in the early […]

Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba is a doubt for the World Cup in Qatar later this year after having knee surgery. The 29-year-old suffered the injury in July and has not played yet this season. Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri said Pogba trained yesterday morning for the second time, but then stopped, and it was then decided that he underwent surgery. Juventus later said the surgery selective external arthroscopic meniscectomy was […]

Rafael Nadal has been beaten in a Grand Slam for the first time in 2022, losing to American Frances Tiafoe 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the US Open fourth round. Tiafoe thrilled the home crowd and ended the Spaniard's bid for a record-extending 23rd major singles title. Nadal led the fourth set 3-1 before Tiafoe hit back, winning five games in a row to secure his quarter-final spot. He will […]

Referees' body Professional Game Match Officials Limited PGMOL has effectively accepted controversial Video Assistant Referee VAR decisions made at Chelsea and Newcastle were wrong and will fully co-operate with a Premier League review of the incidents. The decisions denied Newcastle United and West Ham goals against Crystal Palace and Chelsea, respectively, after both teams thought they had scored, with the goals confirmed by the on-pitch referee only to be discredited […]