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Norwegian forward Erling Haaland has become the fastest player to reach 20 Premier League goals as Manchester City overcame a stubborn Leeds by three goals to one to reduce Arsenal's lead at the top of the table to five points. Frustrated by a disciplined and determined home side and their profligacy for much of the first half at Elland Road, City go the breakthrough before the break, through Rodri's follow-up […]

Defending champions Rivers United will face Lobi Stars in their opening fixture of the 2022/23 season on January 8 at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt. The draw ceremony for the 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League season took place in Abuja yesterday. The 20 teams were divided into two groups of 10 teams each after the interim Management Committee IMC and the Nigeria Football Federation NFF decided to adopt an […]

Manchester United have reportedly entered ‘final talks’ with Atletico Madrid forward, Joao Felix in a bid to get a deal done in the January window. According to reports, Felix is unsettled at Atletico Madrid, and Man United appear to be the front-runner for his signature, with Arsenal named as United’s main competitor for the January transfer. Felix is set to leave Atletico in January, having failed to establish himself in […]

Zambia have appointed former Chelsea, West Ham, and Ghana manager Avram Grant to take charge of their national team. The Football Association of Zambia FAZ announced yesterday that the Israeli has agreed to a two-year contract. Grant at a press conference in Lusaka said he chose Zambia because he was looking for the right challenge He has previous experience managing in Africa, having led Ghana to the final at the […]

Holland and Manchester City center-back Nathan Ake headed in the winner as his side beat holders Liverpool 3-2 in a Carabao Cup thriller to reach the quarter-finals. Despite not playing competitively for a month during the World Cup break, City and Liverpool returned to action at a ferocious pace as Fabio Carvalho canceled out Erling Haaland's 10 minutes opener after 10 minutes in a frantic start. Riyad Mahrez nudged City […]

Representatives of the 20 Nigeria Professional Football League NPFL clubs have rejected the abridged league format, after the meeting between the Interim Management Committee IMC and them ended in a stalemate, as the clubs insisted on prosecuting a straightforward league where all the clubs will play one another in the season. It was further gathered that the clubs informed IMC that they do not mind Nigeria having the same clubs […]

England and Arsenal forward Beth Mead has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022. Mead dazzled at this summer's Euro 2022, where she helped the Lionesses to glory at Wembley, England's first-ever major women's football trophy. The 27-year-old becomes the first women's footballer to win the award, while England head coach Sarina Wiegman won Coach of the Year. In a public vote, England Test captain Ben Stokes was […]

There are reports that Manchester United player, Cristiano Ronaldo is edging closer to landing at a new club. The Portugal international is currently in Dubai and ready to fly” to Saudi Arabia and sign for Al-Nassr. The Middle Eastern club have tabled an offer worth a whopping 200 million pounds per season in salary and advertising agreements on a two-and-a-half-year contract and the deal will be confirmed before the end […]

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed to fight each other next year. The two boxers hold all four of the major heavyweight world title belts between them, and their richly anticipated fight would decide the undisputed heavyweight world championship. Bob Arum Of Top Rank, the US company that co-promotes Fury with Queensberry Promotions in the UK, revealed that Fury, the WBC champion, and Usyk, the unified WBO, WBA and […]