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Ivorian forward Wilfried Zaha once again proved his class at Selhurst Park as his well-taken winner capped Crystal Palace's terrific turnaround against managerless Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traore's header earned the visitors a deserved half-time lead that was almost doubled when Ruben Neves hit the post right on the stroke of half-time but Palace never looked back once Nigerian-born midfielder Eberechi Eze nodded them level from Michael Olise's pinpoint cross just […]

The Confederation of African Football CAF yesterday released the draws for the playoffs round of the Confederation Cup, with the qualified teams set to go straight into the group stage of the competition. Teams who failed to make it to the group in the Champions League including Nigeria's representative Rivers United and Plateau United were among the teams that have been drawn. Rivers United who lost to the defending champions Wydad […]

The Flamingos of Nigeria will take on the United States of America in the quarter-finals of the U-17 women’s World Cup in India. The pairing was confirmed after the USA thrashed Morocco 4-0 in their final Group A game to finish top on Monday, while earlier yesterday the Flamingos booked their place in the last eight following a hard-fought 2-1 win against Chile in their last Group B tie. Goals […]

Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema has won the Ballon D'or for the first time after scoring 44 goals in 46 games as he helped Real win the Champions League and La Liga in 2021-22. Former Liverpool forward currently with Bayern Munich, Sadio Mane, was second ahead of Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne. Barcelona's Alexia Putellas retained the women's Ballon D'or, awarded to the best female footballer of 2022 with England […]

Four police officers were injured with two needing hospital treatment after Anderlecht fans ripped out seats and threw flares at the end of yesterday's Europa Conference League game against West Ham at the London Stadium. Trouble erupted near the end of the match in east London, which West Ham won 2-1, thanks to goals from Jarrod Bowen and Said Benrahma. One of the officers has a suspected broken wrist while […]

Nigeria Professional Football League champions, Rivers United have arrived Morocco ahead of their CAF Champions League first round second leg clash against Wydad Athletic Club, which will hold at the 67,000 capacity Mohammed V Stadium, Casablanca. A 35-man contingent, consisting of players and officials of the club arrived the Mohamed V International Airport last night after a brief stopover in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Rivers United head into the game on […]

Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland, made history yesterday after scoring a hat-trick in his side’s Premier League 6-3 win over Manchester United. Man City defeated Man United at Etihad Stadium, thanks to three goals each from Haaland and Phil Foden. Haaland’s goals against Man United means the Norway international has now become the first player ever in the Premier League to score a hat-trick in three consecutive home games.

Wolves manager, Bruno Lage was sacked yesterday after his club plunged into the Premier League relegation zone 24 hours earlier. Wolves have won only once in eight Premier League games this season and Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at fellow strugglers West Ham left them third-bottom of the table. The club spent £100m on new signings this summer as Lage looked to mould a team in his image, but the Portuguese has […]