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Italian side Inter Milan secured their place in the Champions League knockout stage and sent Spanish Giant Barcelona into the Europa League with 4-0 victory over Viktoria Plzen. Barcelona's fate was already sealed before Xavi's side lost 3-0 to Group C winners Bayern Munich at the Nou Camp. Substitute Romelu Lukaku marked his return from a long-term injury with a late goal as Inter comfortably secured the win that sent […]

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored two goals as Paris St-Germain drubbed Maccabi Haifa 7-2 to reach the last 16 of the Champions League. Neymar and Carlos Soler also scored while Shon Goldberg scored their own goal. Messi's two goals mean he becomes the first player to score 80 goals in the group phase of the Champions League. PSG tops Group H with 11 points from five games, while […]

Flamingos defender, Miracle Usani is self-assured they would beat Colombia in their semi-final encounter at the Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup today. The Nigerian girls will face the South Americans in the semi-final encounter at the Pandit Jawah/Ar/Lal Nehru Stadium, at noon. Usani in an interview said she believes they have what it takes to get to the final, stressing that if they can beat the USA, she doesn’t see […]

Super Eagles striker Cyriel Dessers failed to add to his two Serie A goals, as he missed a penalty in Cremonese’s 1-0 home defeat to Sampdoria yesterday. Cremonese were awarded a penalty in the seventh minute following a foul on Nigerian forward David Okereke but Dessers saw his effort saved. The host continued to dominate possession and Dessers had another good chance, but his left-foot shot from a good position […]

English club Aston Villa has appointed Unai Emery as manager following the sacking of Steven Gerrard. Former Arsenal boss Emery, who had been in charge of Spanish club Villarreal, will take over at Villa on 1 November after Villa paid a 5.2million Pounds buyout fee to the Yellow Submarines for the 50-year-old. Caretaker Aaron Danks will again take charge at Newcastle this weekend after Gerrard was dismissed last week following a 3-0 […]

Manchester United produced arguably their finest performance under manager Erik Ten Hag as Tottenham was punished 2-0 in the Premier League at Old Trafford. The score line didn’t exactly do justice to the Red Devils’ dominance as only the brilliance of Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris denied them the truly emphatic victory they deserved. Lloris made five outstanding saves in the first half alone as United rained in 19 shots on […]

The Head coach of the U-23 National team, Salisu Yusuf has released the final list of 18 players that would play against the U23 team of Tanzania this weekend. The team’s last friendly match ended 1-1 against 3SC Football club of Ibadan yesterday, allowing the coaches ample opportunity to see the players in a competitive game. A few notable names that made the list included; Former Kwara United captain Isaiah […]

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 […]