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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 […]

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 […]