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League Two strugglers Crawley Town knocked Premier League newcomers Fulham out of the Carabao Cup on fairytale night at their Broadfield Stadium. Goals from Tom Nichols and Liverpool loanee James Balagizi gave the hosts a famous victory, with the full-time whistle prompting a pitch invasion by their jubilant supporters. Crawley sits 23rd in League Two - 84 league positions below their opponents having lost four of their opening five league […]

Manchester United displayed a performance of class and intensity as goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford earned them a deserved 2-1 win over a depleted Liverpool at Old Trafford. United had endured a week of intense criticism after their 4-0 hammering at Brentford last weekend but responded in style to leapfrog Jurgen Klopp's side and earn a first league win over their bitter rivals since March 2018, and Erik […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on the Desert Foxes of Algeria in a friendly on September 27 at the New Stadium in Oran. The Algeria Football Association AFA were forced to look for an alternative opponent after Ghana pulled out from an agreed friendly on the same day. The Desert Foxes will first play a friendly against Guinea on September 24 before facing Nigeria. This will be the […]

Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca scored his first West Ham goal as they beat Danish side Viborg in their Europa Conference League play-off first leg at London Stadium. The 30.5 million Pounds signing from Sassuolo, was handed his first start and took just 24 minutes to make an impact when he headed in following neat play on the left from fellow new arrival Maxwel Cornet. Jarrod Bowen tucked a second into […]

Nigeria male basketball team D’tigers camp will open tomorrow 20 August in Abidjan as the team starts preparation for window four of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers, ahead of the World Cup from 25 August to 10 September 2023 in Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Head coach, Mike Brown, disclosed that this became necessary to address the slow starts in the first two windows when the team lost to […]

British number one Emma Raducanu produced another eye-catching display as she thrashed former world number one Victoria Azarenka less than 24 hours after beating tennis legend Serena Williams 6-4 6-0. Raducanu continued her preparations for the forthcoming defence of her US Open title with a 6-0 6-2 win in Cincinnati. The 19-year-old faces Jessica Pegula next. The Briton, ranked 13th in the world, will meet the American seventh seed in […]

The Falconets rounded off their Group C campaign with a win, after coming from a goal down to beat Canada 3-1 at the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. The game which was played in the early hours of today saw a brace from Esther Onyenezide both from the penalty spot and substitute Chioma Olise, for to earn the Falconets their third win of the tournament. Following […]

The suspended 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture between Brazil and Argentina has been cancelled after the original game was brought to a halt after seven minutes in September 2021 due to alleged Covid-19 protocol breaches. Both countries have however qualified for the World Cup which is set to take place between November 20 and December 18 in Qatar this year and they have appealed to FIFA to cancel the […]

North London club Tottenham have completed the 15million pounds signing of defender Destiny Udogie from Serie A club Udinese. The 19 year old Nigerian-Italian defender agreed a five-year contract, while the fee could rise by a further 3million Pounds with add-ons. The Italy Under-21 international, who only joined Udinese permanently this summer, will be loaned back to them for the rest of the campaign. At left-back, he scored five goals […]