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Arne Slot's first Premier League home game in charge of Liverpool ended in 2-0 victory yesterday as the Reds defeated Brentford.  Luis Diaz's clinical 13th-minute goal came after a lightning break when a Brentford corner was cleared by Ibrahima Konate, while Mohamed Salah set Diogo Jota away with Diaz finishing well on his 100th appearance for the club.  Despite Brentford not having a striker, Ivan Toney, in the game, Skipper Christian Norgaard […]

Chelsea coach, ENZO MARESCA says RAHEEM STERLING is training away from the club’s first team and is not in his plans to include him as he "prefers a different kind of winger". MARESCA had last Friday informed the 29-year-old that he was not included in the teamthis season and was also left out of the squad that lost to City last Sunday, as well as the team preparing to face Servette. STERLING'S No 7 shirt has also been given to summer signing PEDRO NETO, who […]

Super Eagles striker, VICTOR OSIMHEN was missing in action as Napoli lost 3-0 to HELLAS VERONA in their first Serie A fixture of the season. OSIMHEN is expected to leave the club this summer, with Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain keen on the player. Reports suggest that ANTONIO CONTE has decided not to use the Nigerian as he awaits the arrival of ROMELU LUKAKU from Chelsea. During the match, CONTE was forced to take off star midfielder KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA after he collided with an […]

Lille secured a spot in the Champions League play-offs yesterday at the expense of José Mourinho’s Fenerbahce, thanks to a Jonathan David penalty in extra time that clinched a 3-2 aggregate victory in Istanbul. Fenerbahce lost the first leg 2-1 last week and looked to be going out until Bafode Diakite’s late own goal sent the match to extra time.  Though Lille's substitute Aissa Mandi was sent off on his […]

Head coach of Nigeria's D’Tigress, Rena Wakama has been named the best coach in the women’s basketball event at the 2024 Olympic Games. The International Basketball Federation, FIBA announced the prestigious accolade yesterday during the concluding ceremony of the Olympic event. The 32 year old Wakama led D’Tigress to the quarterfinals in the women’s basketball event after defeating world's top ranked teams, Australia and Canada. However, the African champions bowed […]

British tennis star, Andy Murray extended his retirement roadshow at Paris 2024 with another significant win alongside Dan Evans to move into the quarter-finals of the Olympic men's doubles. The British pair moved into the last eight after winning 6-3, 6-7, against Belgium's Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in the second round. After missing two match points in the second-set tie-break, the pair took their third in the first-to-10 match […]

World football governing body FIFA has listed Nigeria Premier Football League sideKATSINA UNITED alongside twenty-two other African clubs from registering players. A search on the FIFA website showed that KATSINA UNITED began its ban on June 12, 2024, to elapse after three registration periodsdue to recent contractual infractions involving the club and some players. The other clubs banned are DC MOTEMA PEMBE, TP MAZEMBE, FUTURE FC, AL MASRY, ZAMALEK SC, HOROYA AC, RAJA CLUB ATHLETIC, WYDAD ATHLETIC CLUB, AFRICAN STARS FC, […]

World Champions ARGENTINA defeated a very impressive ECUADOR 4-2 on penalty in their COPA AMERICA quarterfinal match after it ended 1-1 in regulation time at NRG Stadium in HOUSTON to advance to the semifinal. Captain LIONEL MESSI took the first penalty and missed in the shootout while JULIAN ALVAREZ, ALEXIS MAC ALLISTER, GONZALO MONTIEL, and NICOLÁS OTAMENDI scored in the penalty round. ARGENTINA’S fierce goalkeeper EMILIANO MARTINEZ kept ECUADOR at bay with two fantastic penalty saves while onlyJOHN YEBOAH and JORDY CAICEDOscored from him. The defending champion will meet the winner of today’s quarterfinal between VENEZUELAand CANADA at AT&T Stadium in ARLINGTON, TEXAS.