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The Ballon d’Or, on Thursday, officially unveiled the 30-player shortlist for the 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or, spotlighting the world’s finest footballers who have delivered exceptional performances over the past year.…

Wilfred Ndidi, Super Eagles midfielder, has joined Turkey’s Besiktas from Leicester City for €8 million.  The Turkish club announced the acquisition on its website on Friday. Ndidi penned a three-year deal with the…

South Korean star, Son Heung-min, has not even been officially announced as joining Los Angeles FC of MLS, but excited fans are already waiting to welcome him. ESPN and The Athletic report that Son, who left…

A former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey was granted conditional bail on Tuesday after appearing in a London court on rape and sexual assault charges. The 32-year-old Ghana international has been charged with five…

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has rewarded Super Falcons defender, Tosin Demehin, with ₦30 million and a house for her outstanding performance at the 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations. Aiyedatiwa made this known…

President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all members of the D’Tigress for winning the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket in Cote…

The Chief Executive Officer, Atalanta Football Club, Antonio Percassi, has stated that Nigeria’s winger, Ademola Lookman, is only allowed to leave the club this summer, but only to a super top club that is not in…

Following the recent triumph of the Super Falcons at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has called on the…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for lifting the fifth African championship at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket. Just like the Super Falcons, the…

Africa’s reigning queens, D’Tigress, on Sunday defeated Mali 78-64 to clinch an unprecedented fifth consecutive AfroBasket title. Mali demonstrated their determination to end Nigeria’s winning streak, drawing the first…

Ademola Lookman, Super Eagles winger, has accused Atalanta of “blocking the opportunity” for him to exit the club.  In a post on social media on Sunday, the 27-year-old said “enough is enough”, adding that he has…

Super Eagles striker, Victor Boniface, has explained that contrary to the widespread assumption that footballers are wealthy, many footballers are not as rich as presumed. He explained that footballers spend…

Jose Mourinho is on a mission and his first target is Manchester United rebel Alejandro Garnacho. The former United boss, now in charge of Turkish giants Fenerbahce, is reportedly ready to go all out to rescue the…

Nigeria’s D’Tigress are one game away from winning their fifth consecutive continental title after beating their Senegalese counterparts 75-68 to reach the final of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship. The…

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min said on Saturday that he will leave the club this summer after a decade in north London. The 33-year-old attacker joined the Premier League side from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015 and went on…

French prosecutors on Friday called for Paris Saint-Germain star Achraf Hakimi to face trial for the alleged rape of a woman in 2023 which the Moroccan international denies. The Nanterre prosecutor’s office told AFP that…

Galatasaray vice president Abdullah Kavukcu has revealed that Victor Osimhen turned down enormous financial offers from other clubs to secure his permanent move to the Turkish giants, describing the Nigerian striker’s…

President Bola Tinubu’s N150m gift to the Super Falcons for winning their 10th WAFCON title has elicited mixed reactions from the public. While a section of the public applauded the gesture and commended the President,…

The Adamawa State Government has honoured Super Falcons coach Justine Madugu for taking the team to its 10th WAFCON victory. Madugu is from Adamawa State. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri handed Madugu a three-bedroom bungalow…

*Received by thousands of Gala fans at Istanbul Airport *To complete three-year switch to Turkish champions today Minutes after he touched down at…

Bayern Munich on Wednesday completed the signing of forward Luis Diaz from Premier League champions Liverpool for a reported fee that could rise to 75 million euros ($86.5 million). The Colombian, who won the Premier…

Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Tuesday defended the reward package announced by President Bola Tinubu for the Super Falcons following their triumph at the 2024 Women’s…

Victor Osimhen, a Super Eagles striker, has given his thoughts on stardom. He thinks fame is boring. He remarked that fame prevents him from having as much fun as he would like to. The Napoli star noted that he…

Six players of the Super Eagles of Nigeria have pledged N1 million to each member of the Super Falcons’ squad for the team’s…