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Britain has banned more than 1,300 known “hooligans” from travelling to Russia for the World Cup finals, demanding they surrender their passports, the government said on Wednesday. Officials ordered the “troublemakers with a history…

Meet the psychic pig who has a history of sniffing out a winner - and is hoping to continue his unbroken record for this summer's World Cup. Mystic Marcus has a 100 per cent track record of predicting sports results according to his…

Former Real Madrid player Fernando Hierro has been appointed as the new coach of the Spanish national team. Hierro was on Wednesday named as the replacement for sacked Julen Lopetegui. Lopetegui was sensationally axed just 24…

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr says the Croatian side is only better than the Nigerian team on paper. Rohr said the Eagles will go all out against Croatia in their first 2018 World Cup game in Kaliningrad on Saturday. “We…

The United States might not be participating in the World Cup, but it pulled off a historic victory in Russia all the same: The globe's biggest sporting event is returning to the U.S. In a long-anticipated vote on Wednesday, the…

Julen Lopetegui has been sacked as Spain boss. It was announced on Tuesday the 51-year-old, who was in charge of the national team for two years, had agreed a three-year contract at Real Madrid to replace Zinedine Zidane. At a…

Forbes, on Tuesday, named Manchester United as the world’s most valuable football club for a second consecutive year. United, who ended European champions Real Madrid’s four-year stint at the top of the list last year, were valued at…

Spain coach Julen Lopetegui will take over as Real Madrid boss after the World Cup. The 51-year-old, who has been in charge of the national team for the past two years, has agreed a three-year contract at the Bernabeu. The move…

The Nigeria national team, the Super Eagles, have finally arrived in Russia for the World Cup. The Eagles departed from Austria earlier on Thursday with native attires as they chose to…

Ahead of the much anticipated world cup in Russia which is set to kick off in a couple of days time, football governing body FIFA has unveiled the official new trophies. The much coveted trophies are the Golden Ball for the World…

Despite being voted as the team with the most stylish jersey at the world cup, the Super Eagles are not done with fashion yet as they are spotted wearing ankara material at the airport en route Russia.   

Former Arsenal and France star Patrick Vieira, world and European champion with Les Bleus, has taken the reins at top flight Nice, the French club said Monday. Vieira, 41, arrives after a stint at MLS outfit New York City FC. He has…

Bayern Munich of Germany and Austria international defender David Alaba has revealed that he loves Nigeria and would have loved to play for the Super Eagles but for circumstances beyond his control. Alaba, of Nigerian parentage, was…

If the design and quality of a team’s jersey is an indication of how far it will go in a competition, then it will be safe to assume that Nigeria should bring the 2018 FIFA World Cup back home after top international magazine GQ voted…

Beckam and wife David and Victoria Beckham have been reunited in London after furiously denying rumours of an imminent split, Daily Mail  reports. The former footballer and his wife both attended the Kent & Curwen Men’s…

Rafael Nadal is an 11t-time French Open winner. He achieved that feat on Sunday afternoon in Paris when he beat Austrian, Dominic Thiem, in three straight sets of 6-4 6-3 6-2. During the two week Grand Slam, Nadal had to call on the…

The Head Coach of the Super Eagles: the Nigerian senior national football team, Gernot Rohr has banned players from eating goat meat and pepper soup towards their preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. This comes after…

One of the notable players in the Argentinian football team, Javier Mascherano, has said that the Super Eagles of Nigeria are a disorganized team and they are capable of disorganizing their opponents at the 2018 World Cup. Mascherano…

Despite reports of their rumoured rift over an undisclosed incident, photos of Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi and team mate, Ogenyi Onazi playing table tennis alongside others has surfaced. However from the new photos, it seems…

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi he is well on the road to recovery following a shoulder injury in the Champions League final. “The president was reassured on the health condition of…

The Super Eagles have released their official team photograph for the Russia 2018 World Cup. It is tradition for teams to take official team pictures — with all 23 squad members, the technical crew and backroom staff–for the World…

After the first set, it looked like Simona Halep’s Grand Slam jinx was going to continue as she lost the set 6-3 to Sloane Stephens but she came storming back to take the next two, 6-4 6-0, winning her first Grand Slam at the fourth…

Real Madrid are ready to authorize a world-record transfer bid of over £300million to beat Manchester United to a deal for Paris Saint-German star, Neymar this summer. Neymar, who became the most expensive player in history last…

Football governing body, FIFA has come under attack since Kenya referee Adel Range Marwa was exposed in a bribery scandal captured in a video which surfaced online on Thursday. The Kenyan referee who has since resigned from the…