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Inter Miami rested Lionel Messi and suffered their first defeat since the Argentine joined the club, with a 5-2 hammering at Atlanta United damaging their playoff hopes on Saturday. Messi had not made the trip to…

Inter Milan laid down an early title marker on Saturday by handing out a 5-1 derby hammering to AC Milan and going it alone at the Serie A summit. Four wins from their opening four matches have Inter leading the pack…

Erik ten Hag said on Friday he does not know whether exiled forward Jadon Sancho will ever play for Manchester United again. Sancho has been banished to train away from United’s first team after the England…

Angelique Cauchy, French tennis star has revealed the hell she went through in the hands of her coach, Andrew Geddes, who she said raped her 400 times when she was 12 years old and falsely convinced her to believe she…

Harry Maguire’s mother, Zoe, has issued a statement in response to the criticism of the Manchester United and Three Lions of England centre-back. Maguire has struggled for game time under Ten Hag and was subjected…

Manchester United have spent more money on assembling their current squad than any other football club on the planet. A new report from the CIES Football Observatory reveals the current crop of players at Old…

Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation, has been summoned to appear in court on Friday in connection with an investigation into a forced kiss he planted on Jenni Hermoso’s lips after…

Terms have been agreed for Anthony Joshua to fight Deontay Wilder but the Briton may walk away if contracts are not agreed soon,  so said Eddie Hearn. Promoter Hearn said Joshua could fight Tyson Fury instead,…

Rapper Drake has lost half a million dollar bet on UFC’s fighter, Israel Adesanya, following his defeat by his opponent, Sean Strickland in their Sunday, September 10, bout. Hours into the fight, the Canadian rap…

Gabriela Cavallin, the former girlfriend of Manchester United player Anthony, has urged the club to suspend him from the players' squad. Gabriela, who has accused…

Arising from its 79th Annual General Assembly  in Uyo yesterday, the Nigeria Football  Federation (NFF) has made a budget proposal of N14,494,469,293.00 (Fourteen Billion, Four Hundred and Ninety-Four Million, Four…

Bruno Fernandes ran the show for Portugal as they romped to a record 9-0 win over Luxembourg on Monday without suspended talisman and all-time top goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo. Roberto Martinez’s side have now won all six…

Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after a doping control detected the banned substance testosterone, Italian anti-doping authorities told AFP on Monday. “The National…

Novak Djokovic, the Serbian professional tennis player, has beaten Russia’s Daniil Medvedev to claim his fourth US Open singles title. Djokovic’s triumph against the Russian makes it a record-tying 24th Grand Slam…

Super Eagles chief coach Jose Peseiro says his team played with maximum commitment to win the last group match against the Falcons and True Parrots of Sao Tome and Principe by 6-0. Peseiro said this in a post-match…

Victor Osimhen’s hat trick and goals from Ademola Lookman, Taiwo Awoniyi and Samuel Chukwueze helped Nigeria beat São Tomé and Príncipe 6-0 in the final game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the…

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Pestana CR7 in Marrakech, Morocco has become a refuge site for victims of Friday’s earthquake, reports Spanish newspaper, Marca. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous High Atlas region of…

American teenager, Coco Gauff, came from behind to win the US Open on Saturday, clinching her first Grand Slam title with a battling win over Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus. Gauff, 19, produced a gutsy performance on…

Mixed martial arts fighter Israel Adesanya has broken his silence about his loss to Sean Strickland. Adesanya, widely acclaimed for his incredible fighting skills,…

Sean Strickland defeated Isreal Adeanya to become the new middleweight champion of the world with all judges scoring the fight in this favour. A first-round knock…

Virgil van Dijk said Saturday he had learned “a hard and expensive lesson” after receiving an an extra one-game ban and a…

Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has revealed that he is eager to return to football after learning his lessons during his period of ban. It will be recalled that the World Football governing body, FIFA,…

Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk has been handed an extra one-game ban and a £100,000 ($124,000) fine after his angry reaction to a red card against Newcastle. Van Dijk admitted acting in an improper manner…

Spanish public prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against football chief Luis Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent, the prosecutors office said…