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The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), scheduled to be held in June and July next year in Ivory Coast has been pushed back to January-February 2024 in a bid to avoid the rainy season, it was announced Sunday.…

Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly requested that Manchester United let him leave should they receive a satisfactory offer this summer, just one season after sensationally re-joining the club. The 37-year-old only…

Israel Adesanya outpointed Jared Cannonier over five rounds to retain his middleweight title at UFC 276 in Las Vegas. Adesanya, 32, used his superior movement and control of distance to out-strike Cannonier…

Mohammed Salah has ended his contract stand-off with Liverpool and committed his future by signing the biggest deal in the club’s history. Salah had entered the final 12 months of his current terms, which…

Inter Milan have signed former Borussia Dortmund attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan from league rivals AS Roma, the Italian Serie A runners-up confirmed on Saturday. The 33-year-old Armenian Mkhitaryan has signed a…

Ivory Coast and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba believes Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen can be the best in the world since he is a great striker. The Napoli attacker has been in great form for club and country. Last…

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial in a court on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday to hear drug charges that could see her serve up to 10 years in a Russian jail. Griner, 31, was formally told at…

Mohamed Salah ended speculation over his future by signing a new contract with Liverpool on Friday that will reportedly run to 2025. The Egyptian, who has scored 156 goals in 254 appearances for the Reds,…

Nigeria-born UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has offered $3million to anyone who can prove he is a drug cheat. Adesanya who is now a New Zealander called out rival Jon Jones with a cheeky dig…

FIFA said it will use semi-automatic offside technology at the November to December World Cup to make video assistant decisions faster and more reliable. Football’s world governing body said on Friday that the…

Moses Simon, Super Eagles winger, is the only Nigerian included in the 30-man nominees’ list for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2022 men’s ‘Player of the Year’ award. The nominees were…

Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku has had his wish granted by Chelsea after rejoining Wednesday the Italian side, Inter on loan. Lukaku had expressed his wish to rejoin Inter in an infamous interview to Sky Sport…

Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has stated that his wait for a league title in his professional career took 17 years. Ighalo won the Saudi…

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been handed an extra one-year ban for additional doping violations to add to her existing 10-year suspension. The Athletics Integrity Unit charged her with “evading…

Sky Sports News claim that Manchester United have reached a ‘broad agreement’ with Barcelona over the transfer of Frenkie de Jong. With the two clubs having only “the finer details” to work out, De Jong…

Nigeria and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, says he has 18 screws in his face, which put him in severe pain. Osimhen, 23, suffered a clash of heads in a Serie A match clash against Inter Milan at the Giuseppe Meazza…

£95 million-rated striker, Victor Osimhen, is set for a shock move to Manchester United this summer. According to Corriere dello Sport, Man United have contacted Napoli to discuss a potential move for Osimhen.…

Manchester City and Arsenal have struck an agreement in principle on signing Brazilian player Gabriel Jesus. This comes two days after the conclusion of the personal contact between Jesus and the Gunners, who…

Former FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke would appeal against his conviction for accepting bribes in a case involving World Cup media rights, his legal team said. Valcke, 61, was on Friday found guilty by a…

Liverpool are prepared to let Mohamad Salah leave Anfield this summer in a shock move. The Egyptian forward, 30, could follow Sadio Mane out the exit door if the Reds receive a suitable offer. According to…

Rivers United have won the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title — with four games to spare. The Port Harcourt-based NPFL side claimed their first-ever league title after Plateau…

Nottingham Forest have signed Nigeria forward Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin for a club-record fee in the region of £17.5m (N8.7 billion). The 24-year-old joins Forest from the Bundesliga club on a five-year deal…

Arsenal are on the cusp of signing Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus with a £45 million agreement on the table. The Gunners are keen to finalise the deal upon reaching personal agreement with Jesus and him…

Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa on Friday advised Nigerians to be wary of and also stop patronizing fake social media accounts created in his name. Musa said such fake accounts created on Facebook, Twitter…