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Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday in Abuja said he had no regrets hiring Sunday Oliseh as the Super Eagles’ Head Coach. Pinnick told newsmen in Abuja at a news […]

From the goals of Ivorian Yaya Toure to the trickery of Congolese Yannick Bolasie, African footballers have lit up the English Premier League season, and a new TV deal will allow African fans to watch […]

Gabon unveiled the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations mascot, a black panther named Samba, before their match with Sierra Leone in Franceville on Friday. Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba, Fifa president Gianni Infantino and Caf […]

David Beckham’s team ownership plans in Major League Soccer moved a step closer on Thursday as his consortium bought an area of land for a stadium site. Miami Beckham United (MBU), the ownership group which […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will today, in Kaduna, take on the Pharaohs of Egypt for a place in the African Cup of Nations’ championship in 2017. For the Eagles, it is an opportunity to […]

Former Super eagles coach Sunday Oliseh is expected to give his own version to why he suddenly quit his post with just a month to the crucial AFCON qualifiers against Egypt. “Sports Minister Solomon Dalung […]

The FA Cup is a stranger beast than normal this year – in most cases, a semi-final line up where only one of the five is counted among the traditional big boys, and a quarter-final […]

José Mourinho has reportedly signed a pre-contract agreement to join Manchester United, with the former Chelsea manager due up to £15m in compensation if he is not appointed by the club by 1 June.

THE Nigeria Football Federation is dusting its legal pads and reviewing the controversies following the sudden resignation of former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh with a view to making claims, where necessary.

The tennis world is still reeling from Maria Sharapova’s disclosure last week that she had tested positive for a banned drug in an investigation conducted last January, just before the  Australia Open. So are the […]

Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh is to face the sports committee of the House of Representatives to state his side of his shock resignation, officials have disclosed.

Maria Sharapova denies she had been warned five times about the impending ban on meldonium and says she will “fight back” after criticizing elements of the media who “distort, exaggerate and fail to accurately report […]

Bristol City have signed striker Peter Odemwingie on loan from Stoke for the remainder of the season. The 34-year-old Nigeria international has failed to score in eight appearances for the Potters this term.

She’s the $195 million athlete at the center of a failed drugs test scandal but tennis star Maria Sharapova isn’t lacking for some heavy hitting support. “Attempts to politicize sports, attempts to add character to […]

Nigerians have hailed Cambodia-based Nigerian footballer, Harrison Chinedu, for breaking the world record for the farthest distance travelled with ball balanced on the head. The footballer achieved the feat on Sunday, March 6 in Lagos. […]

Dutchman Jo Bonfrere believes he is ‘the right man’ to return Nigeria to the summit of African football, 15 years after he was sacked as coach. 69-year-old Bonfrere previously guided Nigeria at the Nations Cup […]

Down the years, professional footballers have blamed a lacklustre performance on many things. Famous explanations have included the ball being too bouncy (Newcastle United); the pitch being too small (Tottenham Hotspur); and the team being […]

RIO DE JANEIRO — The colossal graft scandal surrounding Brazil’s national oil company engulfed the country’s most prominent political figure on Friday, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as the police raided his home […]

1) Ospina in at the deep end for Arsenal David Ospina has already contributed to an Arsenal victory at White Hart Lane this season – in the Capital One Cup, back in September – but […]