•Nigerian Striker Umar Sadiq Real Sociedad have named Umar Sadiq days after the Super Eagles left the Nigerian camp ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. Sadiq was among Nigeria’s 25-man team for the competition but left owing to a knee injury he got in a pre-tournament match against Guinea, reports […]
•Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi began a new adventure at Roma today as the World Cup winner took over at his boyhood club following the sudden sacking of Jose Mourinho. The former Italy midfielder, who spent almost the entirety of his playing career at Roma, signed a deal “until 30 June 2024” with the […]
•Coach Jose Mourinho Jose Mourinho has been sacked as coach of Roma, the Serie A side announced Tuesday, saying it was “in the best interests of the club”. Mourinho, whose contract was due to expire in June, would leave the club alongside his technical team “with immediate effect”, Roma said. “We would like to thank […]
•Spain and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati Aitana Bonmati was crowned FIFA’s women’s player of the year on Monday after winning the World Cup with Spain and leading Barcelona to Champions League glory during an exceptional 2023. The 25-year-old completed a clean sweep of individual accolades for the past 12 months after also winning the Ba...
•Lionel Messi lifts trophy Lionel Messi won FIFA’s “The Best” award for the third time on Monday as the Argentine pipped Manchester City’s Erling Haaland to the prize for best men’s player in 2023. Haaland was favourite to win after scoring 52 times in his debut season with Manchester City, but Messi edged the vote […]
•Cape Verde’s players celebrate Mohamed Salah saved Egypt from an embarrassing defeat in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations yesterday, while Nigeria were held by Equatorial Guinea despite Victor Osimhen getting on the scoresheet. Ghana were also in action in Abidjan and suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Cape Verde as three […]...
•Real Madrid’s players and coaching staff celebrate with the trophy Vinicius Junior struck a first-half hat-trick to fire Real Madrid to Spanish Super Cup glory in a thumping 4-1 win over rivals Barcelona on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Robert Lewandowski struck for Barcelona, who had defender Ronald Araujo sent off in the second half on […]...
•Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after scoring their second goal Kevin De Bruyne inspired a Manchester City fightback on his first taste of Premier League action for five months to beat Newcastle 3-2 and close to within two points of the top of the Premier League yesterday. The Belgian came off the bench to score and […]
•Osimhen African Footballer of the Year Victor Osimhen was always Nigeria’s biggest hope coming into the Cup of Nations, but there is even more pressure on his shoulders after the withdrawal due to injury of fellow goal-scorer Victor Boniface. The Super Eagles begin their AFCON campaign in Ivory Coast against Equatorial Guinea tomorrow before ...
•Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic is targeting an 11th Australian Open crown and a record 25th Grand Slam title. In the absence of injured Rafael Nadal, several younger players are out to stop him. AFP Sport highlights five men to watch when the first Grand Slam of the year begins tomorrow: Novak Djokovic He may be […]
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