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Three partners, the Abu Salami Media, 1XBet and David Adeleke (Davido) have teamed up with a plan to launch a model football talent hunt programme named: The Davido Dream Football Show (DDFS) – Nigeria’s Premiere Football Show. Davido…

Brazilian soccer legend Pele’s family members gathered at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Saturday, where the 82-year-old, widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, has been since late November.…

Morocco wrote World Cup history on Saturday night as the first African and Arab country to reach the tournament’s semifinals, continuing their surprise run in Qatar with a shock 1-0 victory over the highly fancied Portugal.…

Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr football club is reportedly ready to present Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo with a three-year deal after the World Cup ends. This was reported by CBS Sports citing sources close to the club.…

England hammered Iran 6-2 on Monday in an emphatic World Cup opener. This is all thanks to two goals from Bukayo Saka and strikes by Jude Bellingham and Raheem Sterling, before substitutes Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish…

Enner Valencia’s two first-half goals led Ecuador to a dominant 2-0 victory over Qatar on Sunday. This ler the home nation froze on their big night with an error-strewn display that left them as the first World Cup…

Ahead of the 2022 World Cup, the sale of alcohol beer has been prohibited at Qatar stadium sites. In a reversal, alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said in…

Saudi Arabia’s national carrier Saudia has announced that it has opened reservations for Match Day Shuttle round flights from the Kingdom to Qatar during the FIFA World Cup 2022. Soccer fans from the Kingdom can now reserve their round…

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua by split decision to retain his heavyweight boxing titles at the Rage on the Red Sea in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, early on Sunday morning. Usyk used his footwork and speed to keep consistent…

Ziyad ‘Zizo’ al-Maayouf has made history as the first person from Saudi Arabia to win a professional boxing match, after knocking out Alfredo Alatorre in the first round on Saturday. The 22-year-old drew a huge reaction from…

CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, has officially launched the Africa Super League. According to a report on Wednesday August 17, 2022, the new African club competition is expected to generate about 200 million dollars yearly. While…

English football club’s Russian owner says he is handing over stewardship of Premier League team to trustees of its charitable foundation. Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich said he is handing over the “stewardship and care” of the…

Carlo Ancelotti has returned to Real Madrid as head coach for a second spell on Tuesday after Zinedine Zidane resigned from the position last month. Ancelotti left Premier League club Everton to re-join his former side (Real Madrid) on a…

Bayern Munich was on Sunday August 23, 2020, crowned the champion in the just concluded season of UEFA Champions League final after a 1-0 win against Paris Saint-Germain at the Estadio da Luz, Lisbon behind closed doors. Emerged champion…

Micheal Ojo, 27, Nigerian-born basketball player and former Florida center has died of a heart attack at a hospital in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, according to Red Star Belgrade, his former team. Red Star Belgrade, in a statement on…

Eddie Howe has stepped down as the Bournemouth manager following talks with Bournemouth officials over the weekend after the club was relegated from Premier League. His decision to leave the club came when all efforts to keep the club in…

Some of National Football League’s biggest names have expressed their anger over the lack of COVID-19 safety protocols in place as teams prepare to open training camps. While expressing their frustration on Sunday July 19, 2020, Drew Brees…

The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation, NRRF, has announced its partnership with Rugby Outreach in the United Kingdom. The partnership which was announced on Monday July 13, 2020, aims to provide Rugby fitness, strength and conditioning…

Manu Tuilagi, England and Lions center has left Leicester Tigers opting out of a new salary pay cut deal to be implemented by the premiership club. In a video posted on the club website on Wednesday July 1, 2020 Andrea Pinchen, Tigers…

Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has has expressed confidence in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signing a new contract with Arsenal as the Gabon striker on Wednesday became the fastest Gunners player to net 50 Premier League goals with a double in the…

Andre Wisdom, a 27- year-old Derby defender has been hospitalised, followed an attack on Saturday. Wisdom, who was a victim of an unprovoked assault in an attack in Liverpool while he visited a relative, was stabbed several times. He was…

Liverpool has emerged the Premiere League champion in the just concluded 2019/2020 season. The victory on Thursday June, 2020, has ended the club's 30 years of wait for a top-flight title since 1990 following Manchester City’s loss 2-1 at…

Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi has made a declaration on his Twitter handle stating that he has been freed of all rape allegations made against him and there will be no further action regarding the issue. He wrote, “At a time where there are…

UFC has confirmed that four events would be hosted in Abu Dhabi on a fight island. The UFC happens to be one of the sports to have returned even amidst the coronavirus pandmemic. The sport has tried to get over the pandemic and get the…

Source: Sky Sports The American world number 73, Taylor Townsend, has disclosed that at one point or the other she has been mistaken for other American female black tennis players. Townsend disclosed this in a Tennis United video posted…

Conor McGregor, a mixed martial arts fighter and former two-weight champion, has announced his retirement from the sports. He made the announcement on Sunday June 7, 2020, via social media. Announcing his quit from the sport, McGregor…

Diego Costa, former Chelsea and Atletico Madrid striker, has been handed six-month prison sentence with a fine of €543,208 (£485,324) for tax fraud. The striker was given the sentence and fine for defrauding the state of more than €1m…

The Premiere League announced on Thursday June 4 2020 that for the rest of 2019/2020 season clubs would be allowed to use up to five substitutes in a match when the season resumes on June 17. The temporary amendment of the game rules was…

One player from Tottenham has tested positive in the Premier League’s latest fifth round of coronavirus test. The test result is another boost for the league’s Project Restart as out of 1,197 players and staff tested from 20 clubs on…

Southampton, a Premiere League Football club has announced that its manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has signed a new four-year contract. While announcing this in a statement on Tuesday June 2, 2020, Hasenhuttl stated that he would be staying…