SPORTAINMENT

Eagles to meet Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia in friendlies next month

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has arranged two friendly matches for the Super Eagles next month in Austria. NFF President,…

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Barcelona may suspend, seize Messi’s salary for refusing to attend club duties

Lionel Messi could be suspended and have a portion of his salary seized by Barcelona if he continues to refuse…

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O’jez bar, Old Skool, others to go as Lagos National Stadium ‘clean up’ begins

• Exercise to last for eight weeks The ‘restoration’ of the Lagos National Stadium will last for eight weeks, a…

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Usain Bolt quarantines after virus test as global deaths pass 800,000

The coronavirus may have caught up with the world’s fastest man, sprint king Usain Bolt, who announced Monday that he…

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Why Bayern Munich won Champions League final – Coach

Bayern Munich head coach Hansi Flick hailed the “crazy” development of his treble-winning team in the ten months since he…

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Italian Orsato to referee Champions League final

Italian referee Daniele Orsato will take charge of the Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, UEFA announced…

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Messi’s departure will be catastrophic for Barcelona, says Eto’o

Former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o says the Catalan giants will have to change the club’s name should Lionel Messi depart.…

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Lukaku, Martinez fire five-star Inter into Europa League final

Inter Milan are destined for “great things” under Antonio Conte, according to Lautaro Martinez after the Argentine and Romelu Lukaku…

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Messi’s toughest task as Barcelona face up to Bayern Munich

Lionel Messi might never have been faced with a more daunting task at Barcelona than engineering a victory against Bayern…

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Mbappe ‘will be in team’ for PSG against Atalanta after ankle injury

Kylian Mbappe looks set to feature for Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final against Atalanta in Lisbon on Wednesday…

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Sevilla, Shakhtar reach Europa League semi-finals

Sevilla and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the semi-finals of the Europa League on Tuesday after respective wins over Wolverhampton Wanderers…

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Arsenal offers Ozil ‘£18m pay-off offer’ as Willians near Gunners switch

• Martinez threatens to quit if not given more games Mesut Ozil has reportedly been offered an £18 million pay-off from…

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Osimhen’s €70million deal with Napoli, a good advertisement for Nigeria, says Adelabu

Former Green Eagles winger, Adegoke Adelabu, says the five-year deal sealed by Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, with Italian club…

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Tokyo Olympics to have limited spectators – IOC

Next year’s coronavirus-postponed Olympics could be held in front of a “limited number of spectators” to prevent the spread of…

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FIFA approves $1m grant for NFF

FIFA has ratified a $1m grant to the Nigerian Football Federation “to protect and restart its football,” as was reported …

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Arteta backs Saka to play for England

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes Bukayo Saka will be a good addition to the England senior squad and will offer…

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Guardiola takes swipe at Arsenal over ‘respect’

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola took a swipe at Arsenal on Monday by admitting he does not respect them off…

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Zidane silences the doubters by bringing Real Madrid back to life

Few expected Zinedine Zidane to leave Real Madrid and even fewer expected him to come back as coach. And yet…

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Nigerian football mourns as Ukaigwe, foremost women football figure, dies

Nigerian Football was again thrown into a state of mourning yesterday as news broke of the death of leading women…

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Joshua may battle Pulev on a ‘boat’ or ‘castle’

Anthony Joshua’s next fight against Kubrat Pulev is currently being planned for November, but could end up looking quite a…

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