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Shares in Juventus and Manchester United jumped on Monday after the clubs announced a breakaway European Super League with another 10 of football’s most powerful teams. The Italian club’s shares closed nearly 18 percent higher at 0.91 euros on the …

Jose Mourinho has been sacked as Tottenham coach after 17 months in charge of the London club. According to reports, Ryan Mason and Chris Powell will be in temporary charge until a new permanent manager is appointed. It was gathered …

Top Nigerian Professional Football League coaches and players have urged unattached Super Eagles players to emulate Ahmed Musa by joining clubs in the local league, in a bid to stay in shape and boost the image of the NPFL, reports. …

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, says the state’s priority was not necessarily to host and win the ongoing National Sports Festival in Benin City, but to project the ideals of the event. Obaseki stated this while speaking with journalists …

Liverpool return to Premier League action on Saturday knowing they must rediscover the magic at home or risk finishing outside the top four for the first time since 2016. At the bottom, Fulham have a chance to lift themselves out …

• Team Delta extends lead • Edo triumph in Badminton event • Taxi drivers, hoteliers increase prices The Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, yesterday, declared the 20th National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, open with a message to Nigerian youths to be …

Ousmane Dembele volleyed in a 90th-minute winner against Real Valladolid on Monday to fire Barcelona to within a point of Atletico Madrid ahead of next weekend’s Clasico in La Liga. Barca looked set for a damaging stalemate at Camp Nou …

Another Nigerian coach, Remmy Amadi, has been handed a two-year ban and his team, Cofine FC of Rivers State, thrown out of the ongoing 2021 National League One (NLO) in Calabar zone of the competition over alleged match-fixing. Following allegations …

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have signed a two-fight deal for the biggest bout in British boxing history, reports mirror.co.uk. The two heavyweight world champions agreed on terms in principle last year but have now put pen to paper after …

Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at his critics with a quick-fire hat-trick as Juventus brushed aside Cagliari 3-1 on Sunday, five days after their Champions League elimination, while Inter Milan moved nine points clear at the Serie A summit. Portuguese star …

The Confederation of African Football has cancelled the 2021 U-17 African Cup Of Nations billed to kick-off on Friday in Rabat, Morocco. There was no official reason given by CAF for the cancellation, but reports claimed that the tournament was …

Victor Osimhen marked his return from a head injury with a goal and an assist in Napoli’s 3-1 win over Bologna in a Serie A clash on Sunday. It was his third league goal for the club in 11 appearances …

Israel Adesanya suffered the first loss of his MMA career at UFC 259 last night, reports www.lowkickmma.com. ‘The Last Stylebender’ entered his light-heavyweight title bout with Jan Blachowicz on the back of 20 consecutive wins. He was a considerable favourite …

Lionel Messi soared past Luis Suarez to become La Liga’s top scorer on Wednesday by adding his 17th and 18th goals of the season in a much-needed 3-0 victory for Barcelona over Elche. Barca had followed up last week’s crushing …

As Manchester City power towards the Premier League title, the question is not whether Arsenal can stall the leaders, but is this Pep Guardiola’s finest achievement in his Etihad reign? Liverpool were expected to push City all the way but …

AC Milan and city rivals Inter renew their duel for top spot in Serie A on Sunday in a third clash this season between star strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku as champions Juventus play catch-up. Antonio Conte’s Inter went …

Nigeria’s men’s senior national basketball team, D’Tigers, will take on South Sudan in their first game of the qualifiers for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Championship holding in Tunisia. The best teams from the qualifiers will pick the tickets for the …

Manchester United equalled the biggest win in Premier League history as they crushed nine-man Southampton 9-0, while Arsenal had two players sent off in their defeat at Wolves on Tuesday. Rampant United scored four times in the first half after …

Manchester City stormed to the top of the Premier League on Tuesday with a 5-0 demolition of West Brom to extend their winning streak to 11 games.Ilkay Gundogan scored twice, while Joao Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez, and Raheem Sterling were also …

Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s heroics ensured Barcelona edged past Real Sociedad on penalties on Wednesday to reach the Spanish Super Cup final, without the injured Lionel Messi. Messi was watching on as Ter Stegen did his best to fill the void …