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Enugu Rangers End Pyramids’ Confed Cup Unbeaten Run With Away Win In Egypt

Pyramids’ unbeaten run has come to an end after losing 1-0 to Enugu Rangers in Sunday’s Caf Confederation Cup game. Going into the game, the Egyptians have won all four group... Read more Enyimba Held At Home By Hassania Agadir

Enyimba’s Caf Confederation Cup quarter-final qualification bid suffered a setback after Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Hassania Agadir. Having overpowered AC Paradou 4-1 in their last outing, the People’s Elephants were hoping... Read more Lobi Beat Nasarawa To Regain Top Spot As Plateau Draw With MFM

Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club (MFM FC) yesterday failed to secure a win against visitors and former league leaders, Plateau United, as they were held to a goalless... Read more Gathering Of Eagles As Prince Oduah Goes Home But Pinnick, Others Nowhere To Be Found

The remains of former football administrator and advertisement top-notch, Prince Isidore Oduah was laid to rest in his home country, Ochuche, Ogbaru Local Government Council of Anambra State on Friday, January... Read more Ronaldo Scores But Napoli Beat Juventus On Sarri Return

Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri’s return to his old club Napoli ended in defeat, although Cristiano Ronaldo extended his personal Serie A scoring run to eight games. Juve are three points clear... Read more Real Madrid Beat Valladolid To Top La Liga

Real Madrid went three points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a hard-fought win at Real Valladolid. Defender Nacho scored the only goal with a header from... Read more Man City Spank Fulham To Book 5th Round Place

Holders Manchester City continued their FA Cup defence with a dominant fourth-round victory over Fulham in which they became the first major European team to score 100 goals this season. Any... Read more Liverpool Escape Upset By Lowly Shrewsbury In FA Cup Clash

Manager Sam Ricketts says Shrewsbury should have won their FA Cup tie with Liverpool after the League One club staged a magnificent fightback to earn a fourth-round replay at Anfield. Runaway... Read more Neymar Shines As PSG Brush Aside Lille

Neymar was in a class of his own again on Sunday, scoring a double to help Paris St Germain extend their Ligue 1 lead to 10 points with a 2-0 win... Read more Lingard Ends Drought As Manchester United Spank Tranmere

Manchester United thrashed third-tier Tranmere Rovers 6-0 on Sunday to join Manchester City in the fifth round of the FA Cup. A muddy and bobbly Prenton Park pitch looked the perfect... Read more Atletico Madrid Struggle Continue With Leganes Draw

Atletico Madrid's goalscoring troubles resurfaced as they drew 0-0 at home to a struggling Leganes side that finished with a defender in goal after the dismissal of Ivan Cuellar. Atletico crashed... Read more Breaking News: Basketball Legend Kobe Bryant, Daughter Die In Helicopter Crash

US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna are among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in the city of Calabasas, California. Bryant, 41, was travelling in a private... Read more Iheanacho On Fire, Shoots Leicester Into FA Cup Next Round

Leicester edged into the FA Cup fifth round as Kelechi Iheanacho’s early goal sealed a 1-0 win at second-tier Brentford on Saturday. Brendan Rodgers’ side are chasing a trip to Wembley... Read more Early Shock For Setien As Valencia Daze Barca

Quique Setien’s honeymoon period lasted less than a fortnight as he tasted his first Barcelona defeat on Saturday in his second La Liga game in charge after a 2-0 loss to... Read more Virus Threatens Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

There is currently “little risk” from a deadly new virus sweeping parts of China at the venue for the first official alpine skiing test event for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics,... Read more I Want To Remain As Super Eagles Coach — Rohr

Gernot Rohr has expressed his desire to continue as Nigeria coach as he nears the expiry of his current contract with the three-time African champions. The German joined the West African... Read more FA Cup: Chelsea Survive Hull Scare To Book 5th Round Place

Michy Batshuayi and Fikayo Tomori scored in either half as Chelsea beat Championship side Hull to reach the FA Cup fifth round. The Blues took an early lead when Batshuayi's strike... Read more West Ham Crash Out Of FA Cup

Slaven Bilic enjoyed a winning return to London Stadium as a dismal performance by West Ham saw them crash out of the FA Cup at the hands of his West Brom... Read more Lewandoski On Target Again As Bayern Spank Schalke 04

Robert Lewandowski hit his 21st league goal of the season as Bayern Munich thrashed Schalke 5-0 to cut RB Leipzig's lead at the top of the Bundesliga to one point on... Read more Zidane Defends Bale After Latest Injury Set-Back

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane defended Gareth Bale on Saturday after the Welshman picking up another injury and also said Eden Hazard is close to a return. Bale will miss Madrid's... Read more Southampton Hold Tottenham To Book FA Cup Replay

Sofiane Boufal's late equaliser gave Southampton a fully-deserved FA Cup fourth-round replay against Tottenham after an entertaining encounter. Saints' manager Ralph Hasenhuttl and Spurs counterpart Jose Mourinho made FA Cup statements... Read more Tiger Roars Into Contention For Record 83rd US PGA Win

Tiger Woods charged into contention for a record-setting 83rd all-time US PGA title on Saturday, shooting a three-under par 69 as he chases a ninth career victory at Torrey Pines. Woods... Read more Nadal Breeze Past Busta To Set Up Kyrgios Clash

Top seed Rafael Nadal cruised past Spanish compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets to reach the Australian Open fourth round. Nadal, 33, was sharp on serve as he raced into... Read more Kepa Faces Fight To Save Chelsea Career

Kepa Arrizabalaga is under scrutiny as his poor statistics become public knowledge but Chelsea have long been aware of their No. 1's shortcomings. Of the 116 goalkeepers to have played at... Read more Man City, Fulham, Leicester, Tottenham, Southampton, Chelsea, Norwich, Burnley, Others In Action In Busy FA Cup Weekend

The FA Cup is back again with a raft of fixtures spread out across the entire weekend all the way through until Monday night. Reigning champions Manchester City will face Fulham... Read more LMC Slams N4.7 Million Fine On Katsina United, Kano Pillars

With a view to permanently ending the continued aggressive rivalry between supporters of Kano Pillars and Katsina United, the League Management Company (LMC) has ruled that subsequent Nigeria Professional Football League... Read more Arsenal Boss Arteta Urges Ceballos To Prove His Worth

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has urged Dani Ceballos to prove he is worth keeping after the on-loan Real Madrid midfielder was linked with a return to Spain. Ceballos joined Arsenal in... Read more Lampard Sweats Over Tammy Abraham’s Ankle Injury

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard is facing an anxious wait to learn how long England striker Tammy Abraham will be sidelined with his ankle injury. Lampard revealed Abraham will miss Saturday’s FA... Read more Edo To Engage 1,000 Cleaners During National Sports Festival 2020

The Edo Waste Management Agency says it will engage 1,000 cleaners to take care of venues during the National Sports Festival tagged “Edo 2020”. The General Manager of the agency, Charles... Read more Klopp Issues Mane And Keita Injury Update

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has provided a Sadio Mane and Naby Keita injury update ahead of their FA Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town on Sunday. Mane was forced off in the... Read more