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AFCON 2019 2nd Leg Game: Eagles Must Consolidate

This column saw it coming especially in the game that involved Nigeria and Libya as we discussed it extensively last week here. While we warned Eagles against taking the game for... Read more Shehu Abdulahi out of Super Eagles’ second leg clash against Libya

Gernot Rohr has confirmed the unavailability of Shehu Abdullahi for the return leg of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya on Tuesday in Sfax as a result of the... Read more Lukaku speaks of desire to play in Serie A

Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku – who scored both goals in Belgium's 2-1 Nations League win over Switzerland on Friday – is in his eighth season in the Premier League and... Read more FIBA chief Baumann dies of heart attack

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann passed away on Sunday (Manila time) at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina due to a heart attack. He... Read more Bakayoko must improve — Gattuso

AC Milan boss Gennaro Gattuso has opened up on Tiemoue Bakayoko’s difficult start to the season, amid reports the Chelsea midfielder could have his season-long loan deal with the Serie A... Read more Kenya spank Ethiopia to move a step closer to AFCON 2019

Kenya took a major step towards the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations as they beat Ethiopia 3-0 at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi on Sunday. Japan-based striker Michael Olunga... Read more Djokovic wins 4th Shanghai Masters title

Novak Djokovic continued his scintillating run of form as he breezed past Croatian Borna Coric 6-3 6-4 to win the Shanghai Masters title for the fourth time on Sunday. With a... Read more Mick Schumacher wins Formula 3 European title with race to spare

Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael, won the Formula 3 European title with a race to spare. The 19-year-old finished second in race two of the... Read more Germany coach Loew expects renewed debate over his future after 3-0 loss to the Netherlands

Germany coach Joachim Loew expects there to be a renewed debate over his future after a 3-0 loss to the Netherlands in the Nations League on Saturday. Of course, I have... Read more Kenya officials charged in Olympic corruption inquiry

Seven senior Kenyan officials will be charged over alleged corruption surrounding the 2016 Olympic Games, the country’s chief prosecutor said. Those accused include ex-Sports Minister Hassan Wario and former Olympic Committee... Read more Madsen wins time-trial battle of the big Danes

Dane Martin Toft Madsen won the prestigious French time-trialling event the Chrono des Nations on Sunday, edging his compatriot Mikkel Bjerg by seven seconds. It was a second straight victory for... Read more Bet9ja football tournament:Benin Warriors, BJ Foundation match on to quarter finals in style

The 4th edition of the Bet9ja Football competition taking place in Benin City, Edo State has entered the quarter final stage after some pulsating first round games featuring the finest of... Read more Hazard keen to work under Mourinho again

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard has revealed his appreciation for Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and said the Portuguese is the one coach he would like to work with again. The Belgian forward... Read more Why Messi is not a good leader — Maradona

Argentina great Diego Maradona has hit out at his countryman Lionel Messi, saying the forward is not a leader on the pitch and should not be considered a footballing God. Maradona,... Read more Man City deny claims of Messi bid

Manchester City have rubbished claims they made a failed bid to sign Barcelona legend Lionel Messi. Messi has been linked with City several times since former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola was... Read more South Africa Spank Seychelles to go top of AFCON Qualifier group

South Africa returned to winning ways in style as they thumped Seychelles 6-0 in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualification Group E game at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg... Read more Official: Arsenal Legend Henry appointed as Monaco head coach

Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has been appointed as head coach of Monaco until June 2021. The 41-year-old Frenchman, who had been Belgium’s assistant manager, began his professional career at Monaco... Read more Salah returns to Liverpool after limping out of Egypt game

Mohamed Salah has returned to Liverpool after he was injured during Egypt’s 4-1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win over eSwatini on Friday. The 26-year-old forward put Egypt 4-0 up shortly... Read more Borna Coric stuns Roger Federer to reach finals of Shanghai Masters

Borna Coric upset defending champion Roger Federer and will face Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday. Coric earned passage to the final by taking down the top-seeded Federer... Read more Cassano retires again, 5 days after comeback

Antonio Cassano has announced his retirement from playing for the second time, only five days after he had begun training with third-tier club Virtus Entella. Ex-Italy international forward Cassano, whose club... Read more Mick Schumacher set to compete in F1

With a race to spare Mick Schumacher, son of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael, has won the Formula 3 title. The Prema driver will now compete in Formula 1 next... Read more Ighalo grabs hat trick as Super Eagles demolish Libya in AFCON qualifier

A hat trick from Odion Ighalo and one goal from Samuel Kalu gave Nigeria’s Super Eagles a 4-0 win over Libya in a 2019 AFCON Qualifier in Uyo. The victory moved... Read more Why I invited Ighalo for Libya double header — Rohr

Odion Ighalo’s impressive form in China made him a shoo-in in Gernot Rohr’s set-up to face Libya in an African Cup of Nations qualifiers doubleheader on Saturday, the coach said. The... Read more Russian internationals charged with hooliganism

A Moscow court ordered the arrest of Russia internationals Aleksandr Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev late on Thursday after they were charged over violent attacks in central Moscow. Zenit St Petersburg forward... Read more 9 nabbed in Belgium over massive financial fraud and match-fixing

Belgian authorities have arrested nine people in relation to a massive financial fraud and match-fixing probe into soccer. Three days after an operation targeting nine Belgian clubs, and raids in seven... Read more African Football Forum to debate FIFA’s new proposed Player Transfer System

Africa’s premier football business event, the Football Africa Forum, will stage its third edition in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 16-17, 2018 prior to the much-awaited 2019 African Cup of Nations... Read more I won’t leave Arsenal in January — Ramsey

Aaron Ramsey has said he won’t seek a January exit from Arsenal and that he thought he had reached a new deal with the club before contract talks broke down. Ramsey... Read more PSG v Red Star Belgrade: ‘Match-fixing’ inquiry into 6-1 Champions League win

French authorities are investigating potential match-fixing in Paris St-Germain’s 6-1 Champions League win over Red Star Belgrade this month. A Red Star official allegedly placed a bet of nearly 5m euros... Read more Cameroon pip Malawi in Yaounde

Cameroon secured a narrow 1-0 win over Malawi in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualification Group B match at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé on Friday. The victory... Read more Roger Federer beats Kei Nishikori in Shanghai Masters quarter-finals

Defending champion and top seed Roger Federer beat Japan’s Kei Nishikori in a high-quality quarter-final in the Shanghai Masters. Federer, 37, won 6-4 7-6 (7-4) against the world number 12 after... Read more