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Meet the Harvard-trained woman who turned down a lucrative company job to be Everton ’keeper

Intellectual footballers are considered a rarity. As teams scoop primary school-age talent into their glistening academies, the lives of young players become consumed with football and education often becomes secondary at...... Read more Babayaro returns to Chelsea 13 years after

Former Nigeria international Celestine Babayaro is set to return to Chelsea in May 2018, more than thirteen years after he bid farewell to the London club. The Premier League champions wrote...... Read more Orji Okonkwo on loan to Brescia

Nigeria starlet Orji Okonkwo has been shipped out on loan by Bologna to Brescia for the remainder of this season. This is the Nigeria U20 forward’s second season in the Italian...... Read more Mascherano heads to China

Argentina defender Javier Mascherano is to leave Barcelona after almost eight years and is expected to join Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune. The 33-year-old joined Barcelona from Liverpool in...... Read more Drogba opens first school in Ivory Coast

Ivorian footballer Didier Drogba has given back to his country by opening a school that will help no fewer than 350 children in the rural cocoa growing community of Pokou-Kouamekro to...... Read more Newcastle halt takeover bid

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has ended takeover talks with prospective buyer Amanda Staveley, according to reports. Newcastle Ashley put the Premier League club up for sale in October and had...... Read more Nigerian athletes Francis, Egbeniyi shine in USA

Sprinter Cecilia Francis and middle distance runner, Abike Funke Egbeniyi raced to glory and global reckoning twice at collegiate meetings in the USA this month as they both came first in...... Read more Onyekuru targets March return

Everton striker, Henry Onyekuru hopes to return from a knee injury by the end of March to boost his chances of playing in the World Cup with Nigeria. Onyekuru, who was...... Read more Lionel Messi to earn €100m

Lionel Messi, who recently penned a lucrative new contract with Barcelona, could comfortably earn more than €100 million every year, according to a report released by France-based Mediapart. Journalists from European...... Read more Wilder ordered to do community service

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was ordered to do 60 hours of community service after being found guilty of misdemeanour marijuana possession. The 32-year-old American - who has been linked with...... Read more Uzochukwu bids Boldklub farewell for Chinese club

Nigeria international Izunna Uzochukwu is preparing to bid farewell to Danish Super Liga club Odense Boldklub in the January transfer window, according to a report by allnigeriasoccer.com. Quoting an inside source,...... Read more Racism: Chukwu considering MLS offers

Daniel Chima Chukwu may be forced to consider a move to the Major Soccer League (MLS) as sources informed SCORENigeria the striker’s playing time at Polish club Legia Warzawa has been...... Read more Ighalo, Ideye top Omeruo’s Wedding list

Super Eagles and Changchun Yatai striker Odion Ighalo and Tianji Teda striker Brown Ideye top the long list of Nigerian star footballers expected at Kenneth Omeruo’s wedding in Enugu next weekend...... Read more Oscar Pistorius to appeal 13-year murder sentence

Jailed Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has filed an application to South Africa’s Constitutional Court appealing his 13-year murder sentence, local media reported on Tuesday. In the application, Pistorius said his sentence was...... Read more Nwakali’s lack of playing time worries Arsenal

The technical crew of Arsenal are worried over the lack of game time Kelechi Nwakali is experiencing at top division Dutch league side VVV Venlo, where he is presently out on...... Read more Henry bestowed with ‘igwe of football’

Former Arsenal and France international striker Thierry Henry was on Sunday crowned with the ‘Igwe of football’ title in Lagos. Henry was in Lagos for a consumer promotion programme organised by...... Read more Griezmann's racial photo sparks controversy

Atletico Madrid and France forward Antoine Griezmann was forced to remove a photograph from Twitter showing him blacked up and mimicking a Harlem Globetrotter basketball player after the post caused controversy...... Read more Obanikoro supports Ighalo’s orphanage with N1m

Former Minister of Defence, senator Musiliu Obanikoro donated the sum of N1 million at the formal launch of Odion Ighalo orphanage on Saturday. The event which took at Lekki, Lagos...... Read more Aubameyang puts up Lamborghini for sale

Borussia Dortmund hitman, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has put up his Lamborghini luxury sports car for sale. The Gabon international put it on the market for 279,980 euros ($329,096). German daily Bild report...... Read more Of Leicester, Ranieri and Nigeria

Just in case there are still some readers out there who don’t know what the above headline means, it is about the unbelievable achievement of Leicester City Football Club which was...... Read more Heartland player’s death scare: Timely reminder for our clubs and NFF to sort out their medical care

It was reported that a player of Heartland FC of Owerri last weekend slumped during a Premier League fixture against visiting River United. Goal.com writes that defender Brown Baye Okpus went...... Read more Ex-international footballer in coma after knee surgery •How bungling medical staff caused brain injury

What present do you buy a man who has been in a coma for more than 30 years? That’s the question the family of former France international Jean-Pierre Adams, whose life...... Read more