The Super Eagles camp is rapidly filling up as Nigeria intensifies preparations for their crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. As of Tuesday morning, 21 players had arrived at the team’s camp, with only Sadiq Umar and Alhassan Yusuf yet to join. The first batch of players, including Victor Osimhen, Bruno…
Newcastle ended their 56-year trophy drought in stunning style as Dan Burn and Alexander Isak sealed a 2-1 win against Liverpool in the League Cup final on Sunday. Eddie Howe’s side made history at Wembley with a superb display that left the runaway Premier League leaders shell-shocked. Burn put Newcastle ahead late in the first…
French superstar Kylian Mbappe’s “ups and downs” are to be expected because of Real Madrid’s demanding season and the nature of players of his quality, said coach Carlo Ancelotti on Saturday. The striker performed poorly against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and previous La Liga match against Real Betis, just days after scoring a…
Real Sociedad’s Mikel Oyarzabal coolly netted a penalty to hold Manchester United to a 1-1 draw in a Europa League last 16 first leg clash on Thursday. The Red Devils are enduring a woeful season and winning the competition offers their only realistic route to Champions League football, but they could not protect their lead…
Barcelona secured a comfortable 4-0 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday to move back top of La Liga. Aritz Elustondo’s early red card gave Hansi Flick’s side a comfortable afternoon with Gerard Martin, Marc Casado, Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski on the scoresheet. Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao on Saturday to temporarily knock the Catalans…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday stood by his governing body’s decision to award the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia, while also defending his relationship with Donald Trump. The Gulf kingdom was controversially handed the right to host the World Cup at a FIFA Congress in December despite concerns about its human rights record,…
Goalkeepers who hold on to the ball beyond eight seconds will be punished by conceding a corner from next season after a rule change by football’s lawmakers IFAB. As the rules currently stand, ‘keepers are supposed to be sanctioned with an indirect free-kick if they hold on for more than six seconds. However, the offence…
Swedish Olympic champion Armand Duplantis broke his own world record on Friday at the All Star Pole Vault in Clermont-Ferrand, France and then promoted another type of record. After securing victory in the competition by clearing a bar at 6.07m, Duplantis then took aim at the world record, raising the bar to 6.27 metres and…
Arsenal beat Man City 5-1 to keep their Premier League title hopes alive on Sunday, while Manchester United slumped to another meek 2-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace. In the battle between the sides that have finished in the top for the past two seasons, the Gunners prevailed to move within six points of leaders…
Chris Wood netted a hat-trick as Nottingham Forest thrashed Brighton 7-0 to reignite their charge towards next season’s Champions League at the City Ground on Saturday. Morgan Gibbs-White, Neco Williams and Jota Silva were also on target after Lewis Dunk’s own goal opened the scoring in an astonishing performance from Nuno Espirito Santo’s men as…
