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Roman Abramovich has swiftly rejected an offer from Britain’s richest man Jim Ratcliffe to buy Chelsea. The Blues’ Russian owner has taken Israeli citizenship after been involved with an ongoing saga with the UK Government pertaining to his visa. After pulling the plug on plans to renovate...

Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., who topped Forbes’ ranking of the world’s highest-paid athletes released this week, took full credit for Conor McGregor being placed fourth on the list. On Saturday, TMZ Sports passed along comments from Mayweather, who defeated the UFC superstar by...

Real Murcia’s president, Victor Galvez has said his club was unable to hire Guti as their new coach because he is about to be appointed Real Madrid boss, Skysports reports. Zinedine Zidane left his post at the Bernabeu last month after landing his third successive Champions League … read...

Kwesi Nyantakyi has resigned as the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Nyantakyi made this decision after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Association on Friday afternoon. “After a meeting of the Executive Committee this afternoon I decided to resign as President of...

Moses Simon, one of the players in the 30-man shortlist, has been ruled out the World Cup. READ MORE HERE

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The long awaited FIFA 2018 World Cup will take place in Russia and will be hosted by the same country. The world’s largest football competition will begin on June 14, 2018 and will last till July 15, 2018 READ MORE HERE

The Super Falcons first team played their first major match in 15 months yesterday and it ended in an 8-0 defeat to France. It was the team's first game under new coach Thomas Dennerby. Asisat Oshoala was absent from the game due to issues with her travel documents. This is her reaction to...

African footballer of the year, Asisat Oshoala has said that she is sad and pained that she won't be part of the Super Falcons team that will play against France on Friday night. Oshoala was initially listed in Coach Thomas Dennerby's list of 23 players, but she had to pull out of the game due...

A heavy rainfall on Tuesday evening, damaged a large portion of the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)m reports. The Stadium Manager, Mr Wale Obalola, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that it was the grace of God that averted the loss of lives during the heavy...

Anthony Joshua has said he believes he will knock out Joseph Parker in Cardiff on Saturday night when the two heavyweight boxers meet in the ring at the Principality Stadium. Joshua, the WBA and IBF world heavyweight champion, is the overwhelming favourite ahead of their unification title fight...

Serbia coach Mladena Krstajic says his team will have to raise their game to overcome a physical battle against Nigeria in their friendly match at The Hive Stadium in London on Tuesday, but believes they can play themselves to victory. Serbia lost 2-1 to Morocco in their Russia 2018...

Manchester United teenage prospect Tosin Kehinde who recently pledged his allegiance to Nigeria ahead of England will not honour coach Gernot Rohr invitation to train with the Super Eagles. read more via Leadership Nigeria Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2umbAxT --------------- Get More...

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has reacted to the Super Eagles’ 1-0 win over Poland in an international friendly match played on Friday. Nigeria defeated Poland 1-0 in the friendly played at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw on Friday night. The Waziri of Adamawa congratulated the home...

Lewis Hamilton remains hopeful of signing his bumper new Mercedes contract before he opens the defence of his Formula One championship in Melbourne next weekend. The new season gets underway a week on Sunday, and following a strong fortnight of winter testing, Hamilton will start as the...

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr, has listed national team players who will automatically make his team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia. They include captain John Obi Mikel, Victor Moses, Balogun and William Troost-Ekong. “We have a few very experienced players, such as our...

Leading UEFA Champions League scorers after Tuesday’s last 16, second leg ties: 12 goals: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 8 goals: Ben Yedder (Sevilla) 7 goals: Cavani (Paris SG), Kane (Tottenham), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) 6 goals: Mane (Liverpool), Neymar (Paris SG), Salah (Liverpool) 5...

Two quick-fire goals by Wissam Ben Yedder handed Sevilla a precious victory at Old Trafford to end Manchester United’s Champions League run. Both teams have settled for a goalless draw in the first leg of the knock-out tie in Seville, Spain. The second leg had appeared headed toward a similar...

Nigerian football legend Segun Odegbami has been bereaved. According to reports, just lost his mum, Madam Abeke Odegbami. Senator Shehu Sani, via his condolence message to Odegbami tweeted; ”My condolences to my friend, Mathematical Segun Odegbami over the passing away of his beloved Mother...

Jose Mourinho admitted Manchester United rode their luck as Nemanja Matic’s late thunderbolt capped a dramatic 3-2 win at Crystal Palace on Monday. Mourinho’s side trailed to Andros Townsend’s early opener and Patrick van Aanholt’s second half effort at Selhurst Park READ MORE HERE