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Andy Murray of Great Britain breaks down during a press conference in Melbourne on January 11, 2019, ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. William WEST / AFP Roger Federer admitted Sunday he was shocked that tennis was to lose “legend” Andy Murray this year read more via Channels...

Goldman Sachs is giving another go at predicting which team will win this year’s World Cup. After incorrectly predicting how the 2014 tournament would turn out, it’s trying again and its calculations say that France, Brazil, Portugal and Germany will make it to the … read more via Engadget...

Eden Hazard’s first-half penalty helps Chelsea beat Man Utd to win FA Cup Eden Hazard’s first-half penalty decided the FA Cup final in Chelsea’s favour at Wembley to leave Jose Mourinho and Manchester United empty-handed this season. Hazard – in a moment which did not bode well … read more...

Unai Emery insisted he was yet to receive an offer to be the next Arsenal manager, but he is open to every opportunity. The Spaniard has been linked to the Premier League giants as Arsene Wenger’s replacement after his two-season stay at Paris Saint-Germain came to............. read more...

Arsene Wenger has admitted he would not be fully comfortable with managing another Premier League club once he leaves Arsenal. The 68-year-old bowed out with a 1-0 victory over Huddersfield Town on Sunday, and received … read more via Metro – https://ift.tt/2jVQ0Zc Get More Nigeria...

Iceland have become the first country participating in the 2018 World Cup to announce their 23-man roster, with manager Hallgrímsson unveiling his squad at a press conference on Friday afternoon. The squad announced must be confirmed to Fifa on June 4 and they can make changes to … read...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has allays fears that the injury situation within the Super Eagles could affect the team’s performance at the World Cup. Speaking in Lagos yesterday, Pinnick stated that the federation was in … read more via The Sun News –...

Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi said the Eagles will be in a good frame of mind to confront England on June 2 as the match and others lined up for the national team will boost their confidence for the World Cup starting June 16. Super Eagles Nigeria host … read more via Vanguard News...

Ousmane Dembele doubled his Barcelona goal tally in one night, he had scored two in his first 20 matches Barcelona moved to within two games of an unbeaten La Liga season as they brushed Villarreal aside, with Ousmane Dembele scoring twice. Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring after … read...

Super Eagles Captain, John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses, Chelsea’s winger were on Wednesday nominated for the Nigeria Pitch Awards for 2017/2018. Obi currently plies his trade as a midfielder for Chinese club Tianjin TEDA. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the awards in its …...

Nigeria international, Kelechi Iheanacho, got the opening goal as Leicester City whipped Arsenal 3-1 in the penultimate league game for the season. Iheanacho’s goal came in the 14th minute and the Super Eagles star was visibly delighted to score what was just his second league … read more...

At 21, Brazil’s Gabriel Jesus may be apprehensive about next month’s World Cup, but legendary striker Romario wants him to know the key to success is simple: concentration, goals and plenty of sex. He says that’s how he helped Brazil clinch the 1994 World Cup — and … read more via Punch...

Manchester City crowned a remarkable Premier League season on Wednesday by smashing records for points earned, goals scored and number of wins with a 3-1 victory against Brighton. City took their goals tally for the campaign to 105, their points total to 97 and their number of wins … read...

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has admitted to being “overwhelmed” by news of Sir Alex Ferguson’s health scare and hopes to win the FA Cup to “honour” the former Manchester United manager. Sir Alex Ferguson remains in intensive care two days after undergoing emergency surgery for a...

Andres Iniesta’s intended transfer to the Chinese Super League appears to be off as Chongqing Dangdai Lifan have pulled out of the deal. Chongqing’s sponsors recently stated that they were “confident” of financing a move for the Spain international, who revealed in an emotional press...

James Rodriguez has revealed that he feels “very good” at Bayern Munich and hopes to turn his loan from Real Madrid into a permanent transfer. James Rodriguez is nearly midway through an initial two-year deal at the Allianz Arena, which the Bavarians can extend for the long term for … read...

Mohamed Salah has won Champions League Goal of the Week for his first strike against AS Roma at Anfield. The No.11’s brilliant opener against the Italian side has been voted by fans as the best strike in Europe’s premier cup competition last week in a poll on … read more via The Sun News –...

Florentin Pogba, the older brother of Manchester United star Paul, was attacked by angry Genclerbirligi team-mates after abruptly walking off the pitch on Sunday and leaving his side a man down, Turkish media reported. Pogba was confronted in the changing room by several team-mates after his...

Ahmed Musa scored a brace in CSKA Moscow’s 6-0 thrashing of Arsenal Tula in Sunday’s Russian Premier League game at the VEB Arena. The 25-year-old got his sixth goal in 15 appearances across........................... read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2HVDqDC Get More Nigeria Sports...

The committee set up by Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung to mobilise funds for Super Eagles’ participation at the Russia 2018 World Cup at the weekend revealed that Nigeria would need N3 billion to participate effectively at the competition. The committee realized … read more via The...