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  The Brazil idol has no doubts over the Man Utd midfielder’s talent, but believes he must respect his manager in order to reach his full potential. Brazilian football great Ronaldinho has tipped Manchester United’s Paul Pogba to win the Ballon d’Or – if he pays attention to manager Jose ...

The long-serving Frenchman is to step down at the end of the season and has taken the opportunity to condemn those who have made his job difficult Arsene Wenger has condemned “hurtful” Arsenal fans over a perceived lack of unity during a testing period for him and the club. The ...

A punter who played for the first time on the fastest growing sports betting platform, BetKing has recently won a huge sum of N7.7million using the platform. The winner who goes by the name of Prince Chukwuemeka shared his excitement over the weekend as he was contacted by representatives in ...

  Sergio Aguero will struggle to recover from knee surgery in time for the World Cup, according to Argentina Football Association doctor Homero D’Agostino. Manchester City striker Aguero underwent an arthroscopy after aggravating a knee problem during their derby defeat to rivals Manchester United, Pep Guardiola citing a challenge from ...

This is City’s third title in seven seasons and easily its most convincing, with Pep Guardiola’s team 16 points clear and still having five games to play this season. Manchester City Coach, Pep Guardiola has now added the English Premier League title to his previous domestic successes in both. Germany, as the English ...

Spanish Football Club, has broken a 38 year old La Liga record by extending their unbeaten run to 39 games with a 2-1 victory over Valencia on Saturday. Luis Suarez and Samuel Umtiti were both on target as Barca passed the 38 matches Real Sociedad managed without defeat between 1979 ...

An interesting game is at hand, with Nigeria parading a mix of veterans and upcoming stars, while France, who finished in fourth place at the FIFA World Cup finals in Germany seven years ago, also boast a number of new prospects. The Falcons are in Le Mans without top star ...

1994 was a great year for Nigerians, qualifying for the USA ’94 World Cup was no small deal. And the Super Eagles did not take it for granted, advancing to the second round of the competition. Instrumental to this was Daniel Amokachi, nicknamed the Bull. Ahead of the 2018 Russia ...

Eden Hazard admits changes at Chelsea in the summer of 2017 made things �different” for the defending Premier League champions. Despite having restored domestic dominance in some style during Antonio Conte’s first season at the helm, the decision was taken to tinker with a star-studded squad. Diego Costa, Nemanja Matic ...

Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel Di Maria admitted he was very close to signing for Barcelona last summer, following Neymar’s move to the French capital. The Catalan club were keen to bring in a big name replacement but they were unable to land Di Maria, who has done well this season ...

Madrid need the best players and should sign Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar, according to Brazil great Ronaldo. Neymar made a world-record €222million move from Barcelona to PSG last year, signing a deal until 2022 with the Ligue 1 giants. Despite that contract, the 26-year-old continues to be linked with a ...

Here is the list of winners at the 2017 Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards ceremony in Accra on Thursday: Player of the Year: 1. Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool/ENG), 2. Sadio Mane (Senegal, Liverpool/ENG), 3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, Borussia Dortmund/GER) Women’s Player of the Year: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Dalian Quanjian/CHN) ...

Serena Williams, has withdrawn from the Australian Open saying she’s not quite ready to compete on a tournament level after just giving birth on September 1, 2017 to her beautiful daughter. Serena lost her first match on Dec. 30, 2017, losing 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 to Latvian Jelena Ostanpenko in an ...

​The World Cup draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup event has been done and Nigeria makes it to Group D. Nigeria is placed with Argentina, Croatia and Island.

​Anthony Joshua would like to become �the Roger Federer of boxing”, and says he understands the importance of being a sporting role model. The 28-year-old, who holds the WBA, IBF and IBO world titles, added that he would welcome an opportunity to fight Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker ...

Every world cup is played with a new ball; I guess that is what makes it a unique game. Long way since the 1930s�when World Cup balls were still inflated through tie-up laces or an outer shell of leather filled with cork shavings. It was in the 19th century, 1970 ...