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Manchester United’s Paul Pogba is ready to leave the English Premier League (EPL) side in the summer with a transfer “in the process”, the French midfielder’s agent Mino Raiola says. Pogba, who moved to Manchester United from Juventus in 2016 for a then-world record fee of 89.3 million pounds, has...

The Squirrels of Benin Republic advance to the quarter-finals of AFCON 2019, their best-ever success, after a 4-1 defeat of the Atlas Lions of Morocco in the competition’s first Round of 16 match. Both sides had finished 1-1 after 120 minutes of play for the Squirrels to emerge winner via...

    Defending champions Cameroun’s 0-0 draw with the Squirrels of Benin Republic coupled with Ghana’s Black Star’s 2-0 win over Guinea Bissau Tuesday, means the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun will play Nigeria’s Super Eagles in the second round of the 2019 Africa Nations Cup in Egypt. The clash which...

  Super Eagles beat Guinean opponents 1-0 to maintain Group B leadership with six points from two matches and qualify for Round of 16 at 2019 AFCON in Egypt. The result makes the Nigerian side the first team to progress from the first round at the competition. -NAN...

  By Olisa Agbakoba Legal In a landmark judgment delivered on Friday, June 14, 2019, by Honourable Justice Babs Keuwumi of the Federal High Court Lagos, in Seadrill Mobile Units Nigeria Limited v The Honourable Minister for Transportation & 2 Ors Suit No:FHC/L/CS/607/2016, initiated vide an Originating Summons, it was...

  Musa Mohammed from Abuja and Omolayo Bamidele from Ekiti State have emerged champions of the second edition of the Zenith Bank/Next - Gen Tennis Masters which held at the National Stadium Surulere Tennis Centre. According to a press statement from the bank, several hundred spectators sat out a four...

  A drastic and dramatic overhaul of African football is expected to be announced on Thursday, the eve of the kickoff of the African Cup of Nations, in the wake of corruption scandals consuming the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The CAF executive committee took a stunning decision on Wednesday...

  The South West U-13 and the South-South U-15 football teams have emerged winners of the national finals of the Zenith Bank/NFF U-13, U-15 Future Eagles Tournament held in Uyo, AkwaIbom State at the weekend. South-West U-13 Team thrashed North Central U-13 Team, 5 – 0, to emerge winners of...

Juventus have reached an agreement in principle with Chelsea over a deal for manager Maurizio Sarri to join the Italian champions, Sky Italia and the BBC reported. There has been no official confirmation of the agreement from either clubs but Sarri, who won the Europa League with Chelsea, is expected...

  Real Madrid presented Eden Hazard as their new “galactico” signing on Thursday with an army of adoring fans queuing outside the Santiago Bernabeu stadium to welcome the Belgian play maker. Donning the white strip of the 13-times European champions, the club’s joint-record signing kicked balls into the crowd and...