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 Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Tuesday in Mindelo beat hosts Cape Verde 2-1 to maintain their lead in Group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The Nigerian senior male football team only took some minutes to absorb the shock of falling behind to the hosts. Dylan Tavares scored in...

 Antoine Griezmann has rejoined Atletico Madrid from FC Barcelona on loan, just two years after leaving the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico Madrid sold France striker Griezmann to Barca for 120 million euros (140 million dollars) in 2019, yet he has never managed to recapture his best form at Camp Nou. Lionel...

 Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United return was the stand-out highlight on deadline day on Tuesday as the English transfer window closed. His move from Juventus was teed-up on Friday. Juventus had said then that Manchester United had agreed to pay 17.7 million dollars for their former forward, with the deal potentially...

  Harry Kane says he is “staying at Tottenham this summer” after accepting he will not be joining Manchester City this season. The England captain, who is the club’s second highest all-time goalscorer, was desperate to sign for the English Premier League (EPL) champions in order to win silverware. Pep...

Real Madrid FC have made an opening 160 million euro (187.7 million dollars) bid for Paris Saint-Germain FC forward, Kylian Mbappe, that has been rebuffed, according to reports. The 22-year-old France international has spent the past four seasons at the Parc des Princes but is due to become a free...

Chelsea striker, Romelu Lukaku, has said he would “never” sign for Arsenal, following their 2-0 win over the Gunners on Sunday. Lukaku only completed his return to Stamford Bridge last week, joining in a £97.5million deal from Inter Milan. The 28-year-old scored the first goal at the Emirates, before Reece...

  Tammy Abraham has completed a move from European champions Chelsea to Serie A side Roma in a deal worth 40 million euros (47.1 million dollars). The England forward has signed a five-year deal with the Serie A outfit and departs Stamford Bridge having scored 30 goals in 82 appearances...

  Nigerian top athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been “provisionally” suspended for doping on Saturday. The Athletics Integrity Unit made this known in a press statement, saying that the 32-year-old Nigerian athlete tested positive for a banned substance – human growth hormone. The ant-doping body said Okagbare tested positive for the...

The AS Roma Academy, Abuja has appointed former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles of Nigeria’s coach, John Obuh as Technical Director. The academy made this known, in a statement on Monday in Ilorin, by its Country Manager, Robinson Adakosa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that AS Roma is...

Lionel Messi and Barcelona have reached an agreement for the forward to sign a new five-year deal with the Catalan club, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Sources added Messi has accepted a significant wage reduction to prolong his stay. Messi was a free agent after his contract at Barca expired...