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Manchester City have drawn Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Chelsea will face Bayern Munich in a repeat of the 2012 final. Defending champions Liverpool have been drawn to face Atletico Madrid, while Tottenham will face RB Leipzig in the first knockout round. Champions League...

Napoli’s Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti attends the UEFA Champions League Group E football match Napoli vs Genk on December 10, 2019 at the San Paolo stadium in Naples. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Carlo Ancelotti has been sacked by Napoli despite taking the Serie A side to the...

Prominent Nigerians have begun to react the victory of Nigerian-born Anthony Joshua, defeated Andy Ruiz Jr. in their highly anticipated fight on Saturday night. The fight which took place in Saudi Arabia saw Joshua emerging the champion after 12 rounds of intense duel. The victory hands him back his WBO,...

Wednesday’s humiliation at Liverpool proved the final chapter in his 19-month spell at Goodison Everton have parted company with manager Marco Silva after a 5-2 defeat at Liverpool saw them tumble into the relegation zone. According to Everton News, Silva, 42, leaves Goodison Park 19 months after his arrival, having...

Arsenal have sacked manager Unai Emery following the disastrous sequence of results that culminated in Thursday’s 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League in front of a largely empty Emirates Stadium. The club’s board had publicly backed their manager during the recent international break saying he was...

New Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho, who described himself as happy and humble, has vowed to bring success to the struggling north London club and said they could even win the Premier League next season. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash against West Ham United, a smiling Mourinho told...

New Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has promised to bring "passion" and "happiness" to the club. The Portuguese, 56, was appointed on Wednesday morning, following the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday night. Former Chelsea and Manchester United boss Mourinho praised the quality of Spurs's squad and their "world class" stadium...

Almost all the impact players for the Golden Eaglets in Saturday night’s 4-2 defeat of Hungary in the opening match of the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament in Brazil are products of the annual Zenith Bank/NFF Future Eagles Championships, including the goal scorers. The competition, sponsored by NFF’s partner,...

Chelsea FC defender Fikayo Tomori has revealed that Nigeria never made any effort to convince him to switch allegiance before his international call-up for England. He said that he deliberated long and hard before committing his international future to England over Canada or Nigeria. Choosing which country to represent had...

  Manchester United’s struggles are the result of poor planning by the club’s board and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs time and money to get the team back on track, former defender Gary Neville has said. United, once the dominant force in English football, made their worst start to a...