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  Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has invited midfielder Ramon Azeez and forward Peter Olayinka into Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the Oct. 13 friendly with five-times world champions Brazil in Singapore on Sunday. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed in a statement on Thursday that Rohr is...

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo took his international tally to 93 goals when he scored four times on Tuesday. The goals helped to give the European champions a 5-1 win away to Lithuania in their Euro 2020 qualifier. Playing in his 161st international, the 34-year-old notched his eighth hat-trick for his...

The Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF), has announced that Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa will no longer be available for Tuesday next week  international friendly match against Ukraine. According to a statement issued on Friday by the NFF spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, Musa will miss Tuesday’s game in Dnipro due to injury....

  The Sport Minister, Sunday Dare on Wednesday gave fresh hope on renovation, concession and repair of national stadiums across the country. Dare gave the assurance on the sidelines of the Super Falcon’s match against Algeria at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium where Nigeria won 1-0. The News Agency of...

    Group A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Galatasaray   Group B: Bayern München, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiacos, Crvena zvezda   Group C: Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta   Group D: Juventus, Atlético Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moskva   Group E: Liverpool, Napoli, Salzburg, Genk   Group...

Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk, has been named UEFA Men’s player of the year. Van Dijk was announced winner of the award at a ceremony held in Monaco on Thursday. The Dutch international won the award ahead of former winners: Juventus’ Christiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. In the season...

Frank Lampard celebrated his first victory as Chelsea manager with Tammy Abraham’s double, inspiring their 3-2 win over Norwich City in a pulsating Premier League encounter at Carrow Road on Saturday. The 21-year-old Abraham struck on the half-volley in the third minute and, after a see-saw contest in which Norwich...

    Manchester United are working on identifying individuals who racially abused Paul Pogba online after the midfielder missed a penalty in Monday’s 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Pogba won a late penalty but had his effort from the spot saved by Wolves...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT FOR MINISTERS-DESIGNATE, PRESIDENTIAL AIDES AND OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARIES, HELD AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 19 AUGUST 2019 PROTOCOLS: I welcome you all to this meeting whose purpose is firstly, to familiarize...

  Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have signed Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho on loan for the season, the two clubs confirmed on Monday. Bayern will pay a loan fee of 8.5 million euros and pay his wages. They have the option of making the deal permanent for a fee of 120...