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The recently retired former Chelsea striker believes the Portuguese is not to blame for Manchester United's recent struggles. Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho would have won the Premier League title "two or three times" if he was the boss of Manchester City, says his former star protégé Didier Drogba, Goal,...

  Nigeria, Uganda and Morocco qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Saturday while Libya scored eight goals to keep alive hopes of also featuring at the finals. Nigeria drew 1-1 with South Africa in Soweto, Uganda edged Cape Verde 1-0 in Kampala and Morocco went through after rivals...

  The Dorados manager believes Manchester United's boss is the best in the world, even above his cross-town rival Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is a better manager than Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola, according to Diego Maradona, GOAL reported. Guardiola led City to the Premier League title last season...

  Nigeria has made progress on in her journey to the Cameroon 2019 Africa Cup of Nations  as the Super Eagles beat Seychelles 3-0 on Saturday. Ahmed Musa scored the first goal in the 15th minute, which was accompanied by a brilliant rebound from Chidozie Awaziem, in the 34th minute....

  Senegal, this evening dashed of Africa having at least a representative in the Round Sixteen of the 2018 FIFA World Cup as Yerry Mina’s second-half header sent Colombia into the Round of Sixteen, condemning Senegal, and the whole of Africa. The Barcelona defender ensured his side’s progress with a...

  Former Super Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha has blamed Gernot Rohr for his poor tactical approach in Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to Croatia in their opening game at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, reports Completesportsnigeria.com. An own goal from Oghenekaro Eteno and a penalty from Luka Modric...

  Real Madrid have announced that Spanish national team coach Julen Lopetegui will take over as their manager after the World Cup in Russia. In a brief statement to announce the appointment, Real Madrid said the new coach had been appointed on a three-year contract. Lopetegui is currently in Russia...

As a way of further motivating the Super Eagles ahead of the forthcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ensured that each member of the team was paid $9,000 being the appearance fees for the World Cup warm-up matches against DR Congo, England, and Czech Republic....

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is confident he will be fit enough to take part in Egypt’s World Cup opener against Uruguay in Yekaterinburg next Friday, Spanish newspaper Marca reported on Saturday. The 25-year-old went off with a shoulder problem in the first half of Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid...

  Argentina defender, Javier Mascherano, has said that Nigeria are capable of destabilizing them, when they meet at the 2018 World Cup. Mascherano stated this in an interview with the UK Guardian, while assessing their Group D opponents. Argentina are in Group D with Nigeria, Croatia and Iceland. This will...