Category: Sports

The draws for the new look Europa League have been made with Scottish club Rangers taking on both Manchester United and Tottenham. Rangers will play Spurs at Ibrox and travel to Old Trafford to play Manchester United their first meeting in 14 years. Each team plays eight fixtures in the ‘league phase’, with this year’s…

Italian side Napoli have signed Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea in a £30m deal. Napoli’s move for Lukaku has been driven by their manager Antonio Conte, under whom the Belgian enjoyed two prolific seasons for Inter Milan from 2019 to 2021. The striker rejoined Chelsea in 2021 for £97.5m but has spent the past…

English team Liverpool will face Champions League holders Real Madrid on their return to the competition following the draw for the new-look format. Manchester City and Arsenal both play last season’s semi-finalists Paris St-Germain in their fixtures, while Aston Villa take on Scottish champions Celtic. Each team plays eight fixtures in the ‘league phase’, with…

The Nigeria Football Federation has named German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, as the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men’s National Team, Super Eagles. NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi who made the announcement said “The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee to appoint Mr. Bruno Labbadia as the Head…

The move is expected to end Bournemouth’s interest in Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale, while Mark Travers may now leave the club before Friday’s transfer deadline. Kepa, has also extended his contract at Stamford Bridge until the end of the 2026 season. His deal was due to expire in June 2025 which would have allowed him…

Defending champion Coco Gauff is through to the second round of the US Open as she begins her title defence. Gauff only dropped two games as she beat French player Varvara Gracheva 6-2 6-0 After reaching the semi-finals of the French Open in June, third seed Gauff has struggled and had early exits in Toronto…

English Premier League champions Manchester City have agreed a deal with Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal to sell defender Joao Cancelo. Personal terms are not expected to be a problem, although Cancelo is yet to agree to the move. If he does, the 30-year-old is expected to sign a three-year contract, ending his five-year stay…

The first man to ever win an Olympic medal for Nigeria, Nojim Maiyegun, has died. This was disclosed on Monday by an Austria-based acquaintance of the deceased identified as Rudolfine Soultan (Funmilayo) on her Facebook post. The post read, “My Jimylein (Jimmy) is dead. I can’t say more about this right now because it’s just…

Former Super Eagles player and coach, Samson Siasia, has expressed his excitement to return to full-scale football activities after completing a five-year ban imposed by FIFA for match-fixing allegations. Siasia, who had his lifetime ban reduced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2019, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the…