Nigeria’s football governing body NFF has apologised to Nigerians for the dismal performance of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, in the ongoing qualification series for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals The federation pledged to put necessary measures in place to ensure a better-prepared squad ahead of the AFCON 2025 qualifiers in September…
Borussia Dortmund and manager Edin Terzic have parted company after both parties agreed to end their contract Dortmund reached the Champions League final in 2023-24 under Terzic but they were beaten by Real Madrid at Wembley. The German club said they agreed to Terzic’s request following “a joint discussion”. “After the game at Wembley, I…
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is expected to sign a new two-year contract extension with the Premier League club. This comes less than 24 hours after the uncertainty over his future was resolved Ten Hag will remain at Old Trafford after senior officials’ review to ascertain whether or not to keep the manager in…
Argentine Footballer Lionel Messi has hinted that might finish his career with Inter Miami – but has no plans to retire just yet. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, joined the Major League Soccer (MLS) club last summer after leaving Paris St-Germain. That followed a glittering career with Barcelona, where he won the Champions League four…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored two beautiful goals as a classy Portugal side signed off before Euro 2024 by comfortably beating the Republic of Ireland in Aveiro. Joao Felix opened the scoring for Portugal in the first half, curling home after the hosts caught the Republic out with a short corner. Ronaldo then fired an unstoppable effort…
Barcelona and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski will miss his country’s opening Euro 2024 game against the Netherlands on Sunday because of a thigh injury. The 35-year-old sustained the injury in a 2-1 win against Turkey on Monday as both sides played their final warm-up game before the tournament. Poland play Austria in their second game…
Manchester United Manager Erik Ten Hag will remain as manager at the club following a post-season review by the club’s board. It is understood they are now talking to Ten Hag about extending his contract, which is about to enter its final season. Ten Hag went into the game against Manchester City at Wembley amid…
Netherlands and Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong has been ruled out of this year’s European Championship through injury. Despite playing for his club Barcelona three times since suffering an ankle injury in March De Jong was included in Ronald Koeman’s Euro 2024 squad but has been forced to pull out of the tournament. The Netherlands…
Boxing great Manny Pacquiao has revealed plans for a return to the sports that brought him wealth and fame According to the Filipino, negotiations are on to make a comeback but cautioned that a potential world title fight against Mario Barrios was “far away”. The 45-year-old multiple world champion from the Philippines quit the sport…
The Nigeria Football Federation is yet to make an official statement over the incident in Enugu during the highly-anticipated Nigeria Premier Football League match-day 35 game between Enugu Rangers and reigning champions Enyimba. The game was abandoned deep into stoppage time as a result of fans invasion. With the game still goalless in added time,…
