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,…
British boxing legends Jane Couch and Ricky Hatton have officially been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The former world champions were honoured on Sunday in Canastota, New York. Couch, 55, and 45-year-old Hatton join icons such as Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather in receiving the accolade. Fleetwood-born Couch was the first British…
Former Bayern Munich Coach Thomas Tuchel says he is not interested in becoming the manager of Manchester United The former Chelsea coach was thought to be one of the names under consideration by United should they decide to replace Erik ten Hag. A post-season review has still not reached its conclusion and Ten Hag has…
Manchester United have put a £40m price tag on exiled winger Jadon Sancho. Sancho spent the second half of last season on loan at Borussia Dortmund after falling out with manager Erik ten Hag. The 24-year-old helped Dortmund reach the Champions League final and played almost the whole game as the Bundesliga club lost to…
Following Nigeria’s 1-1 draw with South Africa on Friday in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, Nigeria risks not qualifying for the world cup The last time the Super Eagles featured in the tournament was in 2018. The three-time African champions were missing in 2022 when it was held in Qatar. It came down to a…
Jamie Vardy has signed a one year contract with Premier League club Leicester City. Vardy has played for Leicester since 2012 and has scored 190 goals in over 450 appearances. The 37-year-old won the Premier League with the club in 2015-16. Leicester have also secured the signature of Centre-back Jannik Vestergaard until the summer of…
A man has been found guilty of headbutting former Manchester United captain Roy Keane. Scott Law, 43, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, attacked the football pundit following Arsenal’s 3-1 victory over Keane’s former club Manchester United in September last year. The ex-Ireland captain had been working for Sky Sports at the Emirates Stadium in north London…
Clubs in the English Premier League have voted by an overwhelming majority of 19-1 in favour of keeping video assistant referees (VAR) next season. Wolves triggered a vote on the use of VAR in the 2024-25 season after formally submitting a resolution to the Premier League in May. In order for VAR to be scrapped,…
