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Napoli’s target of featuring in next season’s UEFA Champions League received a massive boost following Monday’s 2-0 away defeat of 10-man Torino. First-half goals from Tiemoue Bakayoko and Victor Osimhen were enough for the Parthenopeans to secure all points at stake. Both teams arrived at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino chasing contrasting ambitions. While the visitors are pursuing their European dreams, Davide Nicola’s Maroons needed a win to help their battle […]

Governor Nyesom Wike has lauded Rivers Angels for winning the 2021 Nigeria Women’s Football League title and charged the champions to conquer Africa at the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League. The Governor also expressed delight over Rivers Angels 4-0 defeat of Sunshine Queens in their final game of the season to emerge winners of the NWFL Premiership Super Six. He said the team has made every one of them in […]

Tammy Abraham is expected to seek a move away from Chelsea this summer. Abraham has been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge, with Aston Villa among the clubs to be credited with an interest in his services. The striker had a prolific loan spell at Villa in the 2018/19 season, scoring 26 goals to help fire Smith’s side to promotion from the Championship and remains well thought of […]

A first-half double from Karim Benzema helped Real Madrid cruise to a 3-0 victory away to Cadiz on Wednesday that moved them top of LaLiga. The Frenchman's brace came either side of a maiden senior league goal for defender Alvaro Odriozola, as Real moved onto 70 points, level with city rivals Atletico Madrid, who have a game in hand, but top due to their better head-to-head record. The home side, […]

Manchester City closed in on the Premier League title as the leaders fought back to win 2-1 at Aston Villa on Wednesday in their first match since withdrawing from the European Super League. Pep Guardiola's side were rocked by John McGinn's opener for Villa after just 20 seconds. But City recovered impressively as Phil Foden equalised before Rodri put the visitors ahead. City defender John Stones threatened to derail his […]

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool made it "too easy" for Real Madrid to win the quarter-final first leg between the sides, but feels Mohamed Salah's goal offers his side a lifeline in the return game at Anfield. The Reds were largely second best throughout an entertaining game against a Real team missing their first-choice centre-back pairing, but packed with impressive attacking talent. Much of the damage was done in the first […]

Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho has been named March’s Premier League player of the month. The 24-year-old scored five goals in three league appearances for the Foxes in the lead-up to the international break last month, including his first Premier League hat-trick against Sheffield United. Iheanacho, whose partnership with Jamie Vardy came to the fore in the absence of James Maddison and Harvey Barnes, also scored league goals in the […]

The Nigeria Basketball Federation has assigned D’Tigers assistant coach, Ogoh Odaudu, to scout for players that can add value to the senior men and women’s national teams. This was made known in a media statement from the NBBF on Thursday. The NBBF president, Musa Ahmadu-Kida, said the move was to give the players an opportunity to fight for a chance to represent the country. Ahmadu-Kida said the festival will give […]