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Napoli returned to the top of Serie A on Sunday after Nigeria international Victor Osimhen scored the only goal in a hard-fought 1-0 win against Torino.AC Milan had moved to the top of the table after battling back from two goals down to beat Hellas Verona 3-2 at the San Siro on Saturday.But Napoli moved back to the summit after Osimhen, who had scored for his country in a 2-0 […]

Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann backed Polish poacher Robert Lewandowski to win this year’s Ballon d’Or as the Bundesliga leaders prepare for a top-of-the-table clash with Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. Lewandowski, who has been nominated for the prestigious annual award alongside the likes of Harry Kane, Leonardo Bonucci and Lionel Messi, is hoping to win his first Ballon d’Or next month after winning FIFA’s rival award for men’s player of […]

In celebration of Bordeaux’s 140th anniversary, Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has revealed he will be among fans when the club take on Nantes in a French Ligue 1 clash at the Stade Matmut-Atlantique on Sunday. Bordeaux was founded on October 1, 1881, as a multi-sports club and is one of the most successful football clubs in France and boasts six Ligue 1 titles, four Coupe de France titles, […]

UEFA has announced that the video assistant referee (VAR) system will be used in all remaining European Qualifier matches for the FIFA World Cup 2022. UEFA, in a statement, said it can confirm that the VAR system will be used, with the agreement of FIFA, in all remaining European Qualifier matches for the FIFA World Cup 2022, following a decision taken by the UEFA Executive Committee in July 2021. It […]

German sportswear manufacturing company Puma has announced the termination of their kits contract with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The German company announced the termination of the four-year deal in a letter dated August 4, which was signed by PUMA’s Director Manuel Edlheimb. The AFN under Gusau had entered the $2.76m deal with Puma on July 24, 2019, in Doha, but the controversial contract is one of the major causes […]

Andy Murray’s bid for a third Olympic gold medal ended on Wednesday as the former world number one and partner Joe Salisbury lost to Croatia’s Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig in the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles. The British pair led Cilic and Dodig by a set and a break but suffered a late collapse as the Croatians prevailed in a deciding tie-break to win 4-to-6, 7-to-6 and 10-to-7. Murray […]

D’Tigers of Nigeria lost against Germany in their basketball second group game at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Nigerians blew an 11-point lead from the third quarter to lose in the game that ended 99-to-92. The game ended 21-to-24 in the first quarter in favour of the Germans, Nigeria led in the second quarter 29-to-26, drew 24-to-24 in the third quarter and lost 18-to-25 in the fourth quarter. […]