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The International Cricket Council has thrown its weight behind the Nigeria Cricket Federation in making the country the fastest growing cricket nation in the world, following the colourful reception for the Cricket World Cup trophy on Wednesday in Lagos. Nigeria is again among the three African countries selected for the trophy parade, along with South […]
Angeles Bejar, mother of embattled Spanish Football Association President, Luis Rubiales, has reportedly locked herself in a Spanish church and declared a hunger strike in protest of the “inhuman witch-hunt” of her football chief son, reports The Mirror. This is the latest in the scandal of an unsolicited kiss with Spain striker, Jennifer Hermosos, […]
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan says she will be back stronger next year after losing the world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest. In an interview with journalists after the game, Amusan said, it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone through in the last […]
World champion and record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, is one race away from successfully defending the title she won in 2022 after easing into the final of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday. She clocked a time of 12.56secs to win the second semi-final and take one of […]
Chelsea have completed the signing of 19-year-old Southampton midfielder Romeo Lavia in a deal worth £58m. According to the club statement, Lavia signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge and further strengthens Mauricio Pochettino’s squad. The deal is worth an initial £53m plus £5m in add-ons. Chelsea fans are excited about the prospect […]
Former Rivers United captain and new team coordinator, Festus Austin, says he had to make the tough call of quitting active football after battling with an injury over the past four years. After playing for 16 years in the Nigeria Professional Football League, Austin called it quits, having won two league titles with Dolphins and […]
Chelsea have agreed a British record transfer fee of £115 million ($146 million, 133 million euros) for Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Moises Caicedo, according to media reports on Monday. The 21-year-old Ecuador international had also been a target for Premier League rivals Liverpool, who on Friday agreed a reported record £110 million fee […]
West Ham signed England midfielder James Ward-Prowse from Southampton on Monday in a deal worth a reported £30 million ($38 million). Ward-Prowse agreed a four-year contract with the Hammers as he makes a quick return to the Premier League following Southampton’s relegation. The 28-year-old made 410 appearances for Southampton and was captain as they crashed […]
English Premier League club, Liverpool, have agreed to pay a British record fee of £111m to sign Brighton midfielder, Moises Caicedo. Liverpool submitted a late-night bid for the Ecuador international on late Thursday night after Caicedo declared his intent to play for the Meyerside Reds. This comes after Brighton disclosed that it’ll only […]
Inter Milan vice-president, Javier Zanetti has accused Romelu Lukaku of betrayal following the way things ended between both parties. The forward has since been declared surplus to requirement at Chelsea as the Blues intensify efforts to offload the Belgian International. Recent reports claimed that Lukaku is close to joining Inter’s rivals Juventus in […]
