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Manchester United have signed former Watford striker Odion Ighalo from Shanghai Shenhua on loan until the end of the season. The deal to bring the 30-year-old Nigeria international to Old Trafford contains no option to buy.... read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2OhMubb Get More...

Chelsea have banned a fan for life for using "racially abusive language" towards Manchester City's Raheem Sterling during a match at Stamford Bridge on 8 December 2018. Five other Blues supporters have been temporarily suspended... read more via “manchester city” – Google News –...

Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secured a 1-0 win against Senegal in the final in Cairo. Baghdad Bounedjah's shot took a huge deflection off Salif Sane and looped over goalkeeper Alfred Gomes.... read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2LrVMBl...

Fifteen-year-old American qualifier Cori Gauff caused a stunning upset by defeating five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the first round. World number 313 Gauff beat Williams - 24 years her senior at 39 - 6-4 6-4.... read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2XfmH55 Get More...

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi is the world’s highest paid athlete, earning $127m (£99.8m) in the past 12 months, according to the Forbes top 100 ranking. Juventus’s Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo is second on $109m (£85.6m) with Paris St-Germain’s … via BBC Sport –...

Nigeria will fly out of Poland on Wednesday after a dispute about bonus payments at the Under-20 World Cup was verbally settled. The Flying Eagles were due to leave on … read more via “nigeria” – Google News – https://bbc.in/2wz9qJE Get More Nigeria Sports News

English clubs have created European football history by taking all four final spots in the continent’s two major competitions. Arsenal won in Valencia and Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday to reach the Europa League … read more via BBC Sport – https://bbc.in/2vPXe6Y Get More...

Divock Origi’s late winner sent Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League with victory at Newcastle United to put the pressure back on Manchester City and ensure the title race will go to the final … read more via BBC Sport – https://bbc.in/2IZPkjV Get More Nigeria Sports News

Federer is only oger Federer has won his 100th ATP Tour title at the Dubai Tennis Championships – 6,600 days after winning his first in Milan. The 37-year-old Swiss – a 20-time Grand Slam champion – beat Greece’s … read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2HbRkE3 Get More Nigeria Sports News

Thierry Henry’s last game in charge was Monaco’s French Cup defeat by second-tier Metz on Tuesday Monaco have sacked manager Thierry Henry after 20 games in charge. The Ligue 1 strugglers announced on Thursday he had been suspended, but BBC Sport understands that is merely procedural and that...

Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric won the 2018 Ballon d’Or, becoming the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the award in more than … read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2QAUWnW Get More Nigeria Sports News

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho retains the support of the club’s board to turn the present situation around. United host Newcastle at Old Trafford at 17:30 BST on Saturday, looking to avoid going five … read more via BBC Sport – Sport – https://ift.tt/2OHPn6i Get More Nigeria...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his side only have themselves to blame after a late winner from Lorenzo Insigne gave Napoli victory in their Champions League group game in Italy. Napoli dominated the … read more via BBC Sport – Sport – https://ift.tt/2zNfIrp Get More Nigeria Sports News

Manchester United have been charged by Uefa over their late arrival at Old Trafford to face Valencia, which delayed Tuesday’s kick-off by five minutes.... read more via BBC Sport – Sport – https://ift.tt/2O0EZY3 Get More Nigeria Sports News

Mauricio Pochettino accused journalists of “disrespect” after Tottenham began their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 defeat at Inter Milan. Christian Eriksen put Spurs on course to win in Italy but a late collapse saw Mauro Icardi and Matias Vecino … read more via spurs football –...

Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah has accused the Egyptian Football Association of ignoring his complaints over image rights. Salah, 26, was upset his image was... Read more via BBC Sports – https://ift.tt/2Pan2lO Get More Nigeria Sports News

Jose Mourinho failed to win a major trophy at Manchester United last season and finished second in the Premier League Manager Jose Mourinho retains the full backing of Manchester United’s board despite Sunday’s 3-2 Premier... read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2ORg7Ob Get More Nigeria...

World number one Rafael Nadal beat unseeded Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the Rogers Cup in Toronto, bringing the Greek’s stunning run to an end. Tsitsipas, who turned 20 on Sunday, beat Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev en … read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2MkArK5...

Forgive Antonio Conte if Friday felt a little like groundhog day. After all, it’s not the first time he has been sacked and replaced by Maurizio Sarri.......... read more via BBC – https://ift.tt/2umPVmW Get More Nigeria Sports News