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Los Blancos are expected to undergo a major squad revamp in the summer, according to several reports. And club president Florentino Perez is concerned by the ageing problem in his side. read more via real madrid – Google News – https://ift.tt/2IFYf9I --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports...

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is sitting up and talking to his family following emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage, media reports said Tuesday. read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2jH1KP7 --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports News

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has added Paul Pogba to a list of players he may offload this summer. Pogba’s relationship with his Portuguese manager has hit a new low after the former Chelsea boss substituted the Frenchman during the defeat to West Brom on Sunday. read more via...

It has been revealed how Team Nigeria captain, Blessing Okagbare, fought hard to defend her teammates leading to her been accused of disrupting the camp. Our correspondent scooped that the plan was to pay only the foreign-based athlete’s competition grant but the African record holder in 200m...

Nigerian international striker, Obafemi Martins has successfully undergone surgery on his ruptured quadriceps tendon. The Shanghai Shenhua forward sustained the injury in action for Shenhua in the Asian Champions League against Kashima Antlers, which ended 2-2 in midweek. read more via...

A former captain of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh has defeated Dutch club, Fortuna Sittard in the Royal Dutch Football Association, KNVB, court. The court ruled that the Dutch second tier club were guilty of ‘Black Money Payment‘ as Oliseh claimed. read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s...

Super Eagles participation at the World Cup got a boost as Innoson Motors have agreed to support the “Fly me to Russia” committee set up by the Ministry of Sport. Owner of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma (OFR) assured the committee that he would make cash donations after the Easter...

Anthony Joshua was taken the distance for the first time in his professional career before winning a unanimous points decision in his world heavyweight title unification fight with Joseph Parker in Cardiff on Saturday. READ MORE HERE

Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo has refused to get a tattoo because he regularly donates blood, it is believed…Ronaldo has spoken of his desire to donate blood on more than one occasion, and in 2015 he told Eurosport : "We can all make a difference by donating blood. Each donation can benefit...

Messi had been feeling pain in his hamstring and despite coach Jorge Sampaoli insisting on Monday the striker was fit, he did not even make the bench at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid. After staying an unused substitute in a 2-0 win over Italy on Friday, Messi’s absence will do little to...

Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi will be missing in action as Nigeria plays in a friendly match against Serbia in a Russia 2018 world cup build up. The former Chelsea FC player who currently plies his trade for Chinese side, Tianjin Teda has been ruled out of the game due to work permit issues in...

Iceland on Monday announced it would stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2018 World Cup in Russia over the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain. “Icelandic officials will not go to the FIFA World Cup in Russia this summer,” a statement from the foreign ministry read. READ MORE HERE

World Cup moments: Germany destroy Brazil Brazil coach Tite says his side are still haunted by "the ghost" of their 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat by Germany four years ago. The sides meet for the first time in Berlin on Tuesday since Brazil were humiliated at their home read more via BBC...

Cristiano Ronaldo hit two goals in stoppage time as European champions Portugal defeated Egypt 2-1 in a friendly international on Friday, winning his personal duel with Mohamed Salah who had put the seven-time African champions ahead. Ronaldo, appearing in his 900th career match, made his mark...

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has spoken on winning without captain John Obi Mikel. The coach also spoke on the performance of his young goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho. Addressing reporters immediately after the 1-0 victory over Poland in Wroclaw, Rohr said the match was not a ‘friendly game’ as...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are by far the greatest players of their generation and, possibly, the greatest footballers of all time. Ever since the duo took to the football pitch, their talents have been mesmerizing people with their enigmatic displays for over a decade. Their goal...

The diplomatic snub of Russia’s World Cup gathered steam Tuesday as four countries said they were either not sending officials in support of Britain’s partial boycott or considering the move. London last week said British ministers and royals would not attend the showpiece in protest over the...

Ahead of the pre-World Cup friendly against the Poland national side, 14 Super Eagles players have arrived camp early. The players includes Troost Ekong, Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina, Tyronne Ebuehi, Brian Idowu, Leon Balogun, Francis Uzoho, Elderson Echiejile, Stephen Eze, Joel Obi, Shehu Abdullahi...

Nigerian-born former England international John Fashanu has advised the coaching crew of the Super Eagles led by Gernor Rohr to place less emphasis on their final group match with Argentina rather they should focus more on the games against Croatia and Iceland. read more via Newtelegraph –...

The quarterfinal draws for the 2018 Europa League has been revealed. See the draw below