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Kylian Mbappe has reportedly told Paris Saint-Germain he will leave the club at the end of this season when his contract expires. According to Sky Sport,  Mbappe communicated his decision to Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the PSG president, on Tuesday and the club expects him to join Real Madrid.The terms of the...

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali has reportedly been threatened by South Africans not to return to his clubside, Chippa United following his heroics against the country. The threat was disclosed on Thursday by Mr Idah Peterside, a former Super Eagles international when he appeared on Channels Television on Thursday. Peterside noted...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the 2023 African Cup of Nations to be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire after beating the Leones Stars of Sierra Leone by 3 goals to 2 on Sunday, 18 June, 2023. Nigeria’s delegation to the qualifying duel with Sierra Leone arrived in the...

An investigation has revealed that the Fulani tribe is responsible for disrupting political power and economic stability in at least twelve African countries, particularly in West Africa. This is a result of a painstaking investigation carried out by a Europe-based journalist/ investigator. The affected countries include Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Cote D’Ivoire,...

Real Madrid has officially announced that club captain Karim Benzema will be leaving the team this summer as part of a mutual agreement, marking the end of an illustrious 14-year tenure. The French striker has been a key figure in the team’s success, notably lifting the prestigious Champions League trophy...

Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe has reportedly received 10 times his monthly salary as an annual loyalty bonus from the club. The 24-year-old 2018 World Cup winner earns €60 million per year as a loyalty bonus, while his monthly salary stands at €6 million, according to French outlet L’Equipe. Mbappe is...

Chelsea has announced a net loss of £121.3m, which it linked to sanctions imposed on former owner Roman Abramovich by the UK government last spring.In a statement released by new owners of the club, it was stated that the sanctions could lead to a negative financial impact for years...

Argentine superstar, Lionel Messi is reportedly set to be offered a deal worth £194m-a-season to move to Saudi Arabia after his father was spotted in Riyadh earlier this week. The 35-year-old's PSG contract is due to expire this summer, and he will become a free agent if he does not...

Italian surgeon who operated on Victor Osimhen's multiple facial fractures has revealed that the Nigerian and Napoli forward ‘could’ve lost his sight’ in the horror accident. In November 2021, the Nigeria international was involved in a clash of heads with Inter defender Milan Skriniar at San Siro that left him...

Napoli and Super Eagles of Nigeria striker, Victor Osimhen will earn an additional €260,000 (N120m) if he scores 30 goals for the Parthenopeans in the 2022/23 season. According to Italian media La Gazzetta dello Sport, the 24-year-old activated his goals bonus in his contract after scoring his 20th goal of...

Lionel Messi has insisted that Argentina's World Cup final triumph against France in December has not marred his relationship with his PSG team-mate, Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe was left disappointed when his side failed to defend their world crown in Qatar and watched on as Messi finally got his hands on...

Football legend, Pele reportedly named his 'secret' daughter in his will after denying for years that she was his child. The Brazilian soccer icon had previously refused to acknowledge he was the father of Sandra Regina, leaving her heartbroken when she died 17 years ago.                ...

Britain's richest man, Sir Jim Ratcliffe has declared interest in buying Manchester United  A spokesman for Ratcliffe, a boyhood United fan, confirmed on Tuesday January 17 that his company Ineos is interested in buying the club, saying: ‘We have formally put ourselves into the process.’  Ratcliffe is expected to face rival...

Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix has joined Chelsea on loan for the rest of the season, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday, January 11. The 23-year-old striker will bolster the attacking options for manager Graham Potter, whose squad is currently hard-hit by injuries and languishing in 10th spot in...

The owners of Paris Saint-Germain are looking to purchase another European team and have set their sights squarely on the Premier League. According to CBS’s Ben Jacobs, the club’s executive committee, Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), is “ramping up efforts” to acquire a new team. A number of Premier League teams, most...

Brazilian football legend, Pele will be buried on the ninth floor of a vertical cemetery, overlooking the Santos football pitch in his beloved home city, to honour his father who wore the No 9 shirt as a player. Pele will be laid in the vault at the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica on Tuesday,...

Kylian Mbappe’s rousing team talk with France team-mates at half time of the 2022 FIFA World Cup final has now been revealed. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar delivered a rousing half-time speech to his national teammates while they were 2-0 down. Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria fired the South Americans into...

Team Nigeria Curlers has qualified for the curling event of the 2024 Youth Winter Olympics. The President of the Nigeria Curling Federation, Daniel Damola confirmed the country’s qualification for both the Mixed and Mixed Doubles events. The 2024 Youth Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place in the Gangwon Province, South Korea from January...

The prize money for participating teams at the 2022 World Cup ongoing in Qatar is a whopping total of $440 million. The 2022 tournament featured 32 teams from various countries across the globe. 13 countries from Europe, five African teams, four North American countries, four countries from South America and...

Argentina captain, Lionel Messi has suggested that his team defeated France to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar because they fought ‘together and were united’ during the encounter to achieve their aim. A brace from Messi, a goal from Angel di Maria and a hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe...

The Morocco FA has filed an official complaint to FIFA over the performance of referee Cesar Ramos after last night's World Cup semi-final defeat to France. The Atlas Lions were defeated 2-0 by Didier Deschamps's side who ended their historic run at the tournament, with Morocco becoming the first-ever African side to reach the final...

Following the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-final fixtures on Wednesday, below are the leading top scorers in the competition in Qatar. Recall that France defeated Morocco 2-0 on Wednesday night to qualify for the World Cup final, while Argentina won 3-0 against Croatia on Tuesday. Argentina captain Lionel...

Senegal has become the first African to qualify for the 2022 World Cup's round of 16 following a 2-1 victory over Ecuador.  Netherlands’ dominant victory over Qatar meant only a win would see Senegal through to the knockouts from Group A, while Ecuador would have progressed with a draw. Senegal got the...

Wilfred Mbappe, Kylian Mbappe’s father, has made sweeping claims about why his son chose France over Cameroon. The events that led to the Frenchman playing for Les Blues rather than Cameroon have been blamed on the Cameroonian football association, according to his father. Despite being born in Paris to a Cameroonian...

Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed to a staggering £172.9million-a-year contract with Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia. The 37-year-old is on the lookout for a new team after Manchester United terminated his contract last week in response to his controversial interview with Piers Morgan earlier this month. According to Marca, Ronaldo has...

The Atlas Lions of Morocco stunned Belgium on Sunday afternoon, November 27 with two second-half goals to pick their first victory in the FIFA world cup in 24 years. It was Morocco's first win in Qatar 2022 and their second clean sheet in the competition. Belgium were the overwhelming favourite for...

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, has promised each player in the national team a Rolls Royce Phantom for their win against Argentina in their World Cup opener in Qatar. A resilient Saudi Arabian side on Tuesday shockingly defeated the Copa America winners 2-1 with...

Former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, has insisted that Iran defeated Wales 2-0 in Friday’s Group B World Cup tie because they were the better team during the contest. According to Okocha, Wales never looked like a team willing to give all they could to win the encounter,...

Qatar became the first World Cup host country to get eliminated after its first two games following a loss to Senegal on Friday November 25. The tournament hosts slipped to a second successive defeat in Group A on Friday, losing 3-1 to Senegal. That loss came after they were beaten...

Michel Platini was expecting a private audience with the president of France when he arrived for lunch on a cold day in November 2010. Instead, as Platini, a legendary French player who in retirement had risen to become one of the most powerful men in soccer, stepped into a...

The Saudi Arabian national team has caused one of the biggest upsets at the ongoing World Cup in Qatar by defeating Lionel Messi's Argentina in the opening game of the tournament. The Gulf state, currently ranked a lowly 51st in the world behind hosts Qatar wen into the tournament with low expectations in...

Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the 2022 World Cup due to a leg injury, Senegal have confirmed. The Bayern Munich forward emerged as a doubt for the early stages of the tournament after he injured his right fibula, but was selected in the hope he would be fit to...

Senegalese football star, Sadio Mane has reportedly been ruled out of Senegal's World Cup campaign in Qatar after he limped off during Bayern Munich's clash against Werder Bremen with a tendon injury on Tuesday, November 9.  The former Liverpool forward was taken off just 20 minutes into Bayern's 6-1 win over Bremen on Tuesday...

Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president, says the decision to award Qatar with the 2022 World Cup was a “mistake”. In an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, the 86-year-old, who was FIFA president when Qatar was awarded the 2020 World Cup hosting rights in 2010, said he had voted...

Super Eagles and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has been ranked the fourth most prolific striker in Europe’s top five leagues so far this season.  The Nigerian striker has scored seven goals in eight league games so far averaging a goal every 93 minutes in the Serie A despite being out for...

Wales will consider changing its name to Cymru on the international stage after the World Cup. Cymru, the Welsh name for Wales is already being used by the Football Association of Wales in its internal and external communications and by staff at the governing body's headquarters in the Vale of...

Inter Miami are reportedly confident of signing Lionel Messi and hopes the PSG star will agree on a deal in the 'coming months' to join the American club. Messi is under contract at PSG until next summer but speculation has continued to rage over his future should he not sign...

Potential suitors will have to cough out €100m to sign Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen from Serie A club, Napoli, next summer. Premier League clubs, Manchester United and Chelsea are expected to go head-to-head for the prolific striker in 2023. Italian publication, Tuttosport has, however, reported that Napoli president, Aurelio De...

Goalkeeper Faith Omilana proved her class as the Flamingos sailed into the semi-finals at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup following a 4-3 penalty shootout win against United States of America. It’s the first time the Flamingos would make it to the last four of the competition. The quarter-final encounter...

As expected, the 2022 Ballon d’Or was a glamorous affair as football icons from across the world gathered Monday night in Paris for the most prestigious individual football awards. Though there were winners across the different categories, Real Madrid captain Karim Benzema and Barcelona Femeni captain Alexia Putellas were the...

Forner heavyweight boxing champion, Deontay Wilder celebrated his return to the ring with a stunning signature stoppage of Robert Helenius on Sunday morning, October 16. Wilder was fighting for the first time since his second successive - and concussive defeat by Tyson Fury more than 12 months ago as he began...

PSG and Brazil superstar, Neymar is facing calls for a prison sentence of five years over charges of corruption and fraud.  The 30-year-old is set to appear in court next week on charges relating to his £49.6million (€57.1m) switch from Santos to Barcelona in 2013.  Brazilian investment firm DIS believe the now-PSG star's move from...

Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe, could terminate his contract with the club. According to L’Equipe, the France forward and his team are considering all their options in a bid to leave. This follows revelations that PSG allegedly used an army of fake Twitter accounts, to wage campaigns against players. The Ligue 1...

The infamous ball used by Diego Maradona to score two of the most famous goals in football history is to go on auction for an estimated price of £2.5m to £3m. The match ball was used in the famous 1986 World Cup quarter final between England and Argentina, a match...

Atletico Madrid confirmed they have agreed on a deal to sign French striker Antoine Griezmann permanently from Barcelona, on a contract until 2026. Griezmann has been on loan at Atletico since August 2021 after a difficult spell at Camp Nou, following his 120 million euro (116.5 million dollar) move in 2019. "Griezmann has...

Graham Potter’s men kept their champions league hope alive in an important 3-0 win at Stamford bridge.In the must win game, Wesley Fofana scored the first goal for the club on his Champions League debut to give the Blues a great start. Unfortunately, he quickly fell from grace when the...

Lionel Messi will reportedly return to Barcelona next summer after making 'peace' with the club's president following his dramatic exit two years ago.  The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner made a shocking move to join PSG after Barca released a statement saying he would be leaving due to financial restrictions placed upon them by LaLiga. However, Messi who joined PSG...

Kylian Mbappe, a forward for Paris Saint-Germain, has now passed both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the list of the richest footballers in the world. Mbappe’s annual earnings have passed the £116m mark. Messi and Ronaldo were listed as the two highest paid football players on Forbes’ annual list of...

A new report has revealed the deteriorating relationship between PSG stars Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. L'Equipe reports that the pair's relationship 'has gone from cool to polar' this season in a serious threat to the team's harmony. The reports claims Mbappe, 23, who signed a new bumper contract this summer to...

James Rowe has resigned as manager of National League club AFC Fylde  24 hours after being charged with sexual assault.  A Fylde statement said: "Following a meeting this afternoon, the board have accepted James Rowe's resignation as manager of the club. Andy Taylor will take temporary charge until a new...

Real Madrid striker, Karim Benzema has picked up three awards at Marca 2022. The forward, who scored 44 goals in all competitions last season, picked up the LaLiga Santander Pichichi Trophy, the Di Stefano Trophy and the Hyundai Supporters' MVP Trophy at the Goya Theatre. Speaking after the event, Benzema, who also won the Champions League...

John Mikel Obi, former Super Eagles captain, has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 35. The 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) winner said he will be ending his football career spanning over 20 years in a post on his Instagram page on Tuesday. “There is a...

Mathias Pogba, the brother to world-famous Juventus star, Paul Pogba, has made some startling accusations against his brother. Mathias accused the midfielder of paying at least €4 million (£3.5m) to a witch doctor who ‘neutralised’ Kylian Mbappe during Manchester United’s Champions League tie against Paris Saint-Germain in 2019. Mathias was arrested a...

Germany players will receive £360,000 each if they lift the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the country's football association (DFB) said on Sunday, September 25,  after agreeing on tournament bonuses with the team. When Germany won the title at the Brazil World Cup in 2014, the players received £268,000 each. The new bonus...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United return last summer helped see the club set a new record for the highest wage bill in Premier League history according to latest financial figures published by the club. United on Thursday, September 22 posted their latest financial figures, which also showed the club’s net debt...

Matthias Pogba has published an open letter to his younger brother Paul on Twitter, detailing allegations of witchcraft and more regarding the Juventus midfielder. Matthias is currently under detention for allegedly collaborating with childhood friends to extort Pogba of millions of pounds. Matthias has denied the allegations and accused Pogba...