Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is reportedly preparing a £4 billion takeover bid to buy Manchester United.
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Real Madrid are set to sack boss Julen Lopetegui in the next few hours – and have already lined up Santiago Solari to replace him, according to reports in Spain.
Manchester City have reportedly entered the race for Bournemouth star Nathan Ake, who has also attracted the attention of Manchester United.
Chelsea are prepared to make Eden Hazard among the highest paid players in the Premier League.
The Football Association is awaiting the referee’s report before deciding whether any further action is warranted over the unsavoury scenes on the touchline at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Nigeria’s capital city Abuja will be agog from October 29 to November 4 as the Puma Engineer ITF Wheelchair Tennis Championship holds.
Defending champions of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Falcons, have been drawn in Group B alongside South Africa, Zambia and Kenya for the 9th edition of the tournament.
In-form Nigerian midfielder, Alex Iwobi, will host his compatriots Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfried Ndidi as Arsenal battle Leicester City in a Premier League tie at the Emirates Stadium on Monday night.
Super Eagles star, Onazi Ogenyi, has welcomed the birth of their second child on Saturday in the United States of America.
First Bank of Nigeria Football Club of Lagos on Saturday emerged champions of the 32nd edition of the All Financial Institutions Football Competition, defeating the Securities and Exchange Commission Football Club of Abuja by four goals to two via penalties in a pulsating match decided at the , Adamasingba, Ibadan, Oyo State, after the score stood at 1-1 at the end of regulation time.
Samuel Ikpea, the National Chairman, Nigeria Football Supporters Club, says there is nothing like factions in the body set up to cheer the country’s national teams in football competitions.
Ghana’s Black Queens are seeded in Group A with position A1, whilst Nigeria headlines Group B by virtue of being holders and the most successful team in the history of the biennial competition, having won it eight times
The principality club have failed to win in 11 games in all competitions since the opening weekend of the French top-flight season, and are only above bottom team Guingamp on goal difference
It was the first win in five games in all competitions for the title-holders who were playing with 10 men
Ousmane Dembele replaced Messi in the 25th minute after the Argentine was examined by club doctors on the sidelines following a challenge by Sevilla’s Franco Vazquez
Mohamed Salah scored the only goal of the game midway through the first half with a clinical finish, but Liverpool were forced to withstand some heavy pressure from the hosts in order to return to winning ways after four games without a victory.
A fifth goal in seven games from the in-form Erik Lamela separated the sides, although Hugo Lloris was equally Tottenham’s match-winner, saving crucially from Marko Arnautovic in stoppage time as the hosts applied late pressure.
Los Blancos entered the La Liga clash having lost three of their last four matches in all competitions, but could not return to form in front of their own fans as the pressure was cranked up on head coach Julen Lopetegui.
The Citizens, held for just the second time this season in their last outing before the international break, pulled away from their opponents with quickfire goals early in the second half.
Antonio Rudiger gave the home side the lead in the first half, but it looked as though United would make it two come-from-behind wins on the bounce when Anthony Martial’s brace after the interval put them on the verge of a valuable three points