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Portuguese Football Federation announced on Tuesday that Pepe will miss Portugal’s World Cup play-off semi-final against Turkey after testing positive for Covid-19 Coach Fernando Santos called up Lille centre-back Tiago Djalo, 21, to replace the 39-year-old Porto player, with the 2016 European champions also without injured Manchester City defender Ruben Dias. Cristiano Ronaldo and […]
Super Falcons are set to face Canada in a pair of exhibition games scheduled for April. The friendly games were announced in a statement on the Canada football association’s website on Wednesday. The statement described the matchup as a “west coast series” that would see the Tokyo Olympics gold medalists host the African […]
On Wednesday a great comeback was made by Real Madrid at the Champions League as Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick to upstage Kylian Mbappe and dump Paris Saint-Germain out of the last 16. Madrid were set to be the latest victims of another Mbappe masterclass at the Santiago Bernabeu after the 23-year-old ran […]
Brazilian football great Pele has been discharged from hospital following a urinary tract infection (UTI). The Brazil legend was admitted to Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein on Feb. 13 for treatment on a colon tumour. Doctors discovered a UTI eight days after he was admitted but said on Monday that the issue has been […]
Daniil Medvedev succeeded Novak Djokovic as world number one on Monday, becoming the first man since 2004 outside the game’s “Big Four” of Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray to occupy the top spot. US Open champion Medvedev is the third Russian man after Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin, and 27th player […]
FIFA has ordered Russia to complete their upcoming matches without their flag, anthem and as the Football Union of Russia in neutral territory, following the invasion of Ukraine. Several nations have announced that they will refuse to play Russia, including England, as well as Poland, Czech Republic and Sweden. World Cup play-offs would see […]
Super Falcons of Nigeria on Wednesday evening defeated Lady Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 in Abidjan. The scoreline meant an aggregate 3-0 win for Nigeria to reach this year’s Women Africa Cup of Nations. In the 34th minute, Nigerien referee Zouwaira Souley awarded a penalty to the homers after judging that Ashleigh Plumptre had […]
This season’s champions League might be stripped off Russia after president Vladimir Putin order troops into two rebel-held region in eastern Ukraine after recognizing them as independent states. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and London Mayor Sadiq have both called for Russia to be denied the right to host a major final. UEFA says they […]
Blessing Okagbare, Nigerian sprinter has been handed a 10-year ban for doping violations. The 33-year-old has been handed five years for the presence and use of multiple prohibited substances and five years for her refusal to co-operate with the AIU’s investigation into her case. Okagbare was a medal contender for the women’s 100m at […]
The NFF has discarded its earlier plan to hire Portuguese coach, Jose Peseiro, and extended the tenure of Austine Eguavoen as the NFF Technical Director/ interim Super Eagles Technical Adviser, to steer the three-time African champions past their West African archrivals, the Black Stars of Ghana, in the final round of the Qatar 2022 […]
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