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By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rampant Germany hammered Portugal 4-0 to reach the semi-finals of the men’s Olympic football tournament on Saturday Read more
HULL CITY 2 LEICESTER CITY 1 Aug 13 (Reuters) – Leicester City became the first reigning Premier League champions to begin their title defence with Read more
Nigeria’s Dream Team VI still topped Group B of the Rio 2016 Olympics men’s football event in Sao Paulo in spite of a 2-0 loss Read more
Paul Pogba said “the time is right to go back to Old Trafford” after completing his world-record £89m transfer to Manchester United. The 23-year-old midfielder Read more
The Nigeria U-23 football team on Monday qualified for the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games football event after a 1-0 victory over Sweden. Determined to Read more
German Gernot Rohr is close to being appointed the new technical adviser of Nigeria, BBC Sport understands. The 63-year-old ex-Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso coach Read more
Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Nigeria youngster Kelechi Nwakali from the Diamond Football Academy in Nigeria on a five-year deal. The 18-year-old attacking midfielder Read more
AC Milan chairman Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to sell his 99.93% stake in the club to a Chinese consortium. The sale of the seven-time European Read more
FC Ifeanyi Ubah are technically through to the semi-finals of the 2016 Federation Cup as Warri Wolves walked out of their quarter-final fixture in Ijebu Read more
FIFA yesterday declared its readiness to partner with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to actualize the Football Made in Anambra ‘1 Family – Footballer’ project Read more
Portugal overcame the early loss of captain Cristiano Ronaldo to beat hosts France in the Euro 2016 final and win their first major tournament thanks Read more
[BBC] Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud, Spanish media say. His father, Jorge Messi, was Read more
[BBC Sports] Manchester United have completed the signing of out-of-contract striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a one-year deal. The 34-year-old, capped 116 times by Sweden, left Read more
Zlatan Ibrahimovic confirmed on Friday that he will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of this season, but the French champions said the Swedish star Read more
In a bid to keep Mesut Ozil at the club, Arsene Wenger is ready to make the midfielder Arsenal’s first £200,000-a-week player. The German playmaker Read more
Everton FC have relieved Roberto Martinez of his duties as the club’s manager following a 3-0 loss to Sunderland on Wednesday. Everton have been able Read more
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have fined Nigeria $5,000 for overcrowding and lack of security during an AFCON 2017 qualifier against Egypt in Kaduna Read more
Michel Platini said on Monday he would resign as UEFA president after his appeal against a six-year ban from football activities failed. The Frenchman said Read more
With no international matches in April all teams in the top 50 held their positions. Nigeria remained unmoved at number 67 in the latest Fifa Read more
Manchester City failed to reach their first Champions League final after an uninspiring semi-final second-leg display at 10-time winners Real Madrid. After a goalless draw Read more
Atletico Madrid have qualified for the final of this season’s UEFAu Champions League despite losing 2-1 to Bayern Munich but advance 2-2 on aggregate. Xabi Read more
Ryan Giggs’ wife, Stacey, has finally ended her marriage to the Manchester United assistant coach, after he reportedly had an affair with one of the Read more
Burnley have won promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking. They beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 at Turf Moor on Read more
Leicester City are Premier League champions for the first time after Tottenham could only manage a 2-2 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Spurs had Read more
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