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Defending champions Nigeria on Sunday at Cape Coast in Ghana lost 0-1 to rivals South Africa in their opening match at the 11th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian side, in spite of…

AS Roma will donate 150,000 euros (about 132,870 pounds) towards the medical and rehabilitation costs of a Liverpool fan, who was injured in an attack outside Anfield, in April. The 53-year-old Sean Cox, from Ireland, suffered a brain…

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, is set to ignite new opposition Friday in Kigali, Rwanda over his ambition to introduce two money-spinning pet projects. The projects are a revamped global club cup and a bold new international…

The Niger State Government says it has mobilised a 120-man contingent to represent the state at the ongoing North Central elimination series of the 2018 National Sports Festival. Alhaji Baba Sheshi, Director of Sports at the sports…

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo was among the first 10 nominees for the men’s Ballon d’Or trophy announced on Monday, awarded by France Football magazine to the best player in the world. The Portuguese has won the award for the past…

LONDON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were far from the auditorium by the River Thames when Luka Modric broke their decade-long grip on FIFA's award for the world's best player. Football's biggest individual accolade was handed…

Britain’s Anthony Joshua retained his world heavyweight titles by inflicting the first stoppage defeat of Alexander Povetkin’s professional career with a ruthless seventh-round finish at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. A previously close…

Manchester United will be missing five players for Saturday’s Premier League home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with Diogo Dalot to be rested, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera not fully fit and Nemanja Matic and Marcus Rashford…

By Victor Okoye Amaju Pinnick, the re-elected President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Thursday promised to focus more on youth programmes, adding that football was the winner at the end of the polls in Katsina. The News…

England champions Manchester City were beaten by Ligue 1 club Lyon 2-1, with goals recorded in the first half by  Maxwell Cornet and Nabil Fekir. With coach Pep Guardiola banished to the touchline, his assistant manager Mikel Arteta…