With just 12 days to the UEFA Women’s Champions League final, Barcelona fans have expressed concerns after star striker Asisat Oshoala picked up an injury in Barcelona’s 2-1 loss to CFF Madrid in the Spanish Liga F on Sunday. The Spanish champions are preparing to face Wolfsburg in the final of the Women’s Champions League at the Philips Stadion in …

Manchester City celebrated their English Premier League title triumph with a 1-0 win against Chelsea before Ilkay Gundogan lifted the trophy in front of their jubilant fans, while Leeds slipped closer to relegation on Sunday. City clinched a fifth title in six seasons on Saturday when second placed Arsenal crashed 1-0 at Nottingham Forest. Pep Guardiola’s side marked their third …

Manchester United legend, Gary Neville has named Liverpool as the team that can challenge Manchester City for the English Premier League (EPL) title next season. Manchester City were crowned champions for the fifth time in six seasons on Saturday following Arsenal’s 0-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest. The only season City have not won the EPL since 2018 was in 2020 …

On the last Matchday of the regular season, Sunshine Stars sneaked into the top 3 in Group to book a spot in the title-decising Super 6, which runs from from 3rd to 11 June with 15 matches at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena (formerly Onikan Stadium), Lagos. Fourth on the log going into Matchday 18, the Akure Gunners walloped relegated Dakkada …

FIFA World Cup quarterfinalists, Falconets will be up against the U20 girls of Niger Republic in the first match of Group B of this year’s WAFU B championship in Kumasi, Ghana on Sunday. The Nigerian girls landed in Kumasi on Thursday afternoon, and trained at the Baba Yara Stadium on Friday morning. Coach Chris Danjuma picked a number of the …

Nine people were killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where football fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said. “The number of deaths after the stampede at the Cuscatlan Stadium amounts to nine”, the National Civil Police posted on Twitter. The security agency also noted that “several” injured people, including at least two in …

A confident Nigerian team said it would not under-rate the opposition but rather go with full confidence into picking all three points when they take on Dominican Republic at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza on Sunday evening in the FIFA U20 World Cup, which started in Argentina on Saturday. Head coach Ladan Bosso, his assistants and the players were …

Manchester City won the English Premier League for the fifth time in six seasons after second-placed Arsenal lost 0-1 at Nottingham Forest on Saturday. A second consecutive defeat for the Gunners left Mikel Arteta’s men still four points adrift of City with one game left for them to play. Nigerian international Taiwo Awoniyi’s winning goal also had huge ramifications at …

Manchester United goalkeeper, David De Gea has won the English Premier League’s Golden Glove prize. This was confirmed after it became impossible for anyone to catch him this season. De Gea has 16 clean sheets and he cannot be matched by second-placed Liverpool keeper Alisson, who is on 14 but conceded against Aston Villa on Saturday. Newcastle’s Nick Pope and …

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will know their group opponents for the African qualifiers of the 2026 FIFA World Cup when the draw holds on 12th July. The draw will be conducted in Cotonou, Benin Republic on the eve of the 45th CAF Ordinary General Assembly, the body said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, Africa will employ a …