Newly promoted Nigeria Professional Football League side, Sporting Lagos, claimed the maiden Naija Super 8 tournament after beating Remo Stars 4-2 on penalties in a tense final inside a sold-out Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Sunday. Both clubs clashed for the second time in the competition, with Sporting triumphing 2-1 in the group clash. With the prize money of N25 million …

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has signed a contract through the 2025 season with Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer team announced on Saturday. The 36-year-old striker, who sparked Argentina to a World Cup title last year in Qatar, is set to be unveiled by the team in a Sunday ceremony and expected to join Inter Miami on the pitch by …

English midfielder, Declan Rice has revealed his ambitions at Arsenal following his record-breaking move to the club. The Gunners reportedly signed the 24-year-old from West Ham for a club-record fee of £105 million. Shortly after his unveiling as a new Arsenal player on Saturday, Rice said he wants to win the English Premier League (EPL) and UEFA Champions League (UCL) …

Former Aston Villa striker, Gabriel Agbonlahor believes Victor Osimhen would be a good addition to the Chelsea squad. The Blues are trying to overhaul their squad and have sold some regular stars to English Premier League rivals. Mauricio Pochettino’s side have added Christopher Nkunku and Nicholas Jackson to their squad. Agbonlahor, however, insisted that the West London club still need …

England midfielder Declan Rice has said that it has been a “tough” decision to leave English Premier League side West Ham but “it has only ever been about my ambition to play at the very highest level of the game”. Rice issued an open letter to Hammers fans on Saturday as he nears a move to Arsenal for £100 million …

2023/24 CAF Champions League representatives Remo Stars, and wildcard entrants Sporting Lagos have set up another tantalizing southwest derby as they clash in the final of the Naija Super 8 tournament at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos on Sunday. Both sides won their respective semifinals 2-1 to set up another meeting in the space of one week. Newly promoted to …

The emergence of GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited into Nigeria football ecosystem, using The Nigeria Football Fund (TNFF) investment vehicle, has turned to be the real game changer that is propelling the development of the elite league and Nigeria’s football economy. In simple terms, TNFF has helped to restructure and reposition Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) for greatness following …

Former Manchester City defender, Benjamin Mendy, on Friday, broke down in tears after he was cleared of rape and attempted rape. The 28-year-old was accused of carrying out sex attacks on two ladies at his four million euros mansion. But Mendy was cleared after three hours of deliberation by a jury at Chester Crown Court. The Frenchman became emotional and …

On the margin of the 45th Ordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria’s Justice Roli Harriman has been elected President of the CAF Appeals Board. A 62-year-old High Court judge, former senior lecturer at the Nigerian Law School and an Alternative Dispute Resolution Judge in Delta State since January 2013, Harriman replaces …

England football international, Dele Alli has revealed that he was sexually abused at the age of six by his mother’s friend. The 27-year-old, who spoke on Gary Neville’s The Overlap programme, said he had an addiction to sleeping tablets and disclosed how he spent six weeks in rehab in the United States of America this summer. “At six, I was …