The wait is over! For the first time in 33 years, Napoli have emerged champions of the Italian top flight football league, the Serie A. Their 1-1 result against Udinese on Thursday night means that the Scudetto is Napoli’s this season even with five matches to end the season. There was anxiety among Napoli fans and neutrals when Sandi Lovrić …

La Liga President, Javier Tebas has said Lionel Messi will earn less at Barcelona if he makes a return from Paris Saint-Germain. Messi is set to leave the Ligue 1 champions this summer when his current contract expires. Former Real Madrid player, Jose María Gutierrez Hernandez (simply called Guti) has however counselled Messi to avoid the temptation of making a …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed $152 million as the prize money for this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Infantino made the confirmation while speaking alongside the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during Making Trade Score for Women!, a series of panel discussions held at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The …

Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has named Arsenal legend, Dennis Bergkamp as the hardest opponent he ever faced from the Premier League Hall of Fame. Ferdinand, who was among the latest inductees into the Hall of Fame revealed on Wednesday, stated this when asked which of the current Premier League Hall of Fame members was his hardest opponent. The former …

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has told Arsenal fans to be happy despite losing control of the English Premier League title race. Guardiola insists that the Gunners have achieved the “most important title” of the campaign by qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. Last Wednesday, City beat Arsenal 4-1 in what could be a potentially decisive blow to their title …

After last Sunday’s exit from the CAF Confederation Cup, Rivers United will now have to face the outstanding fixtures they accumulated while on continental assignment. The first of the three rescheduled games will be played next Wednesday (10th May) away in Bauchi to Wikki Tourists, who are at the bottom of Group B of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). …

Arsenal delivered an emphatic warning that they remain serious title contenders as they outclassed abysmal Chelsea at Emirates Stadium to return to the top of the English Premier League (EPL). The Gunners had gone four league games without a win and were heavily beaten last time out at reigning champions Manchester City, who replaced them at the summit with victory …

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club have suspended international star, Lionel Messi for two weeks over an unauthorised visit to Saudi Arabia French outlet RMC Sport reports that Messi was suspended with immediate effect, for his trip to Saudi Arabia. Everything has been considered by the club for what is described internally as a serious mistake. Messi, who recently won the World …

The Round of 32 of this year’s Federation Cup will be played next week Wednesday across several centres with one of the fixtures featuring a head-to-head clash of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) teams. Plateau United await the winners of the rescheduled Round of 64 game between Rivers United and Enyimba. All three teams are also in the race …

Stakeholders and followers of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been offered assurances that fixtures would be played as scheduled except for those already disrupted by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) competition games that involved Rivers United. The Promise Keepers, who flew Nigeria’s flag in the CAF Confederation Cup, exited the competition last Sunday at the quarterfinals after …