Barcelona are reportedly willing to sell three of their star attackers to refurbish their struggling attack next season. According to the Spanish publication, Sport, the three players are Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati. Barcelona have been in talks with Fati’s representatives for some time now. It is believed that several top European clubs, including Manchester United, want the 20-year-old. …

Arsenal blew a two-goal lead in a pulsating 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Sunday to give Manchester City fresh hope of retaining the English Premier League title. Mikel Arteta’s men edged six points ahead of City at the top of the table, but the defending champions now have the destiny of the title in their own hands. City have a …

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) has assured Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) clubs and all stakeholders of fair, transparent and balanced decisions on all issues requiring the intervention of the league body. In a statement, IMC’s Head of Operations, Davidson Owumi said that decisions had never been made to favour any club, including those of board members and cited an …

Following Victor Osimhen’s absence from the team for the past two weeks due to an injury in his abductor’s muscle, The Nigerian attacker has begin individual training. Napoli are in a race against time to recover their star striker ahead of their Champions League quarter-final clash with Milan on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Nigerian forward was on international duty when he …

Real Madrid suffered a 2-3 defeat by Villarreal in La Liga in a thrilling clash ahead of their UEFA Champions League showdown against Chelsea next week. The champions remain 12 points behind leaders Barcelona, who face Girona on Monday, with Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze scoring twice in a sensational individual display. Pau Torres’s own goal sent Madrid in front but …

It’s the longest unbeaten run in the top flight of Nigeria’s club football. Thirteen games played in the season; seven won, the others drawn. The honours belong to no other club that the Benin Arsenal (officially Bendel Insurance)! Until they struggled to four straight draws in their last four matches, the 51-year-old club’s position at the apex of Group A …

Frank Lampard’s first game after his return to Chelsea saw an upset as his side fell behind Wolves 1-0 at the Molineux Stadium in the English Premier League. A first-half volley from Matheus Nunes was enough to ensure Wolves safety away from the relegation spots. Chelsea are falling further away from a European place, and currently sit first on the …

Two goals, one in each half, steered nine-time African champions Nigeria past Haiti’s senior women national team in an international friendly in Antalya, Turkey on Friday. Returnee markswoman Asisat Oshoala had already seen her simple tap-in disallowed in the 22nd minute, and fellow Spain-based forward Rasheedat Ajibade has seen her shot miss by the whiskers, before Esther Okoronkwo caught the Haitian …

The Super Eagles slipped five spots in the most recent FIFA rankings to take 40th place. The national squad is now Africa’s sixth-best team, after Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt, according to FIFA announcement. FIFA last announced the ranking for men on December 22, 2022 with the Eagles finishing the year in the 35th position after losing one step. …

Long serving Chairman of the Imo State Football Association, Mazi Amanze Uchegbulam has called on the state indigenes with passion for football administration and good networking capacity in business to come forward and run the next board of the association. While announcing his intention not to contest in the forthcoming congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) scheduled for May, …