Italian football chiefs have reversed Juventus’ 15-point deduction. With that, the Old Lady jumped into third place in the Serie A table. Juve are now ahead of Inter Milan and AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League places. They have seen the punishment revoked pending a new trial to further clarify their capital gains controversy, meaning the FIGC Federal Court …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reaffirmed that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) will be allowed to remain in office and conclude its mandate before any action can be taken on a board for the NPFL. Two days ago, the announced that the boards of the NPFL, the Nigeria National League (NNL), the …

Nigeria’s only remaining flag-bearers in continental club competitions, Rivers United of Port Harcourt will be up against two-time CAF Champions League winners Enyimba of Aba in what is indisputably the star match of Round of 64 of this year’s Federation Cup competition. The Pride of Rivers host Tanzania’s Young Africans in the first leg of their CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinals …

Serie A leaders, Napoli are yet to decide the transfer fee for their Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, according to transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano. European giants, Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain are queuing up to sign the powerful forward. Osimhen will have two years remaining on his contract this summer and Napoli is expected to cash in on …

Chelsea’s failure to qualify for next season’s UEFA Champions League will see the club cut players’ wages. The Blues were eliminated from this season’s competition by Real Madrid on Tuesday night. Placed 11th on the English Premier League at the moment, Chelsea are unlikely to finish among the top four, meaning that the two-time winners will not feature in Europe’s top …

Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has ‘heard’ that Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta ‘is looking to join Real Madrid’ if Carlo Ancelotti leaves the LaLiga champions at the end of the season. It is rumoured that Real Madrid will part ways with Ancelotti this summer unless the Italian can deliver the UEFA Champions League for the second year in a …

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced on Tuesday that the boards of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), the Nigeria National League (NNL), the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) and the Nigeria Nationwide League One (NLO) are to be constituted within the next one month. Only last October, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports constituted a 10-member Interim Management Committee (IMC) …

Argentina will host the under-20 soccer World Cup, world governing body FIFA said on Monday following the decision to strip Indonesia of the right to stage the tournament. On 29th March, FIFA announced the decision to remove Indonesia as host after the country’s Football Association cancelled the draw to be held in Bali as its governor refused to host Israel’s …

Former Manchester United defender, Gary Neville has told Arsenal players to stop thinking about the English Premier League title race. He said the team should rather focus on winning their next game against Southampton. The chances of Mikel Arteta’s side winning the Premier League became slimmer on Sunday after their game against West Ham United ended in a 2-2 draw. …

Napoli defender, Juan Jesus believes having Victor Osimhen back from injury will give the Partenopei an extra incentive to beat AC Milan. Luciano Spalletti’s side lost the first leg 0-1 last week with Osimhen missing the tie as a result of a muscle injury. The Nigerian was back in action in Napoli’s 3-3 draw against Hellas Verona last weekend. Napoli …