Nottingham Forest dealt a major blow to Manchester City’s bid to qualify for the Champions League as Callum Hudson-Odoi’s late winner sealed a 1-0 victory in the top four shoot-out on Saturday. City have been reduced to battling for a place in next season’s Champions League after a dismal campaign. Even that usually routine target is far from assured for …

Four years after the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, seven healthcare professionals will go on trial next week accused of negligence during his final days. More than 100 witnesses, including members of Maradona’s family and doctors who tended to him down the years, will take the stand over the course of the four-month trial, which starts Tuesday in …

The Super Falcons are unmoved in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday, retaining their status as Africa’s best women’s football team and 36th in the world. The inactivity of the nine-time African champions between December and now didn’t affect their position on the continent and on the global stage even as their African rivals dropped a few places. Reigning …

A gang of burglars raided the home of Newcastle United striker, Alexander Isak, carting away his car, cash, and jewellery worth £68,000 ($87,000), a court heard on Wednesday, according to multiple reports in England. The Swedish international was away from his Northumberland residence when the break-in occurred last April, Newcastle Crown Court was told. Prosecutors revealed that the gang had …

Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Éric Sékou Chelle has named a provisional list of 39 players for this month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. After four matches, Nigeria have only three points and placed second from the bottom in a six-team group. The Super Eagles are four points behind the top three – Rwanda, …

Galatasaray and Kasımpaşa played out a 3-3 draw on Sunday at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium. Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen netted two goals, bringing his season tally to 14. Despite Osimhen’s brace, Kasımpaşa’s resilience ensured a share of the spoils in this six-goal spectacle, in a thrilling Turkish Süper Lig clash. This result maintains Galatasaray’s position at the top of …

Fenerbahçe coach José Mourinho was handed a four-match ban and fined more than €40,000 by the Turkish Football Federation on Thursday for comments he made after a heated Istanbul derby against Galatasaray. After Monday’s goalless draw, the 62-year-old Mourinho remarked that the home bench had been ‘jumping like monkeys’. He also reportedly repeated his criticism of Turkish referees. Fenerbahçe claimed …

Former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has strongly defended José Mourinho against allegations of racism, describing the claims as ‘a joke and ‘baseless’. Reacting to the controversy surrounding the Portuguese coach in his Obi One Podcast on Wednesday, Mikel, who played under Mourinho at Chelsea, dismissed the accusations, insisting that Mourinho is not a racist. ‘For them to label our …

Following the decision of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) to withdraw the provisional approval for the Bako Konragora Stadium — home ground Niger Tornadoes — the club has elected to adopt the Lafia Township Stadium for the rest of the season. NPFL had also ruled that the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna, earlier adopted by Tornadoes, is not fit to host …

Brazil legend, Ronaldo Nazario, has revealed why he left Barcelona in 1997. Ronaldo, who ended up at Real Madrid, said that Barcelona did not value him. He said this while reflecting on his exit from Barcelona early in his career. The former Brazil international and World Cup winner is among the few players who have represented Real and La Blaugrana …