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Manchester United have sacked José Mourinho following Sunday’s defeat at Liverpool, ending a tenure that began in May 2016. A poor start to the Premier League season has seen United slip 19 points behind the leaders, Liverpool, and fall off the pace in the hunt for a top-four place. They have …

  By Ifreke Inyang Chelsea are interested in Manchester United star, Anthony Martial and will move for the Frenchman in January, if they can offload one of their own forwards. Martial is out of contract at the end of the season and the 22-year-old recently rejected a new deal from …

World football governing body Fifa has banned former Ghana FA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi for life for breaking corruption and bribery rules. According to Fifa, Nyantakyi is banned from taking part in all football-related activities and the ban takes effect immediately. The life ban follows extensive investigations by Fifa’s Adjudicatory Chamber …

A prominent Nollywood figure, Chris Ekejimbe is dead. Ekejimbe, a filmmaker and owner of 4Screams Production Company was a board member of the Association of Nollywood Core Producers (ANCOPS) and founder of notable Nollywood social media group, Film4Life. News of his demise was broken to members of the group by …

Super Eagles media officer, Toyin Ibitoye has assured Nigerian soccer fans that the team will beat Libya in their forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, because he says the players are all determined to excel. Ibitoye stressed that the players are all fully committed to ensuring that Nigeria returns to …

Woods, 42, looked in a class of his own as he carded a five-under-par 65 to leave himself on 12 under for the tournament at Atlanta’s East Lake course Tiger Woods is one round away from ending his five-year victory drought after storming into a three-shot lead on day three …

World football governing body, FIFA on Monday named Messrs Luca Piazza and Solomon Mudege as its observers to Thursday’s elections into the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee 2018-2022. Mudege is FIFA’s Senior Manager for Development Programmes (Africa), while Piazza is a senior official in the FIFA President’s office. A …

Feet and Tricks International, organisers of the first ever African Football Freestyle Championship in Africa have assured participants, stakeholders and ardent followers of the sport, that the first ever Championship in Africa scheduled to hold on September 13th -15th, 2018 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos …

Festus Keyamo, who is counsel to the President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick has issued a ‘clear the air’ statement, debunking reports that there was a standing order of the Supreme Court that restrained his client from acting as the defacto President of the NFF. In a statement …

Giants of Africa basketball camp run by the Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri began in Lagos yesterday at the Sports Hall of the National Stadium and will run through August 25. The specialist development programme for teenagers is unique this year as it is the 15th anniversary celebration. Ujiri and …