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Martino confirms Mexico departure after ‘huge failure’ at World Cup Tata Martino accepted responsibility for Mexico’s “huge failure” at the World Cup and confirmed his contract had now expired with little prospect of him returning to the role. Martino has been a largely unpopular El Tri coach, and his standing …

World champion boxer Canelo Alvarez threatens Messi for ‘disrespecting’ Mexico Multiple world boxing champion and proud Mexican Canelo Alvarez has issued a warning to Lionel Messi as he accused the Argentina forward of disrespecting the Mexico flag following Saturday’s World Cup clash. Argentina kept their hopes of being crowned champions …

Onelove armband The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), has barred Harry Kane, England captain, from wearing the ‘OneLove’ armband during the ongoing World Cup in Qatar. FIFA has strict rules about apparel that can be worn by players and the armband is not allowed under the code. Unless FIFA …

Portugal Portugal, known also as Seleção das Quinas, are going to play their 8th World Cup tournament in Qatar as the world’s arguably best player Cristiano Ronaldo leads the pack. They are in group H with Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea, but with the calibre of players plying their trades …

Former Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, has once again criticised  Amaju Pinnick, the former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, for the team’s failure to pick a ticket to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Rohr endured a frosty relationship with Pinnick during the latter part of his reign in charge of the Super …

Sports Minister, Chief Sunday Dare, declared on Friday that the 21st National Sports Festival tagged Delta 2022 will go ahead as scheduled. A joint technical meeting involving the Main Organising Committee (MOC), the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and other stakeholders of the event took place in Asaba after the inspection …

Bukayo Saka allayed fears he could be a fitness doubt for England ahead of the World Cup by returning to training with Arsenal on Wednesday, three days after going off injured early in a Premier League match. The 21-year-old winger was forced off midway through the first half of the …

Mane and others Senegal’s all-time top goalscorer Sadio Mané is the highest earning player in Africa, earning an annual salary of $21,382,762. His transferred from Liverpool FC to Bayern Munich in the latest window, shot his salary to $21,382,762. This is according to analysis done by Voetbal Travel on which player earns …

Olympic Eagles Ademola Olajire, NFF’s director of communications has announced that the Nigerian under-23 men’s national football team will begin camping in Ibadan today, Monday. The camping is in preparation for their 2023 Africa Under-23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Tanzania later this month. Ademola said, “The 32 players …

As the UEFA Champions League resumes today, five-time Balon d’Or winner and Manchester United forward, Christiano Ronaldo, will miss out – for the first time in 19 years of his professional football career. Ronaldo, 37, failed to secure a transfer move to a champions league club before the summer transfer …