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Newly acquired midfielder John Obi Mikel says his goal with Stoke City is to return the championship side to the English Premier League (EPL). The 33-year-old became the Club’s fourth signing of the summer and Mikel is hoping to lift the fortune of the team. A serial trophy winner during …

World heavyweight unified boxing champion Anthony Joshua recently visited Nigeria and made notable stops in a strong media blitz, he also took time to talk about his decision to return to base, the loss to Ruiz, his reconnection to Nigeria, and plans for the future amongst others. Taiwo Alimi captures the moments.  …

Manchester City midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne, has said they will be regarded as failures if they don’t win the Champions League. City won every trophy in England last season, clinching the last two Premier League titles in the process. However, Pep Guardiola has found it hard to conquer Europe again …

Boxing promoter, Frank Warren, has told Deontay Wilder not to bother about fighting Tyson Fury again. Fury won the world title for the second time, with a seventh-round stoppage of Wilder on Sunday morning. Wilder had previously never lost in his career. Their first bout ended in a draw. Wilder has …

Manchester United chiefs have cut Paul Pogba’s valuation by £30million and are ready to sell the player in the summer, the UK Sun reports. United turned down offers for Pogba last summer, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looked to build his team around the midfielder. However, with Bruno Fernandes’ arrival and …

Samson Siasia said he needs the support of all Nigerians to raise a sum of £250,000. The erstwhile Super Eagles coach said he came out to beg Nigerians for financial assistance because he could not get the money from people he had contacted privately. Speaking on NTA’s Sports Parliament on …

Plateau United are back to the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) after edging close rivals, Rivers United 1-0 yesterday in the Match-day 18 clash in Jos. The climb to the top is also a fallout of defeats to Lobi Stars and Sunshine Stars and failure of Akwa …

  Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said that the importance of grassroots sports development cannot be over emphasised. He said this while speaking to newsmen at the grand finale of the Kwara State Sports Festival on Saturday. He added that the resuscitation of the sports …

Patrick Mahomes produced a staggering fourth-quarter performance to guide Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in 50 years as they came from 10 points behind to stun the San Francisco 49ers in Miami. Quarterback Mahomes, 24, had endured a difficult evening under the pounding pressure of the …

7 other people were on board the ill-fated helicopter that crashed and killed American basketball player, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna yesterday, January 26th. Names and photos of victims of the crash has now been confirmed. See below… Kobe Bryant Gianna Bryant John Altobelli- Father of Alyssa Keri Altobelli- …