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Man City can start planning their title defence as Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea chase them down, while Brentford make their Premier League bow The 2021-22 Premier League season will get underway on August 14, with reigning…

The Federal Government has inaugurated the Board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) after the successful conduct of the elections to fill executive position of the association saddled with the control of the nation’s…

Leicester City hitman Jamie Vardy has joined the league of football club owners after investing in US-based team Rochester Rhinos according to the club. The 34-year old striker purchased a minority stake in the New York-based…

Cristiano Ronaldo became the top scorer in men's European Championship history as Portugal beat Hungary in front of more than 60,000 fans in Budapest. Ronaldo converted an 87th-minute penalty for his 10th goal in the…

The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has postponed the Total Energies Africa Cup final draws. CAF said in a statement it took the decision at the request of the Cameroon Local Organising Committee (LOC) due to logistics…

Ronald Koeman has escaped the Barcelona axe with club president Joan Laporta announcing on Thursday the Dutchman is to continue as coach next season. “We’ve decided to give continuity to a contract already in place,” Laporta…

Asisat Oshoala’s club, Barcelona Femeni, made history on Sunday night by beating Levante 4-2 to win the Copa de la Reina and complete a historic treble. Two weeks ago, the 26-year-old won the UEFA Women’s Champions League for the…

Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time with a fully deserved victory over Manchester City in the all-Premier League confrontation in Porto. Thomas Tuchel got the better of his Manchester City counterpart Pep…

A goal by Kai Havertz in the 43rd minute has put Chelsea ahead of Manchester City in their Champions League final clash. Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola made the bold call to drop both his recognised holding midfielders for…

Japan opened its first mass vaccination centres on Monday in a bid to speed up a cautious Covid-19 inoculation programme with just two months until the virus-postponed Tokyo Olympics. The two military-run centres in Tokyo and…