Ticketless fans have been urged not to travel to Paris and Seville for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League final matches, or to try to buy resold or counterfeit tickets. European football’s governing body UEFA is concerned about the…
Football star Lionel Messi has been named by Forbes business magazine as world’s top-earning athlete for the second time. Messi reclaimed the honour from mixed martial arts fighter, Conor McGregor. The 34-year-old Argentine forward earned 130 million dollars in the…
Carlos Alcaraz is the best player on the ATP Tour at the moment, according to world number one Novak Djokovic. Spanish 19-year-old Alcaraz claimed his fourth title of the season at the Madrid Open on Sunday, defeating world number three…
FIFA has ordered the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), to pay former head coach of the national team, Gernot Rohr, the sum of $380,000. The money is compensation for Rohr, who the NFF sacked as Super Eagles handler in November 2021.…
The FIFA Appeal Committee has ruled that the 2022 World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina must be replayed. The verdict was reached after considering the appeals filed by the countries’ football associations. The qualifier in September was abandoned just…
Renowned American boxer and boxing promoter, Floyd Mayweather wants to establish a boxing academy in Africa, especially in Nigeria to build young fighters. Mayweather, a former WBC Super featherweight champion said this when he visited frontline All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, has reportedly told his club’s rival, Manchester City, he will move elsewhere when his contract with the Red Devils expires this summer. Reports had earlier emerged that Man City were interested in signing Pogba, this…
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus could yet face sanctions for refusing to back down in their idea of forming a Super League. The three were the only founding clubs not to renounce the widely-derided…
Rafael Nadal acknowledged Carlos Alcaraz can be considered a “replacement” for him after losing to his teenage rival at the Madrid Open. Alcaraz is one of the most exciting rising stars on the ATP Tour. He enhanced his growing status…
Carlo Ancelotti hopes to continue living a “long honeymoon” at Real Madrid. He also said he respects Atletico Madrid in spite of the fact the club will not give his side a guard of honour in Sunday’s derby. Los Blancos…
