Brazilian football legend, Pele has been hospitalised for treatment of a previously identified colon tumour, his doctors said Wednesday, the latest health issue for the 81-year-old icon. The three-time world champion was admitted to Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo…
Paris Saint-Germain manager, Mauricio Pochettino, has dismissed reports of a rift with forward, Lionel Messi. Pochettino also debunked reports of trouble in the PSG dressing room ahead of their Champions League clash with Club Brugge on Tuesday night. Reports had…
Former Liverpool star, Danny Murphy has said that Mohamed Salah might leave the club. According to him, the Liverpool forward ‘might just go’ amid interest from Barcelona. Salah had also admitted that he is happy to hear interest from the…
Bayern Munich striker, Lewandowski has told Paris Saint-Germain superstar, Lionel Messi to be sincere to himself and not speak empty words concerning the 2021 Ballon d’Or awards. Lewandowski came second in the race for the award with Messi winning it…
The Falconets continued their impressive display from the second round by hammering hosts Congo 4-0 in the first leg of their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifying third round fixture in Brazzaville on Sunday. The results put the two–time…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Ondo State Football Association (ODSFA) in conjunction with Football Coaches Association of African Nations (FCAAN) has trained 100 coaches without certificates across the six states of Southwest states of Nigeria. Nigerian NewsDirect reports that 75 coaches…
France Football’s editor-in-chief, Pascal Ferre, has revealed that he did not put Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi first during the 2021 Ballon d’ Or voting. According to Ferre, he voted for Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski over Messi for the 2021 Ballon…
AC Milan forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has insisted he does not plan to retire from football soon. The former Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain star insisted that he is scared to stop playing football. The 40-year-old stated this ahead of AC…
Former Aston Villa striker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, has warned Liverpool that departures of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane for the Africa Cup of Nations will cost them the title. The two forwards will leave to represent Egypt and Senegal respectively. Next…
Aruna Quadri has recorded his first victory at the ongoing World Table Tennis (WTT) Cup championship in Singapore. Quadri, who is representing Nigeria at the Championship, defeated the world number eight player, Liang Jingkun of China to 3-1 (7–11, 11-1,…
