The 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo later this month will follow the lead of the 2020 Olympics and exclude fans from the majority of venues due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organisers confirmed on Monday however that an exception would…
Bordeaux striker Samuel Kalu collapsed on the pitch in a French Ligue 1 game at Marseille on Sunday where temperatures hit a sweltering 30 degrees. The 23-year-old Nigerian international fainted and slumped to the Stade Velodrome surface in the early…
Legendary German striker Gerd Mueller died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 75, his former club Bayern Munich has confirmed. “Today, the world of FC Bayern stands still,” the club wrote on its website. During a…
Tottenham shrugged off the absence of Harry Kane to give Nuno Espirito Santo a dream start as manager as Son Heung-min’s strike beat Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 on Sunday. Nuno left Kane out his squad with the England…
Chelsea has re-signed Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan. The London club confirmed the return of the 28-year-old strike for a reported club record fee of £97 million ($135 million) in a statement on Thursday. “One of the most…
Raphael Varane will not be available for Manchester United’s English Premier League season-opener against Leeds United as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the deal is not “100 per cent done yet”. Having completed deals for Tom Heaton and Jadon Sancho, the…
Liverpool defender, Virgil Van Dijk has signed a new four-year contract which will see him remain at the club till 2025. The Reds have been keen to tie their key players down to new contracts this summer, with Trent Alexander-Arnold,…
The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and Mr. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports, for Nigeria’s performance at the 32nd Olympic Games, which ended a few days ago in Tokyo,…
Substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga made two shootout saves as Champions League winners Chelsea beat Spain’s Villarreal 6-5 on penalties to add the UEFA Super Cup to their trophy collection on Wednesday. Extra time had ended 1-1 at Belfast’s Windsor Park…
Russia wants to honour its successful athletes from the Tokyo Olympics with state awards, the Kremlin announced on Wednesday. Russia was not allowed to compete as a nation at the Games due to doping practices. But 335 Russian athletes who…
