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Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time as a Kai Havertz goal secured a tense 1-0 victory over Manchester City in Saturday’s final in Porto, shattering Pep Guardiola’s dream of lifting the trophy for the third time, a decade on from his last triumph. Havertz rounded Ederson to …

Super Eagles stars of Nigeria, Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho, and their Leicester City have won the English FA Cup for the first time after a 1-0 defeat of Chelsea at the Wembley Although it was Youri Tielemans’s sensational screamer which handed Leicester victory, Iheanacho, who had a dour final, …

Liverpool kept alive their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League as Sadio Mane and Thiago Alcantara sealed a 2-0 win against Southampton on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s side moved above Tottenham into sixth place thanks to Mane’s first-half header and Thiago’s first goal for the club in the …

Chelsea set up an all-English Champions League final against Manchester City as goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount beat Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to seal a 3-1 aggregate victory at Stamford Bridge. If anything, the scoreline flattered Madrid as the 13-time European champions had no response to Chelsea’s …

Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool are not playing like a side who “deserve” Champions League football next season after blowing the chance to move into the Premier League’s top four with a 1-1 draw against Newcastle on Saturday. Mohamed Salah had opened the scoring after just three minutes, but Liverpool wasted …

Jose Mourinho has been sacked as manager of Tottenham Hotspurs on Monday morning according to reports. Mourinho was appointed as Tottenham Manager in November 2019,  a day after the sack of Mauricio Pochettino. Mourinho’s termination comes after Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2- with Everton on Friday evening, leaving them down in …

Leicester reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 52 years as Kelechi Iheanacho’s solitary goal earned a 1-0 win over Southampton in front of 4,000 fans at Wembley on Sunday. The biggest crowd for a football match in England for 13 months was made up of key …

Governor of Kano, Umar Ganduje is set to unveil captain of the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa as Kano Pillars latest signing. Musa who started his football career with JUTH FC and later loaned to Kano Pillars was playing for Leicester before it contracts expired. In a tweet on Wednesday , …

The federal government has insisted that the activities at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Edo State will continue as planned despite shutdown threats by the Local Organising Committee. The LOC on Wednesday had said that the federal government was yet to redeem its pledge to support the host state …

The Local Organising Committee has threatened to shut down the National Sports Festival over the failure of the Federal Government to release funds. The Coordinator of Media and Publicity, National Sports Festival, Ebomhiana Musa stated this in a statement on Wednesday. “The Local Organising Committee, Edo2020 regrets to announce that …