The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics has begun its 121-day journey across Japan and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. The relay began

The biggest African match of the international window takes place in Johannesburg on Thursday, as 1996 champions South Africa face four-time winners Ghana. Beyond being a high-profile showdown, it’s also

Gernot Rohr finds himself with something of a striking conundrum heading into Nigeria’s final two qualifiers against Benin and Lesotho. The Super Eagles’ leading man Victor Osimhen is out of

Norway players marked the start of their quest to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by protesting against the gulf state’s alleged treatment of workers before kick off

Belgium shrugged off an early scare to see off Wales 3-1 and make a winning start to their World Cup qualifying campaign on Wednesday. Harry Wilson gave Wales a surprise

France kicked off their World Cup qualifying campaign in unconvincing fashion as they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Ukraine on Wednesday. Antoine Griezmann put the world champions

Sepp Blatter, a former President of world’s football governing body FIFA, has been handed a new six-year ban from football for breaching the association’s Code of Ethics. Blatter is currently

Nigeria’s senior men team’s camp is teeming with her superstars as the countdown begins for the final round of qualification matches for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations against Benin

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has launched legal proceedings over what he calls “false and defamatory statements” in a book published last year called “Putin’s People”. Among the claims in the

A former Super Eagles striker and Lobi Stars team manager Barnabas Imenger, is dead. The team’s media officer, Austin Tyowua confirmed his death in a statement on Monday. He said

Goals from Carlos Vinicius and Harry Kane saw Tottenham earn a hard-fought victory at Aston Villa to ease the pressure on Jose Mourinho. Sunday night’s Premier League clash at Villa

Two goals from Nigeria born Kelechi Iheanacho ensured Manchester United were dumped out of the FA Cup at the quarterfinal stage after a 3-1 defeat at Leicester City on Sunday.

Reports suggest Manchester United are preparing a £50 million swoop for Wolverhampton Wanderers star Pedro Neto. English tabloid The Sun reports that the Red Devils have made a right-sided winger

Cristiano Ronaldo was presented with a special shirt by Juventus president Andrea Agnelli ahead of Sunday’s Serie A game against Benevento. The shirt had “G.O.A.T.” — “greatest of all time”

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal’s draw with West Ham is going to give him “nightmares”. The Gunners drew 3-3 with West Ham, but only after they had been 3-0 down inside

Karim Benzema scored two goals and created another as Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo 3-1 on Saturday to go second in La Liga ahead of Barcelona and put more pressure

German champions and leaders Bayern Munich retained their four-point cushion at the top of the Bundesliga with a 4-0 home rout of VfB Stuttgart on Saturday with Robert Lewandowski netting

Manchester City needed late goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne to secure a 2-0 win over Everton to reach the FA Cup semifinals on Saturday. The victory keeps

Real Madrid will face Liverpool in the Champions League quarterfinals, while there will be a repeat of last season’s final as Bayern Munich were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain. The other