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Liverpool’s 68-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League came to an end as Ashley Barnes fired in a late winner from the penalty spot to secure a famous victory for Burnley. Barnes was tripped in the box by goalkeeper Alisson with seven minutes remaining and converted the spot-kick as ...

Lionel Messi was shown the first red card of his Barcelona career as they lost to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final. Messi, in his 753rd appearance for Barca, swung at Asier Villalibre in the final seconds of extra time – an incident spotted by the VAR. Barca ...

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is considering a move to bring former manager Avram Grant back to Stamford Bridge to work with current Blues boss Frank Lampard. The Russian billionaire believes Grant’s experience could provide invaluable support to manager Lampard and his staff. Chelsea have won only one of their last ...

Arsenal have completed the signing of Omar Rekik from Hertha Berlin. The 19-year-old will join the Gunners’ Under 23s side after penning a professional contract with the club. Bild reports Arsenal have agreed to pay Hertha around £540,000 to land the centre-back, who had periods in the youth academies of Feyenoord, PSV, Manchester City and Marseille before joining ...

With the January transfer window open across Europe, the most anticipated arrival is actually one that was agreed back in October. In what is surely one of the most curious deals ever, 18-year-old Amad Diallo (he dropped Traore from his name earlier in 2020) signed for Manchester United from Atalanta for €21 million, plus another €20m in ...

Robert Lewandowski became the third player in Bundesliga history to score 250 goals as Bayern Munich ended Wolfsburg’s unbeaten start to the Bundesliga season in a come-from-behind win at the Allianz Arena. denied a close-range effort at goal by Jerome Roussillon. The record champions remained on top in terms of ...

In a report on Business Day dated June 5 2020, sports betting has an estimated 60 million Nigerians actively involved with over 50 betting sites operating in the country, it reads that sports betting is experiencing a massive surge in Nigeria and is consequently having a huge impact on the ...

Towards hosting a successful year 2023 Confederation of African Football (CAN/ CAF) competition, Ivory Coast has commenced preparation for the building of a world class Olympic village. Towards this end, the Ivory Coast government has signed an agreement with a Dutch support body, International Service Group (ISG) to build a ...

The management of Fifth Chukker Polo and Country Club have commended First Bank of Nigeria Limited for their support of the prestigious African Patrons Cup; a polo tournament which holds annually at the Club in Kaduna. The commendation came at the closing ceremony of the 2019 edition of the competition ...

This is definitely good news as help has finally come for the complete operations of former Nigerian youth international Sani Shehu also known as Sani Emmanuel, you will recall we reported earlier that the 2009 FIFA U17 tournament Golden Ball winner has been down with leg injury (Achilles Tendonitis), and ...