Manchester United strengthened their grip on a top-four place and kept Everton deep in relegation trouble with a one-sided victory at Old Trafford. Scott McTominay's well-taken first-half effort and Anthony Martial's first Premier League goal since December were enough to give United vict ...

Nicholas McGee Stats Perform Burnley have secured an immediate return to the Premier League, clinching promotion from the Championship with a 2-1 win at Middlesbrough. The Clarets were relegated on the final day last season, ending a six-season stay in the top flight. ...

The bidding process for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations has been declared open by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Interested countries can now submit their bids to the continent’s soccer governing body. CAF is expected to announce the host nation later this year after ...

John Owen Nwachukwu Napoli loanee, Tanguy Ndombele has hit out at sacked Tottenham manager, Antonio Conte. Conte was sacked by Tottenham last week after his rant following Tottenham’s 3-3 with Southampton before the international break. Ndombele, who signed for Spurs in 2019 for a club ...

By  Adekunle Sulaimon Chelsea on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Frank Lampard as caretaker manager until the end of the 2022/2023 season. Lampard returns for a second spell in charge, having previously managed Chelsea between July 2019 and January 2021, leading them to a top-four ...

Frank Lampard is set to be appointed interim Chelsea manager until the end of the season - just over two years after the club sacked him. He was at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday for Chelsea's draw with Liverpool He has been out of a job since January when he was dismissed by Everton after less than ...

Karim Benzema scored a second-half hat-trick as Real Madrid routed Barcelona to reach the Copa del Rey final. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Madrid levelled the tie through Vinicius Jr in first-half stoppage time. Benzema added two goals early in the second half - the second from the penalty ...

The Red Devils climbed back into the top four thanks to Rashford's 15th Premier League goal - and 28th in all competitions for his club - this season. "Yes, it's the truth," said Ten Hag when asked whether United were too reliant on Rashford. "But we know other players can score as well. Bruno ...

The Ondo State government is ready to sell the Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure for proper administration. Sunshine Stars is currently owned and financed by the state government. The Owena Waves are playing in the Nigeria Premier Football League. Players of the club have embarked on ...

Lionel Messi has been offered Cristaino Ronaldo’s number 7 shirt by Manchester United if he finally joins the Premier League giants. The Argentine star is being targeted by the Red Devils for a blockbuster summer move, according to El Nacional. The report claims that should the 2022 World Cup ...

Chelsea and Liverpool played out a tame goalless draw at Stamford Bridge that was a sobering reflection of the current reduced status of the clubs. Bruno Saltor was in interim charge of Chelsea following Graham Potter's sacking while Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made six changes following ...

Nigerian champions, Rivers United are $350,000 richer after making it to the quarter-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup, DAILY POST reports. Stanley Eguma’s side finished in second position in Group B following Sunday’s 1-0 defeat ASEC Mimosa at the Yamoussoukro Municipal Stadium. They have ...

Former AS Monaco striker, Victor Ikpeba has told the leadership of Chelsea under Todd Boehly that manager Graham Potter’s sack won’t solve the club’s problem this season. Ikpeba believes Chelsea’s hierarchy should have continued with Potter until the end of the season. Potter was sacked as ...

Manager Graham Potter’s sacking is set to cost Chelsea a massive amount of money. Chelsea announced their decision to sack Potter on Sunday night after the team’s Premier League 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday. Potter, who arrived at Stamford Bridge in September, took charge of the ...

Chelsea have sacked manager Graham Potter after less than seven months in charge following Saturday's 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa. It was the Englishman's 11th defeat in 31 games since replacing Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge on 8 September. Chelsea, who have spent more ...

By Scott Wilson IT might not quite make up for the pain of losing at Wembley, but if Newcastle United’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United helps secure a top-four finish come the end of the season, it will not exactly be a bad consolation prize. A place in the Champions League just about trumps ...

Erik ten Hag has insisted Manchester United must be playing Champions League football next season, saying there can be “no misunderstanding” about their need to return to Europe’s premier club football competition. The former Ajax manager has overseen an impressive return to form after taking ...

FT  0 - 2 Aston Villa manager Unai Emery masterminded another victory away from home with a composed display against Chelsea to increase pressure on Blues boss Graham Potter. Ollie Watkins opened the scoring from a Marc Cucurella blunder at Stamford Bridge, latching on to the Chelsea ...

FT  4 - 1 Gabriel Jesus scored his first Arsenal goals since October as the Gunners restored their eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a comfortable win over Leeds. Second-placed Manchester City's victory at home to Liverpool on Saturday lunchtime had cut the gap to five ...

FT   4 - 1 Manchester City maintained the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal by shrugging off the absence of the injured Erling Haaland to outclass Liverpool with a magnificent display at Etihad Stadium. City's 42-goal striker was ruled out with a groin injury, but Pep Guardiola's ...

By Mike Oyebola The Super Eagles of Nigeria are the most expensive national team in Africa, according to the transfer market. The three-time African champions are also placed in the 13th position in the world. A number of Super Eagles stars play for clubs in Europe’s lucrative leagues, ...

By  Ebenezer Bajela Nigeria international Alex Iwobi has lamented the bumpy pitches the Super Eagles play on during home games, saying it has negatively affected the team, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Jose Peseiro boasts a star-studded squad with an average age of 25 years, and despite having ...

By  Ebenezer Bajela Known for their strength and fearlessness, Eagles are a special breed of birds that have been a symbol of war and power since Babylonian times and little wonder Nigeria’s national team adopted the name Super Eagles. Once regarded as one of the best teams on the globe, the ...

Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles were defeated 2-0 by Guinea in the final qualifier for this year’s U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Second-half goals from Algassime Bah and Alseny Soumah sealed the qualification in Rabat, Morocco. Guinea booked their spot on Tuesday after they had recorded a 0-0 ...

By  Abiodun Adewale Liverpool legend, John Barnes, reckons that retired Nigeria international, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha is the most skillful player the world has witnessed.   Barnes was a guest on SuperSport along with Thomas Mlambo and Leeds United legend Lucas Radebe for a ‘Premier League GOATs ...

By  Damilola Olufemi Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro has promised that the team will defeat the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau in today’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers match. The match comes up today in the tiny Indian Ocean country. The PUNCH reports that the Guinea-Bissau national football ...

By  Damilola Olufemi Real Madrid superstar, Luka Modric is set to hold talks with Cristiano Ronaldo’s club Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia. This is ahead of a potential move of the player to the Saudi Pro League, SPL. Also, he traveled to Saudi Arabia this weekend hoping to reunite with former ...

By  Damilola Olufemi English Premier Manchester City is set to offer a bumper deal with player Erling Haaland.   The new contract is expected to be £500,000-a-week. The new deal would make Haaland become the best-paid player in the Premier League.   Halland currently ...

By  Tana Aiyejina ‘TANA AIYEJINA writes on the performance of Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles coach, amid calls for his sack, following the team’s poor results, the latest a 1-0 defeat to minnows Guinea-Bissau on Friday I never thought that in my lifetime Guinea-Bissau would come to Nigeria and ...

By Efosa Taiwo After a shocking 1-0 defeat to Guinea-Bissau, Nigerians have reacted, advising the Super Eagles to ‘go to court’ if they are not satisfied with the result. Nigeria lost 1-0 to the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau who protected a 29th minute goal to claim all three points to go top of ...

Nigeria coach Jose Peseiro has blamed their defeat to Guinea-Bissau on bad luck. The Super Eagles suffered a shock 1-0 loss in Abuja on Friday, thanks to a first-half goal from Mama Balde. The win took the Djurtus to top of Group A with seven points, while Peseiro’s men dropped to second. ...

Tottenham striker, Harry Kane is now England’s all-time leading scorer after he broke Wayne Rooney’s record Thursday. Before the game against Italy on Thursday night, the Tottenham striker was tied on 53 goals with Rooney. However, the England captain scored his record-breaking goal from the ...

Barcelona could be banned from the UEFA Champions League over a payment they made to companies linked to a Spanish refereeing official. UEFA on Thursday, opened their own investigation into the matter, which is already being pursued by prosecutors in Spain. The governing body’s regulations, which ...

African women’s football giant Nigeria will welcome the original FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy as the train makes its way to the Federal Capital, Abuja on Sunday. The Trophy has already left FIFA’s headquarters and been to several countries, and will arrive in Nigeria, one of only seven ...

Togolese international, Emmanuel Adebayor has announced his retirement from football. He announced his retirement on Tuesday with a video including his infamous goal for Manchester City against former club Arsenal. The 39-year-old Togolese striker shone in his three and a half years at the ...

By  Ebenezer Bajela …as Guinea-Bissau arrive Abuja today A total of 16 players have arrived at the Super Eagles’ John Woods Hotel Camp in Abuja ahead of Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Guinea-Bissau on Friday and March 27, with nine more expected, The PUNCH reports. The ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Former Premier League striker, Clinton Morrison has backed Romelu Lukaku to succeed at Chelsea next season as long as he keeps fit. Belgium international Lukaku is currently spending season-long loan at Inter Milan after his £97.5m return to Chelsea in 2021 failed ...

FT   2 - 1 Franck Kessie scored a dramatic late winner as Barcelona beat Real Madrid to move 12 points clear in La Liga. Real went ahead in El Clasico against the run of play as Vinicius Jr's cross was headed into his own net by Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo. Barca equalised just before ...

FT 3 - 1 Manchester United came from a goal down to beat nine-man Fulham and reach the FA Cup semi-finals with a controversial victory at Old Trafford. Marco Silva's side looked on course for only their second last-four appearance since they lost to West Ham in the 1975 final when their world ...

FT 4 - 1 Arsenal moved eight points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a routine home victory over managerless Crystal Palace. The Gunners, aiming to become champions for the first time since 2003-04, went ahead at Emirates Stadium through Gabriel Martinelli's left-footed strike ...

Former Tottenham midfielder, Jamie O’Hara slammed Antonio Conte for begging to be sacked by the club’s Chairman, Daniel Levy. O’Hara expressed concerns over the manager’s explosive interview after Tottenham’s 3-3 draw with Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday. Southampton came from a ...

Ellis Simms scored his first Everton goal to earn Sean Dyche's side a precious point as they came from behind twice to draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Everton's improved resilience under Dyche was on show again and 22-year-old local product Simms was the hero with a superb late ...

The draw for the quarter-finals of this season’s UEFA Europa League (UEL) has been conducted. The draw which was streamed live on UEFA’s official website by 1pm, Nigerian time, was conducted in Nyon on Friday. Premier League giants Manchester United will clash with LaLiga side Sevilla in the ...

Chelsea will face Real Madrid and Manchester City have been drawn against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-final. The Premier League duo are on a collision course to face each other in a mouth-watering semi-final tie should they see off their heavyweight last-eight opponents. ...

  CRYSTAL Palace have sacked manager Patrick Vieira after a run of one win in 14 Premier League games. The Eagles are just three points above the relegation zone. Palace chairman Steve Parish told the club website: “It is with enormous regret that this difficult decision has been made. ...

By  Peter Akinbo Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has insisted that he will continue to score on a regular basis for Napoli whether he takes penalties or not, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 24-year-old bagged a brace in Napoli’s comfortable 3-0 win against last season’s Europa League ...

FT  1 - 1 Aggregate 3 - 3 Arsenal were knocked out of the Europa League at the last-16 stage in a penalty shootout defeat by Sporting Lisbon at Emirates Stadium. Gabriel Martinelli's spot-kick was saved by goalkeeper Adan before Nuno Santos netted the winner to spark celebrations among ...

FT  0 : 1 Aggregate 1 : 5 Marcus Rashford was on target again as Manchester United cruised into the quarter-finals of the Europa League with a clinical win at Real Betis. After an open first half Rashford put United ahead in the 55th minute with a thunderous long-range effort dipping into ...

Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as the president of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). The election was held on Thursday during the 73rd Congress in Kigali, as Infantino stood unopposed, making his re-election as head of football’s governing body a formality. ...

FT  3 : 0 Aggregate 5 : 0 Victor Osimhen scored twice as Napoli cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time with a comfortable win over Eintracht Frankfurt. With Luciano Spalletti's side two goals up from the first leg, the Nigeria striker's thumping header in ...