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Japan’s Naomi Osaka dismissed Jennifer Brady in straight sets to win the Australian Open and underline her growing hold on women’s tennis on Saturday.

Juventus have brought in Marseille youngster Marley Aké in a swap deal which has seen Franco Tongya move in the opposite direction. The 20-year-old winger had made 13 appearances in all competitions for André Vilas-Boas’ side this season but had yet to break his goalscoring duck for the first team. However, Aké has bagged 14

Chelsea legend, Frank Lampard has released his first statement since he was unceremoniously sacked by the club on Monday, January 25. Lampard was axed by Chelsea on Monday, 18 months after being appointed following the club’s decision to sack Italian, Maurizio Sarri. Despite his status as the club’s greatest goalscorer, Lampard was axed with the Blues

Manchester United announced on Thursday they had completed the transfer of Ivorian winger Amad Diallo from Serie A side Atalanta. The 18-year-old has signed a contract at Old Trafford until 2025, with the option of an extra year. The agreement between the clubs was first announced on October 5 but the transfer was subject to

Friday Nwankwo Kujah, fondly called ‘Soccer Ambassador,’ has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to expedite action on his petition against Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, former Super Eagles captain.Kujah had in 2016 petitioned the EFCC, alleging fraud and breach of a contractual agreement by Okocha. He had also demanded a probe of

Former Spain and Chelsea striker Diego Costa’s contract with Atletico Madrid was terminated on Tuesday, six months before it was scheduled to end. “Atletico de Madrid and Diego Costa have reached an agreement for the termination of the striker’s contract, which was to end on June 30, 2021,” the club said in a statement. The

The Gunners, without a win in seven EPL matches, finally ended the embarrassing run with two first-half goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Granit Xhaka, while Bukayo Saka added the third in the second half to consign Chelsea to a third loss in four league matches. It was the first league win since a 1-0 victory

Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar defended the decision of his team and Istanbul Basaksehir to walk off the pitch in this week’s Champions League match following alleged racist remarks by an official, as the world’s most expensive player stated racism “has no place in football or in life”. “What happened was unacceptable. In the times we live in

Football superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted he never saw Lionel Messi as a rival after Juventus brushed past Barcelona in the Champions League with a superb 3-0 win on Tuesday night, December 8. Ronaldo converted two penalties before Weston McKennie scored at Camp Nou, and the 0-3 win means Juve claim top spot in  Group

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has fumed over Thomas Partey’s decision to walk off the pitch injured, during their 2-0 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday. Partey returned from a thigh injury to start the North London Derby. However, the Ghana international walked over to the touchline during the build-up to Harry Kane’s goal that put Spurs

Some football fans in Nigeria have criticised Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, for what they termed the poor treatment of former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo. The 31-year-old striker took a pay cut in January to join United on loan from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. But despite his impressive performance for the Red Devils

A Football Legend identified as Diego Maradona is dead. The cause of death as at the time of filing this report is still unknown. Details later… We wish that God consoles his family and fans. Rest In Peace Diego MaradonaOur hearts are with 🇦🇷 at this time. May God console everyone touched by his death

Arsenal has confirmed that attacking midfielder, Marcelo Flores, has signed his first professional contract with the club. Marcelo, 17, joined Arsenal as a scholar from Ipswich in the summer of 2019. Arsenal disclosed this in a statement via the club’s official website on Tuesday. The statement read: “Marcelo Flores has signed his first professional contract.

Chelsea fought back from 3-0 down to earn a point at West Brom and make up for a first-half defensive horror show at the Hawthorns. A catalogue of errors left Chelsea 3-0 down at half-time, with Callum Robinson opening the scoring with a low drive into the far corner from 15 yards after Marcos Alonso’s

The Barcelona player, Lionel Messi said on Friday he will stay at Barcelona, insisting he could never go to court against “the club of his life”. But he launched a stinging attack on Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu, whom he accused of going back on an agreement to let him leave for free at the

The General Overseer of Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Prophet T.B Joshua, has advised Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi against leaving Camp Nou amid interest from Manchester City. Barcelona is currently battling to keep Messi, but the 33-year-old Footballer pushes for a free transfer to reunite with his former manager, Pep Guardiola, at Man City.

The former goalkeeper of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles, John Felagha, has died. He died in Senegal on Sunday, according to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF he was just 26 years old. NFF condoled with the family of the late player in a tweet on Monday. NNF tweeted, “Former National U17 and U20 goalkeeper John Felagha has