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Trent Alexander-Arnold wins Premier League young player of the season award

    Trent Alexander-Arnold was named Premier League young player of the season for 2019/20 on Friday.   He claimed the award after...

Jürgen Klopp has won the League Managers Association’s Manager of the Year award.

  Liverpool’s Premier League-winning boss Jurgen Klopp was announced as the 2019-20 recipient of the prestigious accolade on Monday, having guided his team...

Former Barcelona star Xavi tests positive for coronavirus

  Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez has tested positive for coronavirus and will take a break from managing Qatari club Al-Sadd. The 40-year-old...

Jordan Henderson Named Football Writers Association Player of the Year

The Football Writers’ Association on Friday announced Jordan Henderson as the Footballer of the Year for 2019-20.   The Liverpool captain saw off...

Mike Tyson returns to boxing against Roy Jones Jnr

  Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will make a comeback at age 54, fighting Roy Jones Jr. on September 12 in...

Liverpool lift Premier League trophy after defeating Chelsea

Liverpool lifted the Premier League trophy on the famous Kop end at Anfield after a thrilling 5-3 win over Chelsea on Wednesday. Despite...

Prolific Nigerian striker, Obafemi Martins, back in Chinese club, Shanghai

  Sizzling Nigerian striker, 35-year-old Obafemi Martins, is back again in Shanghai Shenhua, the Chinese FA Cup winners said on Wednesday.   He...

Veteran sports journalist Henrietta Ukaigwe dies

    The founder of the Female Football Interest Group, FFIG, Henrietta Ukaigwe has died.   The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) announced...

Manchester City win appeal to overturn Champions League ban

  Manchester City football club will compete in next season’s Uefa Champions League after the English club had their two-year ban from European...

UFC 251: Kamaru Usman beats Jorge Masvidal to retain title in Abu Dhabi

  Nigerian born Kamura Usman has sights on a rematch with Jorge Masvidal so he can dominate him even more than in Sunday’s...

Chelsea beaten at Sheffield United 3-0 in Premier League

  David McGoldrick scored twice for Sheffield United as they upset Chelsea with a 3-0 win in the Premier League at Bramall Lane...

Liverpool win English Premier League title

  The 30-year wait is over. Liverpool is champion of England again. Liverpool clinched its first league title since 1990 on Friday, ending...

Nathaniel Clyne, 7 others to leave Liverpool football club this month

    Liverpool football club announced Thursday that Nathaniel Clyne will depart the club at the end of this month upon the expiry of...

Nigeria’s Super Falcons’ handler, Oshoala, books a place in Spanish squad

      Barcelona Ladies’ striker, Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has been named in the Spanish Primera Iberdola Team of the Season. The 25-year-old...

Brendan Rogers says he had coronavirus

  Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers says he “had no strength” after contracting the coronavirus in March. “I could hardly walk and it...

How Taiye Taiwo launched mutiny, rebellion against Stephen Keshi – Sylvanus Okpala

  A band of Super Eagles players led by Taye Taiwo during the AFCON 2013/14 qualifier staged a discreet rebellion against their coach,...