Afrobeats tunes competing with cheers, Nigerians celebrated a tense penalty victory over South Africa on Wednesday night as their team advanced to the Africa Cup of Nations finals after a scrappy semi-final match. Substitute Kelechi…

Nigeria's Super Eagles will carry the favourites tag going into Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal against Angola but are wary of the sizeable challenge presented by the Southern African side. …

Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena will bid a final farewell to Franz Beckenbauer on Friday as tens of thousands of people pay their respects to the German football legend. Beckenbauer died on 7 January in the Austrian city of Salzburg aged…

Maurizio Sarri blasted on Sunday the revamped Italian Super Cup as a purely money-grabbing exercise as his Lazio team prepare to leave for the tournament in Saudi Arabia. Lazio take on Inter Milan in the second semifinal at the KSU…

Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 5-3 after extra-time in a pulsating battle in Saudi Arabia to reach the Spanish Super Cup final on Wednesday. Mario Hermoso and Antonio Rudiger exchanged early headed goals before Ferland Mendy sent…

Manchester City won the Club World Cup for the first time to end 2023 with five trophies after a 4-0 win over Fluminense in Jeddah on Friday. City's victory extended European clubs' domination of the competition since 2012 and was never…

The Club World Cup has given Manchester City a break from their recent poor form in the Premier League and the players are determined to put in the hard work and turn results around, midfielder Rodri said. City have won only one of…

Manchester City will have to cope without Erling Haaland as they aim to lift the Club World Cup for the first time in Friday's final against Fluminense. The European champions shrugged off their sluggish Premier League form to cruise…

Manchester City eased into the final of the Club World Cup with a comfortable 3-0 win over Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday. Without Erling Haaland, the Champions League winners needed an own goal to launch their campaign in…

Eggheads of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has reached agreement with European clubs to officially release Nigeria's Super Eagles players for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations by January 1, 2024. The three-time African champions will…

World Soccer ruling body FIFA has revealed the three Best FIFA Women's player finalist.Aitana Bonmati, Linda Caicedo and Jennifer Hermoso are locked in final battle for the prestigeous award for 2023, just as Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe…

Egypt Captain and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah will be among the stars in action this week when 2026 World Cup qualifying in Africa kicks off with two matchdays. His two Premier League goals against Brentford at the weekend raised…

Russian has been handed permission to participate in European Under-17 Championships, coming after 19 months ago of the countries invasion of Ukraine. Recall that UEFA banned any Russian teams from taking part in any European football…

These are the African players who have been registered by their clubs to compete in this season’s Champions League group phase and will be keenly followed by fans from across the continent. Group A Bayern Munich Eric Maxim…

According to the Opta predictor, holders’ Manchester City are the pre-tournament favourites to win this season’s Uefa Champions League, with a 39 per cent chance of retaining the trophy. Arsenal – who are in Group B with Sevilla, PSV…

Barcelona Femeni and Spain World Cup-winning defender Laia Codina has joined Arsenal Women. The 23-year-old centre-back completes a permanent move to London Colney shortly after helping Spain win the tournament in Australia,…

England fans watched the World Cup final against Spain on giant screens in parks with picnics, in packed local football clubhouses, and with early morning tea and coffee in pubs and bars. There were stetson hats and blaring vuvuzelas, a…

Ahead of the Women's World Cup final on Sunday between England and Spain, we look at five players who lit up the tournament. Aitana Bonmati (Spain) With Alexia Putellas struggling to recover full fitness after a serious knee injury,…