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According to L’Équipe, a deal for Zinedine Zidane to become the next manager of Bayern Munich from next season faces hurdles before it can be agreed, with one of the biggest problems facing the Bundesliga giants being that the Frenchman…

Former IOC marketing director Michael Payne claims Sebastian Coe has damaged his chances of succeeding Thomas Bach as IOC president by awarding prize money to track and field gold medallists at Paris 2024. Last week, World Athletics…

Red Stag Rotorua Marathon's inaugural winner Dave Heine will return for the 60th anniversary event on 4 May and hopes to participate in the Go Media 10km race. The 82-year-old retired civil engineer won the 1965 Rotorua Marathon in a…

Palestinian Football Association (PFA) will present a motion at the FIFA Congress in Bangkok in May. The motion calls for "appropriate sanctions to be taken against Israeli teams with immediate effect". The initiative is the result of a…

The world record holder in the pole vault will begin his outdoor season at the Xiamen Diamond League. It will serve as a test before the Olympic Games in less than 100 days. "It is time to be in good shape for Paris 2024," said the…

Versatile Lagos-born midfielder Fred Onyedinma made his Premier League debut for Luton Town in a 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday evening. Onyedinma was not in contention to play his first…

Eagles of Mali on Friday night sent a warning signal to the Super Eagles of Nigeria following their 2-0 win over Mauritania. Nigeria had earlier in the day beat rival Ghana 2-1 in Marrakech, Morocco. Mali faced Mauritania later in…

Enyimba stadium in the commercial city of Aba, Abia state will take center stage in a match day 27, NPFL 2023/2024 fixture as the ‘Flying Antelopes’ Rangers International F.C look to unsettle neighbors, Heartland F.C for the maximum points…

For the first time in the history of the ITTF World Cups, eight African players led by Egypt’s Omar Assar and Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna have been confirmed for the $1m prize money elite tournament taking place in Macao, China from April 15 to…

Harry Kane broke yet another record on Saturday in a big win for Bayern Munich over Darmstadt in the Bundesliga – but the former Tottenham striker was taken off following an injury scare late in the game. Fresh from scoring a hat-trick…

Omar Assar inches closer to Aruna's feat at Singapore Smash 2024 Egypt’s Omar Assar is now just one win away from equalling Quadri Aruna’s quarterfinal feat at last year’s Singapore Smash after the African Games champion braved the odd…

Serie A club Lecce has terminated the contract of head coach Roberto D'Aversa following an incident where he appeared to headbutt an opposition player in a 1-0 home defeat to Hellas Verona. On Sunday, the 48-year-old had a confrontation…

Ahead of the all-important 2026 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria's Super Eagles, the camp of the Bafana Bafana is in a state of confusion presently. According to the latest update from the country, the head coach of the team Hugo…

Nominees for the prestigious Laureus Awards, selected by the 1,300 members of the Laureus Global Media Panel, have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place on 22 April. Lionel Messi, Novak Djokovic, Noah Lyles, Simone Biles and…

Texas-based Eric Lira admitted supplying performance-enhancing substances to athletes, including Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, who has been banned from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Insidethegames reported that Lira was sentenced to three…

Africa’s only surviving team at the ongoing ITTF World Team Table Tennis Federation (WTTC), Egypt on Wednesday, February 21 exited the tournament after an impressive outing in Busan, South Korea. The Egyptian ladies led by six-time…

Reigning African champions, Al Ahly were held to a goalless stalemate at the 5 July 1962 stadium Algiers on Friday, 16 February in their TotalEnergies CAF Champions League fixture against Algeria’s CR Belouizdad. The two sides clashed…

Kylian Mbappe transfer possible if Arsenal 'give up' two key stars, says ex-Tottenham man Mbappe has told PSG he wants to leave this summer - will the France superstar be a Gunners player next season? Arsenal would have to sacrifice…

Fédération Malienne de Football was charged with misconduct following unsporting behavior of its players towards the match official. The Disciplinary Board found the player Hamari Traore guilty of unsporting conduct towards the match…