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Wales captain Aaron Ramsey has completed a sensational return to Cardiff City on a two-year deal. Ramsey, 32, had completed a medical with the Championship club on Thursday. The ex-Arsenal midfielder’s arrival at Cardiff came after Nice had earlier confirmed that Ramsey had left the French club by mutual agreement....

Argentina forward Lionel Messi has signed for American MLS side Inter Miami on a deal that runs until 2025. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, 36, left French champions Paris St-Germain at the end of the 2022-23 season. “I’m very excited to start this next step in my career with Inter...

Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr has been placed under a FIFA ban preventing them from registering new players after failing to pay Leicester as much as £390,000 in add-ons and interest for Ahmed Musa after the Nigerian joined back in 2018. In 2021, Al-Nassr was informed that they would have to...

By Eric Ojo Community Secondary Commercial School (C.S.C.S) Ibiaku Itam has emerged winner of the first edition of the Akwa Ibom Netball Challenge. With the victory, the pace-setting community secondary commercial school has extended its recent dominance of secondary school sports in the state to the game of netball. The...

Nigeria’s U-21 girls team have departed for Niamey, Niger Republic, ahead of the 2023 Africa U-21 Girls Zone 3 Nations Championship. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the players and their coaches left the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna on Sunday morning. The delegation comprised 12 players; Head Coach...

Kano Pillars FC of Kano on Sunday defeated EFCC football club of Abuja 1-0 as the NNL Super 8 competition kicked off in Asaba. The match, which was played in the maim bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium, saw the two NNL Northern Conference teams attacking from the blast of...

Former central midfielder for Barcelona and Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas, has retired from playing football professionally. Naija News understands that the 36-year-old Spanish footballer confirmed his retirement in a statement on his Twitter page on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Fabregas recalled his playing prime at Chelsea, Monaco and Como, saying he will treasure all the...

Women in Iran will be allowed to watch football matches in stadiums in the future, the head of the country’s football association said on Friday. Until now, women in Iran have only been allowed in the stands in a few exceptions, most recently at the friendly match against Russia. When...

Nigeria has moved from 40th to 39th position in the latest FIFA/Coca Cola Men’s world rankings. The world football governing body released the rankings on Thursday via its official website. In Africa, the Super Eagles currently occupy sixth position behind Morocco (1st), Senegal (2nd), Tunisia (3rd), Algeria (4th) and Egypt...

Nigeria’s Women’s National Football team, the Super Falcons are now ranked 40th in the world, a remarkable improvement from their last ranking in May. According to the latest FIFA Women’s World ranking released on Thursday, Nigeria moved up two spots on the ranking from 42nd to 40th in the world....