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World Wrestling Entertainment star Billy Graham died at 79 after battling several health problems. According to a GoFundMe website set up to assist Graham and his family, Graham has been in the Intensive Care Unit for several weeks. TMZ reports that he died Wednesday after being taken off life support...

Young Africans became the first team from Tanzania in 30 years to reach a continental club competition final. This was after they beat Marumo Gallants of South Africa 2-1 away on Wednesday to book a date with USM Alger in the final of the African Confederation Cup. Congolese forward, Fiston...

Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, admitted they were beaten by the better side as they suffered a painful 4-0 demolition at Manchester City on Wednesday. The win completed a 5-1 aggregate defeat for Real Madrid in their Champions League semi-final. Manchester City, who were beaten by Real Madrid at the...

Manchester City were perfectly prepared with the right mix of calmness and tension for their Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid, manager Pep Guardiola said on Wednesday. The English champions dismantled the holders 4-0 with a ruthless display to secure a 5-1 aggregate win. The result meant Manchester City secured...

FC Barcelona claimed their 27th LaLiga title on Sunday after two first-half goals from Robert Lewandowski spurred them to a 4-2 thrashing of city rivals Espanyol. Barca moved to 85 points from 34 matches and extended their lead to an unassailable 14 points over second-placed Real Madrid. They were the...

City Football Club of Abuja on Sunday defeated visiting Green Berets FC of Zaria 1-0 in a 2022/2023 Nigeria National League (NNL) Northern Conference Group A2 Match Day 8 fixture. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match played at the Area 3 pitch saw City FC controlling...

Juventus grabbed a comfortable 2-0 win against second-bottom Cremonese in Serie A on Sunday, but the result was soured by another injury to midfielder Paul Pogba. Pogba, who returned to Juventus last summer, has struggled with injury since. He began the game well as he started a match for the...

Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland, 22, has been voted the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year. Haaland has scored up to 51 goals and won 72 per cent of the FWA vote, which gave him the victory since the Premier League competition began, Daily Mail reported on Friday. Bukayo...

By Mathew Bala Nigerian Football Academy based in Delta State, Jude Gbaboyor Academy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Turkish clubs at a ceremony in Lagos. The signing ceremony, which was held on Thursday at Stop Over Hotel, Airport Road Ikeja facilitated by a UK-based Nigerian, Mr...

Dolores Aveiro, mother of football star Cristiano Ronaldo, has refuted claims that her son and longtime girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, is having problems in their relationship. According to reports in Spanish and Portuguese media last month, the striker was “fed up” with the Spanish model and influencer and they were said...