Barcelona will hold elections for a new president on January 24, the club said on Monday, following former chief Josep Maria Bartomeu’s resignation early this year. Bartomeu stepped down in August after the Catalan giants had been unsettled by a transfer request from…

Fulham climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone after finally solving their penalty woes in a shock 2-1 win at Leicester. Scott Parker’s side won for just the second time in the league this season thanks to Ademola Lookman’s opener and Ivan…

The 20th National Sports Festival, is now set to hold from January 3 to 17. The Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, John Joshua-Akanji, confirmed the new date. It was disclosed that the NSF had been postponed…

Napoli honoured the memory of Diego Maradona with a 2-0 win over Rijeka which allowed them to go top of Europa League Group F in the first match since the death their Argentine icon. Gennaro Gattuso’s side entered the field all wearing the…

Tributes have been flooding in for the late Diego Maradona who died at the age of 60 on Wednesday. Maradona suffered cardiac arrest at a home in Tigre, Argentina after recuperating from the removal of a blood clot on the brain. Widely considered…

Holders Bayern Munich booked their place in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Robert Lewandowski claimed his 71st goal in the competition in a 3-1 home win over Salzburg. Lewandowski scored just before the break at the Allianz Arena to draw…

The Nigeria Basketball Federation has lauded the selection of eight players of Nigerian descent in the 2020 NBA Draft, saying it portends a new dawn for the country’s progress in the sport. The development comes as good news for the country’s basketball faithful,…

Cameroonian Youssoufa Moukoko could become Bundesliga's youngest-ever football player this weekend. Borussia Dortmund's wonderkid turns 16 today and is now old enough to be in the first-team set-up and could make his professional debut against Hertha Berlin. Born in Yaounde, Cameroon, the teen…

Roberto Mancini hailed an “extraordinary” performance as Italy brushed aside injury and coronavirus woes to reach next year’s Nations League finals with a 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. Andrea Belotti volleyed in a Lorenzo Insigne cross after 22 minutes with Domenico…

The president of the Confederation of African Football, Ahmad Ahmad, and another top official face questions about revisions to a multimillion-dollar television deal. FIFA ethics investigators have asked the top soccer official in Africa to explain why he agreed to revise a television…