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Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has undergone surgery on her right foot, FC Barcelona Femeni have confirmed. The club in a statement said the surgery was to correct the defect on her right foot. The statement read, “The player had been suffering from discomfort for a few weeks, which had …

Kevin De Bruyne has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at Manchester City until 2025, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday. The Belgium international, whose existing deal was due to expire in 2023, is 30 in June and now looks set to see out most of …

Manchester United head to Spanish surprise package Granada while Arsenal take on Slavia Prague, but Ajax against Roma may be the tie of the round. AFP Sport looks ahead to the Europa League quarter-finals ahead of the first legs on Thursday at 1900 GMT: Unai Emery won the Europa League …

Aminat Idrees, who is said to be eight months pregnant, won the first gold for Team Lagos at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Edo State. Idrees, who put up an inspiring outing, won the gold in the Mixed Poomsae category in Taekwondo alongside her male counterpart, Arowora Roqeeb. She …

A Tokyo Olympics water polo test event has been cancelled because sport officials cannot enter Japan due to coronavirus restrictions, reports said Tuesday. The event is only the latest victim of virus restrictions, which have forced the cancellation or postponement of a series of Olympic qualifiers and tests. The two-day …

The Hall of Residence provided by the organisers of the ongoing National Sports Festival was rejected by athletes and officials of Team Lagos. It was gathered that the team was initially offered Hall IV but rejected it over the rooms’ poor standard. One of the athletes told our correspondent on …

Sergio Aguero is “irreplaceable in the souls, in the hearts, in the minds of our fans,” Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said of the club’s record goalscorer who is to leave at the end of the season. Aguero joined City from Atletico Madrid in 2011, three years after the …

The Super Eagles ended their Africa Nations Cup qualifiers with an emphatic 3-0 win over Lesotho at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos on Tuesday night, The PUNCH reports. A goal each from Victor Osimhen, Oghenekaro Etebo and Paul Onuachu ensured the Eagles finished Group L with 14 points from six …

The captain’s armband that Cristiano Ronaldo flung to the ground in disgust after Portugal were controversially denied a late winner at the weekend in the World Cup qualifier against Serbia was put on auction on Tuesday in a bid to help a sick child. With the scores level at 2-2 …

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that Super Eagles player, Alex Iwobi, has tested negative for COVID-19. The NFF disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday. Details later…