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Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Welterweight Champion, Kamaru Usman has said he’s compelled to represent Nigeria with pride having left the country for the United States of America with his family as a youngster. Usman, also known as the Nigerian Nightmare, who visited the Edo State Government House on Wednesday said he …

Ex-Real Madrid defender, Sergio Ramos, on Thursday bid farewell after 16 years at the club, as he broke down in tears. According to him, leaving the club was one of the most difficult moments of his life. Ramos will be remembered as one Real Madrid’s greatest ever players, having won …

Blessing Okagbare, Ese Bume and Tobi Amusan are among the overseas-based athletes who are at the Yaba College of Technology for the National Trials of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The trials, which starts on Thursday (today), would be used to select athletes who would represent Nigeria at the Olympics, …

Gennaro Gattuso and Fiorentina have agreed to part, just over three weeks after the former Italy international was appointed as coach at the Serie A club. Fiorentina and coach Rino Gattuso have decided, by common consent, not to follow up on the previous agreements and therefore not to start the …

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi scored a stunning freekick but Chile hit back to earn a 1-1 draw in the Copa America on Monday. Messi’s magical left foot gave dominant Argentina a deserved first half lead but Eduardo Vargas equalized in the second half after Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez saved veteran …

British-Nigerian Leicester player, Ashleigh Plumptre, has said that she is ready to embrace her Nigerian heritage, while stating her willingness to play for the Super Falcons if invited. Born to a Nigerian father and a British mother, Plumptre plays in the Women’s Super League for Leicester City and was voted …

Floyd Mayweather is unlikely to pocket the $100m payday predicted from his recent fight Mayweather, 44, took on Logan Paul in an eight-round exhibition in Miami on Sunday. Mayweather claimed he could earn as much as $100million (£71m) in total from the fight, while Paul reportedly was set to earn …

NFF’s Acting Director of Competitions, Ruth David, is among officials who will play key roles in the organisation of the qualifying tournament for the maiden edition of CAF Women’s Champions League competition, after being named as one of the match commissioners in the tournament slated for Cote d’Ivoire. David will …

Former chieftains of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Sani Lulu, Bolaji Ojo-Oba and Mazi Amanze Uchegbulam have called for unrestrained autonomy in the day-to-day administration of domestic football to deepen its development. Speaking against the backdrop of their trial following the disputed Super Eagles funding for the FIFA World Cup South …

Brazil’s top football official, Rogerio Caboclo, has been suspended for 30 days after being accused of sexual harassment, his federation announced Sunday — one week before the start of the Copa America, which the country is hosting at the last minute due to the pandemic. The Brazilian football federation “received …