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All eyes are once again on Cristiano Ronaldo as Manchester United aim make amends for a shock Champions League defeat to Young Boys when the Premier League leaders head to West Ham on Sunday. Second-placed Chelsea are behind United only on goals scored and will look to extend their unbeaten …

OSBC17 September, 2021 Thomas Tuchel with Antonio Rudiger Thomas Tuchel has confirmed Chelsea are no closer to agreeing a new deal for Toni Rudiger. The Germany defender will be a free agent at the end of the season and can talk to clubs abroad from January, with Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain both monitoring his situation. Bayern …

OSBC17 September, 2021 Manchester City Coach, Pep Guardiola Pep Guardiola has said he will not apologize for calling on more Manchester City supporters to attend Saturday’s Premier League game at home against Southampton. Over 38,000 fans attended City’s Champions League opener against RB Leipzig at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night, around 17,000 short …

Carli Lloyd kicked off her farewell tour with a bang Thursday, scoring five goals to lead the United States to a 9-0 victory over Paraguay in a friendly international football match. Veteran forward Lloyd, who announced in August her plans to retire, is slated to play four matches with the …

Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose says he will do everything to keep Jude Bellingham and Erling Braut Haaland at the Bundesliga club as the young stars attract the attention of Europe’s top clubs after forging an impressive partnership. Dortmund, third in Germany’s top flight, host Union Berlin on Sunday looking …

The Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland in Ogun State, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, has called on residents and people of Remo across the world to engage in ‘fervent prayers’ in support of the unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, over his forthcoming fight against Oleksandr Usyk on September 25. The fight …

OSBCSeptember 16, 2021 Girls who played for under-14, under-16 and under-18 teams arrive in Lahore in the wake of Taliban’s takeover. Members of Afghanistan’s national women’s football team have fled across the border into Pakistan, a month after the Taliban swept back into power, officials say. According to Pakistan’s Information …

The Super Eagles of Nigeria remained 34th in the world and fifth in Africa in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. The Nigerian male team had dropped seven points in the previous FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. The latest ranking showed that Super Eagles have accumulated 1492.37 points as against its previous 1479.58 …

FIFA President Mr Gianni Infantino and his African counterpart, Dr Patrice Motsepe, paid a courtesy visit to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday. During the visit to the State House, the Nigerian president was presented with a number 10 jersey and a football. The No. 10 jersey …

OSBCSeptember 16, 2021 English Championship club Nottingham Forest on Thursday announced they had sacked manager Chris Hughton after a struggling start to the season. Forest are bottom of the second tier and Wednesday’s home defeat by Middlesbrough left them without a win from any of their first seven league matches. …