Brazilian football legend, Ronaldinho believes Paris Saint-Germain will finally clinch the Champions League following the signing of Lionel Messi on a two-year deal. The Argentina international was officially announced as a PSG player on Tuesday August 10, after joining from Barcelona following a 21-year stay at the Spanish club. Messi’s former Barca team-mate Ronaldinho – who…
Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has said that the Sports Ministry has brought shame to the country at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, Dalung said Sunday Dare who replaced him as the sports minister in 2019, lacks the “patriotic political will to consolidate on the gains on the ground” hence…
Team Nigeria can only boast of only two medals following its participation in Tokyo Olympics. Nigeria’s only medals were from Blessing Oborududu and Ese Brume. Ese Brume, 25, won Nigeria’s first medal in the tournament after finishing third in the Women’s long jump event to claim the bronze medal for Team Nigeria. Okorodudu, 32, won Nigeria’s…
Real Madrid are considering taking legal action against LaLiga and CVC Capital Partners after the Spanish league agreed to sell 10% of its business to the investment fund for €2.7 billion, without informing Real Madrid a major club in the league. The money raised from the sale will be distributed among the clubs in…
Chelsea’s offer of £85m plus Marcos Alonso for Romelu Lukaku has been turned down by Italian champions, Inter Milan. The offer came after Chelsea were warned it would take an offer of more than €100m (£85m) to tempt Milan to sell Lukaku. After finishing in UEFA’s official team of Euro 2020, he went on holiday…
Andy Murray’s bid for Olympic gold at a third successive Games ended as he and Joe Salisbury, the UK’s representatives lost in the men’s doubles quarter- on Wednesday morning July 28 in Tokyo. The British pair lost 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 10-7 against Croatia’s Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig in the quarter-finals. Murray, 34, and Salisbury…
Juventus coach, Max Allegri has revealed he turned down the chance to manage Real Madrid in order to have a second spell in charge of Juventus. Allegri was unveiled as Juventus manager for the second time on Tuesday, July 27, returning two years after he departed. The club had hired Maurizio Sarri and Andrea Pirlo since…
Anthony Joshua has vowed to ‘smoke ‘ his bitter rival Tyson Fury when they finally meet in the ring. The WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight champion was set for a unification showdown with fellow Briton Fury, the WBC title-holder, before a United States arbitrator in May ordered the latter to fight Deontay Wilder for…
World Cup-winning defender, Raphael Varane is very close to joining Manchester United from Real Madrid according to new reports. Several media outlets in Spain and England on Sunday night, July 25, report that both sides are lose to agreeing on a deal with with a deal now expected to take place for between €45m…
Pope Francis has said he hopes the Tokyo Olympics will be a sign of hope and “universal brotherhood” during the coronavirus pandemic raging around the world. Duing the end of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, July 26, the pontiff said: “In this period of pandemic, let these games be a sign of hope, a sign of…
