Mesut Ozil has confirmed he has retired from football at the age of 34 with immediate effect. The former Arsenal midfielder and Germany international had been playing for Turkish top flight side Istanbul Basaksehir since joining in the summer but has only made eight appearances for the club following injury problems. Back issues have largely…
Prize money at the upcoming Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be triple that of the last edition in 2019, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Thursday, as he also revealed Saudi Arabia’s tourist board would not sponsor the tournament. Speaking at the FIFA Congress in Kigali after being re-elected for a third…
Sporting Lisbon knocked Arsenal out of the Europa League with a 5-3 victory on penalties after Pedro Goncalves scored an incredible equaliser for the Portuguese side in Thursday’s last 16 second leg. Sporting trailed when Granit Xhaka put Premier League leaders Arsenal ahead in the first half at the Emirates Stadium. But Portugal midfielder Goncalves…
Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of FIFA until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body on Thursday. The 52-year-old Swiss lawyer, who succeeded the disgraced Sepp Blatter in 2016, was waved in for a third term by acclamation, just as he was four years ago, by delegates from…
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, approved a half-day holiday for workers in the employ of the state on Friday, March 17, 2023 ahead of Saturday’s elections. A circular authorised by the Secretary to the state government, Olubanwo Adeosun, said the action became imperative to enable the civil and public servants in the…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has unveiled his first ‘Pele’ stadium in Rwanda – and even got to play a match against the country’s president. Infantino previously revealed that FIFA would ask every country in the world to name a stadium after the legendary Brazilian footballer. He revealed the bizarre request after Pele died at the…
World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan has revealed that she almost quit athletics last year. The 25-year-old athlete last year became the first Nigerian world champion in athletics, when she won the 2022 World Championships 100m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12secs in the semi-final, followed by a…
Serie A giants, AC Milan and Inter Milan are keen on a move for Arsenal loanee, Folarin Balogun. Balogun is turning heads with his performance for modest Ligue 1 club, Stade Reims, this season. The 21-year-old has scored 16 goals and provided two assists in 26 league appearances for Reims since arriving on loan from…
Former Head Coach of Super Falcons, Nigeria’s women’s senior national team, Ismaila Mabo is dead. He died in the early hours of today. According to family sources, the former national player and captain of Mighty Jets Football Club of Jos died after a protracted illness at his residence in Jos, Plateau State. Funeral activities have…
Doctors are still not certain when Brazilian striker Neymar will be able to return to play despite a successful ankle operation in a Qatari hospital, a Paris Saint-Germain medical chief said on Saturday. The French club said before Friday’s surgery that the 31-year-old could be out for up to four months, ruling him out of…
