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Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri says Luka Modric winning the Ballon d’Or will have only motivated Cristiano Ronaldo further. The five-time winner finished runner-up this year, losing out to his former Real Madrid team-mate. Modic’s win brought an end to the ...

Super Eagles technical adviser Gernot Rohr says the resignation of Libya’s coach may make the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier more difficult for his team.   Rohr told TheCable that no matter the circumstances, the match against the Mediterranean ...

Super Eagles’ fans interested in watching Saturday’s African Nations Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Libya at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo have been served a good hand by the Akwa Ibom State government, which has slashed the gate fees by ...

Croatia and Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has won the FIFA award for the best men’s player of the year, beating fellow nominees Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah to claim the award for the first time. Modric, 33, topped the ...

Amaju Pinnick, the incumbent president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has won another term in office after beating Aminu Maigari in the elections into the board of the NFF. According to reports, Pinnick won by a whopping 34 votes ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is settling into life well with his new team-mates in Juventus. Despite his superstar status, the Portugal icon still had to do a new-boy initiation.  Ronaldo got up in front of all his new team-mates on Friday night ...

Super Eagles and Chelsea forward, Victor Moses, has retired from international football. The 27-year-old announced this on Wednesday via his twitter handle. “I would like to announce that after much thought, I have made the decision to retire from playing ...

The crisis of leadership in the Nigeria Football Federation ,NFF is heading to a situation that world football governing body, FIFA is set to sanction Nigeria with a ban any moment from 20 August. Amaju Pinnick and Chris Giwa So ...

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has again reiterated his desire to take over Arsenal. The Nigerian businessman – who is worth £10.4billion and is currently at number 66 on Forbes Magazine’s list of the most powerful people in 2018 – ...

While this is Croatia’s first visit to a World Cup final, France won the tournament exactly 20 years ago. France have won their second World Cup after winning their first in 1998 on home turf.  Croatia regained their hope with 21 minutes remaining as Mandzukic capitalized ...