Nigerian striker Ayegbeni Yakubu bagged a brace at the weekend as struggling Blackburn Rovers stunned English Premier League title challengers Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been fined a week’s wages by the Premier League club for a night out over the Christmas weekend, according to press reports here on Monday.

Gary Ablett, who made history by becoming the only player to win the FA Cup with both Liverpool and Everton, has died at the age of 46 after a long battle against cancer.

Reports that the national team head coach, Stephen Keshi and his employers; the Nigeria Football Federation are at logger-heads over friendly games have been dispelled, with the NFF acting Secretary-General, Musa Amadu, describing it as the figment of the imagination of those who reported it.

The countdown to the 2012 London Olympics began in Nigeria effectively on Saturday when at exactly 8.20 p.m local time, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu unveiled the Olympic countdown clock at the Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi said that Blackburn striker Yakubu Ayegbeni, will be recalled to the national team to prove himself. The 29-year-old has not been called by Nigeria since his horror miss against South Korea at the 2010 World Cup.

Nigeria midfielder, Rabiu Ibrahim is reportedly in the searchlight of English Premier League side, Sunderland. The 20-year-old playmaker, who parted ways mutually with PSV Eindhoven is a transfer target of Sunderland manager, Martin O’Neill.

South Korea’s Ji Dong-Won struck in injury time as Sunderland dramatically beat Premier League leaders Manchester City 1-0 at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.

Victor Anichebe came off the bench to score his first Premier League goal of the season as Everton started 2012 with a 1-0 win away to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Sunday.

Manchester United continued to insist star striker Wayne Rooney missed Saturday’s shock defeat by Blackburn Rovers for fitness reasons after reports emerged he’d been dropped for a night out.

LONDON (AFP) – Andre Villas-Boas admits Chelsea’s poor form in December has cost them any chance of winning the Premier League title race. But the manager remains confident his position is not under threat despite his admission that his side’s performances have fallen well short of expectations. Villas-Boas’s side sank to a 3-1 loss to […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed Dutch striker Robin van Persie to maintain his sparkling form in 2012.

The Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles will tomorrow take on Catalonia as part of its pre-Afcon 2013 training programme. The team which has been camping in Faro, Portugal for the past one week will jet out to Catalunya from Faro at 5am, Portuguese time(6am Nigerian time).

Arsenal captain Robin van Persie fired his side back into the Premier League’s top four with the decisive strike in Saturday’s 1-0 win over QPR at the Emirates Stadium.

Manchester United missed the chance to start the New Year on top of the Premier League after suffering a 3-2 defeat to Blackburn as Arsenal went fourth after Chelsea crashed 3-1 at home to Aston Villa