Bayern Munich’s Germany defender Jerome Boateng was on Monday banned for the next two German league games after he was sent off in the Bundesliga leaders’ shock defeat at Hanover on Sunday.

LONDON – Manchester United found an unlikely ally in the form of Arsene Wenger on Monday, as the Arsenal coach sought to downplay the significance of United’s 6-1 drubbing by title rivals Manchester City. Sunday’s defeat was United’s heaviest in the history of the Premier League (since 1992) and their worst loss at Old Trafford […]

A medical practitioner has advised Nigerians to take their minds off the recent poor showings of the country’s national football teams so as to avoid suffering heart-related illnesses.

Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko both scored twice as Manchester City made a huge title statement against their fierce rivals Manchester United with a crushing 6-1 victory at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Former Super Eagles skipper, Sunday Oliseh said at the weekend that he was as good as any foreign coach that the Nigeria Football Federation may be thinking of hiring to replace Samson Siasia and therefore should be given the chance to coach the national team.

ASSISTANT Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme has dropped the hardest hint on the futile efforts by embattled coach of the Super Eagles, Samson Siasia to retain his job after the calamity of not qualifying Nigeria to the Nations Cup next year in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Chelsea captain John Terry on Sunday denied making a racist slur against Anton Ferdinand during his team’s stormy 1-0 defeat at west London rivals QPR.

After working as a coach in USA and Qatar, Nigeria’s Innocent Egbunike is excited by the plan of the Sports Ministry to hire him for the Athletics Federation of Nigeria.

Stella Mbachu has lamented Super Falcons loss of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ ticket to the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon.

Dario Bonetti says he will be going to Fifa on Monday over what he says is a breach of contract by the Football Association of Zambia (Faz).

Nigeria fullback Taye Taiwo says he’s happy to have won over the AC Milan fans following a start to his career in Italy marked by harsh criticism for his defensive capabilities.

Mario Balotelli inspired the worst loss of Sir Alex Ferguson’s career as Manchester City thrashed 10-man Manchester United 6-1 to go five points clear at the top of the Premier League on Sunday.

Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart scored twice to give Tottenham a 2-1 victory over struggling Blackburn at Ewood Park on Sunday.

Aba (Abia) – The Nigerian Universities Games Association (NUGA) will stage a University’s Hockey Tournament at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. NUGA’s Technical Committee Chairman, Nick Igbokwe said in a statement released to newsmen in Aba on Saturday that the competition would hold from Oct. 23 to Oct. 27. The statement said the competition, which […]

Nigerian football continued its downhill movement yesterday as the Super Falcons of Nigeria failed to qualify the London 2012 Olympics Games, after they lost to their Cameroonian counterparts 4-3 on penalties. Aggregate scores stood at 3-3 Saturday