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The 2026/27 Premier League season has already produced a rare opening-weekend feat, with Hull City and Ipswich Town both winning their first matches after promotion.Hull delivered the biggest shock on Saturday by beating Manchester United 2-0 at the MKM...

Liverpool and Manchester City begin the new Premier League season facing a major question: can either club remain among England’s elite after losing the figures who shaped their most successful eras?Liverpool enter the campaign without Mohamed Salah, while Manchester...

Arsenal have reportedly opened talks with Galatasaray over a possible move for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen.The Nigerian forward has emerged as a potential target in discussions between the two clubs.Reports from Britain and Europe suggest that the talks...

Cameroon have booked their place in the final of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 after defeating hosts Morocco 3-1 on penalties following a tense 0-0 draw after 120 minutes in Rabat. The Indomitable Lionesses kept...

Team Nigeria capped its Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games campaign with an impressive seventh-place finish, emerging as the highest-ranked African nation after collecting 24 medals.The Nigerian contingent finished the Games with 10 gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals, marking...

Chukwuebuka Enekwechi on Thursday became the first Nigerian to win the men’s shot put gold medal at the Commonwealth Games after producing a championship-winning throw of 21.07m in Glasgow, Scotland.The Olympic Games confirmed the win on its X handle...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup featured a record prize fund of $871 million (£662 million), making it the most lucrative tournament in the competition’s history. FIFA had initially announced a prize pool of $727 million (£552 million), representing a...

Argentine football icon Lionel Messi has been named the recipient of the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, one of Spain’s most prestigious international honours.The award was announced on Wednesday by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, which cited...

Anthony Joshua is refusing to celebrate, even with a Tyson Fury fight finally agreed."Signing a contract doesn't mean anything. Winning is the only true success," Joshua said on Monday.First Things First Before the Battle of Britain happens, both fighters have...

Nigeria’s world record holder, Tobi Amusan, will begin her quest for a third African women’s 100 metres hurdles title as the 2026 African Senior Athletics Championships kick off in Accra, Ghana.The continental competition officially opens today at the University...