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Getafe will look to sign Umar Sadiq from fellow LaLiga club, Real Sociedad, at the end of the season. Sadiq has endured another underwhelming season at Real Sociedad after a troubled campaign last term. The Nigeria international was sidelined for around seven months last season after undergoing surgery for a ligament injury. The big striker […]

Tyson Fury declared himself ready to face Oleksandr Usyk and said he’d pray for his Ukrainian rival before Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight clash. The sometimes madcap Mancunian kept his comments brief in a subdued press appearance on Thursday, two days before what is being billed as the biggest fight this century. Lennox Lewis, who became the last undisputed […]

Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has left Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi out of the Die Mannschaft squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 championship, scheduled to take place in Germany next month. The winger was a surprise omission from Nagelsmann ‘s 27-man squad for the tournament in Germany, having had an impressive season for Dortmund. The […]

Rivers Hoopers will face AS Douanes of Senegal in one of the four seeding games in the playoffs of the ongoing 2024 Basketball Africa League at the BK Arena in Kigali next week. The seeding games will take place from May 24 to 25. Both teams met twice in the Sahara Conference last week, each recording […]

Inter Miami’s five-match winning run came to an end on Wednesday as, without the injured Lionel Messi, they were held to a 0-0 draw at Orlando City. Messi had featured in all five of those wins for the MLS league leaders but sat out the game in Orlando due to a knee injury. Inter Miami […]

Victor Osimhen will miss Friday’s Serie A clash with Fiorentina. Osimhen did not participate in training on Wednesday due to a muscular problem, and only had physiotherapy and personalised work in the gym. Piotr Zielinski and Mario Rui also worked separately from the rest of the squad, but Jens Lindstrom is back in with the […]

Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface boasted about his Nigerian fanbase and quality on Wednesday after he won the Bundesliga Rookie of The Season award for his instant impact in his debut season in the German topflight, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nigerian striker beat Chelsea loanee Ian Maatsen, who has been impressive for Borussia Dortmund since […]

National U-17 men’s team, Golden Eaglets, will begin their WAFU B U-17 title defence in Ghana on Thursday (today) against old foes, Burkina Faso, the team that prevented them from reaching the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia last year. Led by coach Nduka Ugbade at the last WAFU B tournament in 2022, the Eaglets […]

Daniil Medvedev’s Rome Open title defence came to an end at the last-16 stage on Tuesday after the world No 4 was knocked out in straight sets by Tommy Paul, 6-1, 6-4. Second seed Medvedev has never successfully defended an ATP Tour crown and was well below his best, stunned by American Paul who claimed […]

Real Madrid defender, Eder Militao has backed winger Vinicius Jr. to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or over midfielder Jude Bellingham. Militao spoke after Real Madrid defeated Alaves 5-0 in the La Liga at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday. Both Bellingham and Vinicius scored during the encounter. Militao was asked after the game to pick who […]