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Senior officials at Manchester United are concerned about Thomas Tuchel potentially clashing with the club’s leadership if they appoint him to replace Erik ten Hag. Tuchel will leave Bayern Munich at the end of this season, with the announcement made as early as February. New co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS colleagues are believed […]

Former Super Eagles defender, Ifeanyi Udeze has warned the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) not to impose ambitious assistants on new head coach of the team, Finidi George. Finidi is currently shopping for his assistants, with former internationals, Emmanuel Amuneke and Daniel Amokachi reportedly in contention for the position. Amokachi and Amuneke also applied for the […]

Mikel Arteta has urged his Arsenal team to seize the moment with just three matches remaining as they battle to win their first Premier League title for 20 years. The Gunners, hosting Bournemouth on Saturday, have 80 points — one clear of defending champions Manchester City, who have the advantage of a game in hand. […]

Team Nigerian will begin their quest for tickets to all five relay events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in other countries at the World Athletics Relays, which begins on Saturday (today) in Nassau, Bahamas,  PUNCH Sport Extra reports. The two-day global event will see 893 athletes from 54 countries vie for slots at the centenary games on […]

Manchester City player, Phil Foden, has won the Footballer Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year awards for the 2023/24 season. Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw also from Manchester City won the women’s awards. Foden won 42 per cent of members votes and is the third Man City player in four years to win the men’s Footballer of […]

Aston Villa have thrown their hat in the ring for the signature of Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho, who is poised to depart Leicester City at the end of his contract at the King Power stadium this summer, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Other Premier League clubs also linked with the 27-year-old forward are Crystal Palace and Nottingham […]

A young Nigerian basketballer, David Etim, has bagged three United States scholarship offers after encountering a Calabar-born lawyer, Faithfulness Okom. Narrating how he met Etim to our correspondent on Thursday, Okom said he met Etim in 2021 while driving in Calabar that fateful Saturday and was fascinated with his height and decided to lure him […]

Former Rangers striker, Ally McCoist, has advised Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford to leave Old Trafford this summer. McCoist wants Rashford to get a fresh challenge elsewhere as the club’s co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, prepares to overhaul the Red Devils quad at the end of the season. Rashford has not been really impressive under manager […]

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior scored a double, including an 83rd-minute equalising penalty, to snatch a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg. Vinicius gave Real the lead after 24 minutes but Bayern scored twice in four second-half minutes to wrestle control of the match, Leroy Sane with a stunning […]