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French striker Kylian Mbappe was awarded the Golden Boot of the 2022 World Cup. Mbappe got a hat-trick in the thrilling World Cup final against Argentina to take his tally for the tournament to eight. He made history as he is only the second player to score a hat-trick in the World Cup final, after Geoff Hurst, with England against Germany in 1966.

Real Madrid has signed Brazilian teenage prodigy Endrick from Palmeiras. The 16-year-old forward will join the European and Spanish champions in July 2024. This is due to Fifa rules prohibiting players under the age of 18 from being transferred abroad.

Pablo Mari has returned to training with his loan club Monza two months after being stabbed in an Italian supermarket. Mari had surgery to reconstruct two injured muscles in his back at Milan's Niguarda hospital. The player played 19 times for the Gunners before joining Udinese on loan at the start of the year. He was then loaned to newly promoted Monza in August.

France has sealed a place in Sunday's World Cup final against Argentina. The first African side to reach a World Cup semi-final refused to buckle despite suffering the early blows of losing key defender Nayef Aguerd to injury. France, however, are in another World Cup final and Deschamps, who captained them when they claimed the crown on home soil in 1998, now has the chance to make history by winning […]

Argentina captain Lionel Messi has revealed that Sunday's final will be the last World Cup game of his career. Messi scored his fifth goal of Qatar 2022 and helped set up two others in Tuesday's 3-0 semi-final win over Croatia. Playing in his fifth World Cup, Messi has never won the game's biggest prize.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Golden State Warriors 128-111. The Warriors beat the league-leading Boston Celtics but this was their 12th loss in 14 away games. Coach Steve Kerr earned a technical foul for his furious reaction after Stephen Curry appeared to be caught on the head as he made a three-point shot.

A court in Spain has acquitted Brazilian superstar Neymar of corruption charges related to his transfer to Barcelona in 2013. The court revealed that the judges decided to acquit the nine defendants who were being prosecuted in this trial. Prosecutors had initially sought a two-year jail term and a 10-million-euro fine for Neymar. Neymar’s high-profile trial got underway in mid-October in Barcelona, just a month before the start of the […]

Rivers United has been drawn in Group B of the CAF Confederations Cup. Drawn into the Group alongside the Nigerian League champions are Asec Mimosa of Ivory Coast, Diables Noirs of the Republic of Congo and DC Motemba Pembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Match days for the group stage are Feb 12, 19, 26, Mar 9, 19, and Apr 2.

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Moroccan football team, for making history at the ongoing World Cup in Qatar. A congratulatory message issued by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, lauded the Atlas Lions for becoming the fourth team from an African country to ever qualify for the World Cup quarterfinals. The message commended the team for their skill and teamwork, noting that this could not have been achieved without the exemplary […]