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Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta has signed a new three-year contract that will keep him at the Emirates until 2025. Arteta took over at the Emirates Stadium in December 2019 following the dismissal of Unai Emery. The Spaniard is close to taking the Gunners back into the Champions League after a five-year absence, with the side currently fourth in the Premier League as the season enter its final stages.

Leicester City missed out in the Europa Conference League final after losing 1-0 at Roma. Tammy Abraham's header made the difference as Leicester struggled to make an impact. It will be the Italian side's first European final since 1991, where they will face Feyenoord, who drew 0-0 with Marseille.

Moses Simon has been named Nantes’ Player of The Month for April after his impressive form for the Canaries, beating teammates Quentin Merlin, Wylan Cyprien and Kalifa Coulibaly to the award. Simon takes over from Merlin, who won the award for February and March. The Nigeria international garnered 59.51 per cent of the total votes to emerge the winner.

Andy Murray has pulled out of his match against Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open due to illness. Murray was scheduled to play in the third round of the event on Thursday. He beat 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem in the first round of the tournament before earning a win over Canada's Denis Shapovalov.

Jesse Lingard has resolved to leave Manchester United this summer. Lingard's contract expires in June, and Newcastle, AC Milan, Juventus and Paris St-Germain have already expressed an interest in the midfielder. However, united boss Erik Ten Hag is keen to speak with the England international about his future. There was significant interest in Lingard during the past two transfer windows.

Nigeria’s Falconets, will know their opponents in the group stage of this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals as the draw ceremony takes place today. This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ademola Olajire. All the 16 participating countries at the tournament scheduled for August 10 to 28 are now known, with Nigeria’s Falconets and Ghana’s Black Maidens to fly Africa’s […]

Motorsport pioneer Tony Brooks, has died at the age of 90. Brooks had been the last surviving Formula One race winner of the 1950s. He won six Formula One grands prix in the 1950s and was nicknamed the “Racing Dentist”. The Pioneer also won his F1 debut at the non-championship 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix.

Nigerian Sprinter, Favour Ofili ran a blistering 10.93secs in the women’s 100m on Saturday at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium, in Baton Rouge, to win the event and move up to No.8 on the all-time collegiate list. Ofili, who set a new Nigerian national record in the 200m earlier this year, was running the 100m for the second straight meet. The Sprinter’s 10.93 move her up to No.4 as Nigeria’s […]

Head Coach of Burundi’s Senior Women’s Team, Gustave Niyonkuru, has said that his team will be ready to face giants Nigeria when the Total Energies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations takes place in Morocco in July 2022.   Niyonkuru made this assertion following the draws held in Morocco on Friday.   The Competition, which is billed to hold from July 2 to 23, will serve as a qualification for the […]