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Andy Murray is out of the Rennes Open after a punishing 6-2 4-6 6-1 defeat to Roman Safiullin in the last 16. Murray had hoped for a run of games in France, attracting large crowds for his two matches. But an unfortunate net cord at break point down in the third set broke his resistance and Safiullin ran away with the match. Murray, impressed in the first round and wanted […]

Chelsea opened their defense of the Champions League with a victory as Romelu Lukaku pierced Zenit St Petersburg's resistance at Stamford Bridge. Lukaku, has already demonstrated his goal threat in the Premier League and was on the mark again with his first goal for Chelsea in the competition they won for the second time against Manchester City in June. Chelsea was made to work hard as Zenit dug in but […]

Former Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand, has said inexperience could stop the Red Devils from winning the Champions League this season. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has brought in Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane this summer, as he seeks to win his first silverware at Old Trafford. However, the core of the squad have not won any silverware since the Europa League final victory in 2017. In the meantime, Liverpool […]

Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid came from behind to beat Celta Vigo in their first match at the Bernabeu in 560 days. Benzema sealed his hat-trick with an 87th-minute goal as Carlo Ancelotti's side moved top of La Liga. The victory moves Real to the top of the table on goals scored, level on points with Valencia and Atletico Madrid.

Niger Tornadoes, Minna have emerged as the champions of 2020/2021 Nigeria National League. They defeated Shooting Stars of Ibadan 3-2 at the 2021 NNL Super 8 play-off final held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu.

Lionel Messi has overtaken Pele as the leading South American men's goal scorer in international matches, with a hat-trick in Argentina's World Cup qualifier win against Bolivia. Scoring all the goals in the 3-0 win in Buenos Aires brought Messi's total for Argentina to 79 in 153 games. Brazil legend Pele finished his career on 77 international goals in 92 games.  

Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has admitted its error in its compilation of Super Eagles’ captain Ahmed Musa’s record. A statement issued yesterday by the NFF, disclosed that FIFA was right in its counting which currently insists that Musa has 98 caps for Nigeria. The statement noted that NFF earlier declared that Musa has made 100 appearances, FIFA insisted he had 98 caps, after featuring in the Nigeria vs Cape Verde […]