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Super Falcons defender, Ashleigh Plumptre has said the team is set to defeat all their opponents at the four-nation invitational tournament, Revelation Cup. The Super Falcons take on Mexico in their first game at 10 tonight and the team will play their last match against Costa Rica on February 21. The competition will serve as part of Super Falcons’ preparations for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be co-hosted […]

Reports say Ghana international Christian Atsu is still missing after the Turkey earthquake on 6 February. According to his agent, Atsu has not been seen since the quake that caused the collapse of the apartment in the city of Hatay. His club Hatayspor initially reported he was rescued with injuries"but that position changed a day later.

Valencia has appointed former midfielder Ruben Baraja as coach. Los Che sacked Gennaro Gattuso in January before appointing staff member Voro for the eighth time as an interim coach. The east coast club are 18th, a point from safety, having suffered 11 defeats in 21 league games.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has announced that the 2023 edition of the Federation Cup will kick-off in May. According a communiqué released at the end of its board meeting on Monday, the competition will start a week before the end of the 2022/23 Nigeria Premier Football League season. The communiqué noted that the winner of the competition, as well as the third-placed team in the NPFL will represent Nigeria […]

Poland’s Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings, as Estonia’s Annett Kontaveit moves out from Top 20. Kontaveit, who won the St. Petersburg tournament a year ago but lost in the round of 16 in Abu Dhabi last week, dropped nine spots to 27th. Swiss Belinda Bencic, who saved three match points as she won the final in Abu Dhabi held on to ninth, while the loser Liudmila Samsonova jumped […]

Real Madrid is reportedly eyeing a shock move for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to replace current head coach Carlo Ancelotti. Ancelotti’s contract at Real Madrid will expire at the end of next season. In recent weeks, Ancelotti has been heavily linked with taking the vacant Brazil national team job, which Tite vacated following Brazil’s elimination at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Napoli president, Aurelio de Laurentiis, has revealed that Nigeria international Victor Osimhen is not for sale. Laurentiis made this known while giving an update on the future of the prolific striker amid reports that Manchester United are preparing a mega-money swoop for him. Eric Ten Hag is understood to be torn between signing Osimhen or Harry Kane at the end of the season, when he intends to add a new marquee […]

Marseille has knocked out Paris St-Germain, out of the French Cup. Former Arsenal striker, Alexis Sanchez fired the hosts into the lead from the penalty spot after Sergio Ramos' foul on Cengiz Under. Ramos equalized but Marseille won it through a goal by Ukraine midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi. Marseille, who are second in Ligue 1 behind PSG, last won the French Cup in 1988-89.

Nigerian Singer, Rema’s hit single 'Calm Down' reaches a new peak on the chart. In the latest issue of the Billboard Hot 100 Rema's international smash hit 'Calm Down' has reached a new peak of NO. 26. The Selena Gomez hit remix moved up two places from its NO. 28 position last week while extending its run on the chart to 22 weeks.