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The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja is already agog in anticipation of the arrival of the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy, which is expected on Nigerian soil Thursday. The Women’s World Cup trophy’s stop-over is coming 13 months after the FIFA World Cup trophy (for men) also made a stop in Nigeria ahead of last year’s FIFA World Cup finals in ...

Magic Johnson stunned the basketball world on Tuesday, abruptly resigning from his management role with the Los Angeles Lakers and plunging the ailing NBA franchise into fresh turmoil. In a dramatic announcement which came shortly before the Lakers’ final game of the season, an emotional Johnson said he was stepping down after a two-year reign as president of basketball operations ...

Lionel Messi has a history of terrorising Manchester United but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes it is not impossible to stop the Barcelona star inflicting more damage in Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final. Messi scored in both of Barca’s Champions League final victories over United, in 2009 and 2011, and is hungry to win the competition for a fifth time after crashing ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has returned from a hamstring injury to be named in the Juventus squad for their Champions League quarter-final with Ajax. Ronaldo has not played since sealing his side’s progress to the last eight with a hat-trick against Atletico Madrid on March 12. Giorgio Chiellini misses out with a calf strain, while Emre Can also stays behind with an ...

Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool are “on fire” ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg at home to Porto. Liverpool have won their last five matches in all competitions and are top of the Premier League following wins over Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur; although Manchester City have a game in hand. They reached the last eight of the Champions ...

Chances are that you will soon see the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Iain Walker, and his cycling entourage ride past your town or village if you are on the Paga to Accra road network. Mr. Walker is not part of any cycling competition but rather, the Commissioner plans to cover the over 800 kilometres from Paga into the capital ...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told ESPN FC he wants to build a Manchester United team in the mould of his fellow 1999 Treble winners while adding he is not worried that Manchester City could surpass their achievement by winning the Quadruple. Solskjaer is two weeks into his spell as permanent manager after penning a three-year deal to replace Jose Mourinho ...

Manchester City and Tottenham will have a few encounters over the next weeks battling nationally and internationally and all of them can be decisive for their season glory. Anticipating a potentially careful approach in their first match on both sides mybet.africa offers a refund on all match result if the two teams should go off the pitch in a goalless ...

Referee Theresa Bremansu was beaten up by a Prisons Officer after their Ladies team lost 1-0 to Ampem Darkoa in the first leg semi-final of Women’s Special Competition. Mavis Owusu scored the only goal of the match in the 48th minute at the Army Park in Sunyani to give the visitors huge advantage. After the final whistle, referee Bremansu was ...

Pope Francis has risked the wrath of football fans around the world by declaring that Lionel Messi is not, in fact, God. Messi, widely regarded as the greatest player in the history of the sport, has had yet another mesmeric campaign for Barcelona, scoring 41 goals in 38 games, and is idolized like a deity by millions across the globe. ...