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Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang confirms he has been hospitalised after contracting malaria while on international duty. Aubameyang was missing from the Gunners’ matchday squad as they beat Sheffield United 3-0 on Sunday, with ‘flu’ described as the reason. “Hey guys, thanks for all the messages and calls,” he wrote on […]

Arsenal will play Villarreal in the Europa Cup semi-final this season. The Gunners hammered Slavia Prague 4-0 in the Czech Republic to book their place in the last four. Mikel Arteta travelled for the second leg with the tie delicately poised at 1-1, but Alexandre Lacazette’s brace and goals from […]

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his immense support and personal commitment to making the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged “Edo 2020” successful in every way. Obaseki stated this on Wednesday in Benin in his speech at the closing ceremony of the NSF at […]

The organizers of the ongoing 2020/2021 Ikeja Divisional Football Association League have expressed satisfaction that the first round of the league has recorded tremendous success in area of officiating, standard of play by the participating teams and discovery of new players.The second round of the League has been tentatively scheduled […]

Delta State, the winner of the 2020 National Sports Festival, will host the next edition of the festival in 2022. This is according to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, who announced this on Wednesday while declaring the 20th edition of the festival tagged Edo 2020 closed […]

Former Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung believes the current facilities in Benin are good enough to host any international competition, most especially, the All African Games (AAG) in Nigeria. He made this known at the closing ceremony of the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin on Wednesday. Dalung, who commended […]

Chile clinched the final ticket for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 by edging Cameroon 2-1 on aggregate in their two-legged intercontinental play-off. The victory is hugely significant for Chilean women’s football as it will be the first time in the nation’s history that they will compete at the […]

Captain of Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos, has tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of their UCL quarter-final clash against Liverpool slated for Wednesday night at Anfield. Ramos was left out of the first leg tie against Klopp’s men due to a calf problem but the Spanish giants made light work […]

The ambition of Team Lagos to win gold medal in both male and female category in the final of football event of the ongoing national sports festival suffered a big blow today following the bad officiating that greeted a match between Team Lagos male team and Edo in the pulsating […]