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Napoli returned to the top of Serie A on Sunday after Nigeria international Victor Osimhen scored the only goal in a hard-fought 1-0 win against Torino.

Mohamed Salah set up Sadio Mane's 100th Premier League goal and scored a brilliant goal of his own, while Roberto Firmino bagged a hat-trick as Liverpool reclaimed top spot with a 5-0 win over Watford in Claudio Ranieri's first game

The joint 2030 World Cup bid by the UK and the Republic of Ireland looks ready to be rejected by UEFA, according to sources in UEFA, and the Irish government.

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have defiantly rejected the offer of part payment truce made by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports on Wednesday, preferring instead that all outstanding bonuses

Spanish LaLiga champions, Atletico Madrid, are eyeing a January move for Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu.

FIFA has raised the prospect of Israel co-hosting a future World Cup, with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office mentioning the possibility of bidding for the men's 2030 tournament.

Senegal became the first team through to Africa’s playoffs for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after defeating Namibia 3-1 in Windhoek yesterday.

Germany became the first country to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, apart from the host nation.

Six-time winner Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time victor, were among the 30 names revealed on Friday for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Premier League Player of the Month for September after making a great start to his second spell with Manchester United.

Germany needed a late winner from Thomas Mueller to beat Romania 2-1 while the Netherlands eked out a 1-0 win in Latvia to stay on course for the World Cup finals on Friday.

The Les Fauves of Central African Republic saw off an uninspiring Super Eagles of Nigeria 1-0 in the World Cup Qualifiers at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Thursday.

Theo Hernandez scored a superb 90th-minute winner as France hit back from 2-0 down to stun Belgium and reach the Nations League final.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is owed eight months salaries by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).