Author: Brila

Barcelona have agreed a deal with Guangzhou Evergrande to sign midfielder Paulinho for €40million (£36million), the Spanish club announced on Monday.

Philippe Coutinho has been left out of the Liverpool squad that will travel to Germany on Monday ahead of their Champions League play-off first leg against Hoffenheim, with the midfielder’s future growing increasingly uncertain by the day.

Chelsea striker, Diego Costa says the club is treating him like a criminal, demanding he trains with the reserves and to stay away from the first team dressing room.

For the first time ever in 21 clashes spread across 58 years, Republic of Benin beat Nigeria at national team level.

A depleted Rangers side staved off fellow relegation battlers Sunshine Stars in a Matchday 34 NPFL game at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium on Sunday.

Usain Bolt said he was “saying goodbye to everything” and “almost cried” as his successful career came to a close at the World Championships in London.

The parents of Georgina Rodriguez, Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend, have reportedly deserted their daughter, with her father Jorge Eduardo Rodriguez living in Argentina and her mother Ana Maria Hernandez now residing in Italy.

Enyimba midfielder Ikechukwu Ibenegbu put up a scintillating performance to help the Peoples Elephant ease past ABS FC 3-0 in a Matchday 34 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture at the UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar on Sunday.

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea may have expected to receive a backlash for showing Cristiano Ronaldo a red card in the Supercopa de Espana on Sunday night, but the physical rebuttal displayed by the Real Madrid man may land him on the sidelines for some time.

It was one of the main talking points in the build-up to Sunday’s Clasico, and some Real Madrid players even made bets on it.