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Ronald Koeman, Everton manager who is in his first season in charge having arrived from Southampton in the summer has frequently been linked with a return to his old club since Luis Enrique announced he was stepping down at the end of the season. The former Netherlands defender, who spent six years at the Nou Camp between 1989 and 1995, Ronald Koeman admits he dreams of managing Barcelona. “Everyone knows that I am from Barca, they know my love for a club where I grew up as a player and as a person,” he told Catalan newspaper Sport. “In football,…

There was only one movement in the top 50 of the latest FIFA Ranking but it did not affect Nigeria nor the top 10 nations on continent.

Rangers match winner in yesterday’s NPFL rescheduled match against Plateau united Daniel Etor has warned all NPFL clubs that still have to visit Enugu to simply forget picking any point following the 1-0 win over the league leaders at the Nnamdi Azikwe stadium yesterday. Etoh said the spate of three home wins recorded by the club in their outstanding matches is clear indication that the Flying Antelopes are fully back at least at their fortress playing at home for now.

Coach of Nigerian women football league side Bayelsa Queens Tarila Okorowanta has expressed joy that his job finally look secured after beating the three matches ultimatum handed his side with three wins and a draw in the last four matches. Okorowanta speaking after his side’s 2-0 win over Ibom Angels said he hopes to see the team maintain their stand on top of the women league table group A but still maintained that his club really didn’t exercise patience to have handed him an ultimatum initially.

Buffon celebrated his 100th Champions League game for Juventus in style on Wednesday, making a string of fine saves to keep Monaco at bay as Juve won 2-0 away win in france in the first leg of their semi-final. The 39-year-old goalkeeper, who has been a Juve stalwart for over 16 years, says his motivation is to continue proving he belongs at the highest level and wants people to be sad when he eventually ends his playing career. ‘In every game I want to show that I deserve to play at this level despite my age,’ he told UEFA after the…

USA Basketball have announced the country will rely heavily on players in the NBA Development League for its FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 qualifying campaign.

After notching the 42nd hat-trick of his Real Madrid career in the 3-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-final first leg, Ronaldo has become the first sports star to hit 100million Instagram followers. The current World footballer of the year now only trails pop stars Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Beyonce in the list of celebrity accounts, and he will have his eyes firmly fixed on eclipsing the Crazy in Love singer’s 101 million followers in the coming months. While he is fifth in the overall standings for celebrities with most followers, he can at…

In its biggest restructure since the series began in 2010, this year’s IAAF Diamond League will adopt a championship-style model whereby athletes earn points at the first 12 meetings to qualify for the two finals.

Williams does not want to know sex of baby till it’s born. And on the red carpet of the Met Ball last night, Serena Williams flaunted her baby bump in a emerald green gown.

Arsenal record signing, Mesut Ozil has defended himself against accusations of having a negative body language and a lack of effort on the pitch, insisting he won’t change his style of play. Despite scoring 11 goals and providing 11 assists this term for Arsenal, a part of the fanbase are still far from being convinced, leading his agent Dr Erkut Sogut, claiming Ozil had been made a ‘scapegoat’ for the gunners poor performance this season. He told Goal.com: ‘Some people like me, some people don’t. Some people look at my body language and think I don’t care. But that’s me.…