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Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu will stay in his job after leading the Samurai Blue to the last 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, the Japan Football Association said Wednesday. There had been speculation about his future after a rollercoaster performance by Japan, who again failed to reach the quarter-finals …

No doubt, the year 2022 will remain unforgettable for many sports-loving Nigerians for different reasons. In this report, GOWON AKPODONOR looks at how the country fared in some of its sporting engagement. Athletics Athletics in Nigeria recorded its best moment in 2022. From the country’s participation at the World Championship …

Manchester United made a positive start to life without Cristiano Ronaldo as Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial stepped out from the Portuguese’s shadow to score in a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Tuesday. But manager Erik ten Hag is still targeting a striker to replace Ronaldo in the transfer …

CHELSEA return to Premier League action on Tuesday evening when they welcome AFC Bournemouth to Stamford Bridge. Sitting ninth on the table, Graham Potter is still charged with the responsibility of getting the Blues to a top-four spot after taking over from German tactician, Thomas Tuchel in September. Porous defensively, …

Former Uruguay international midfielder Fabian O’Neill, once hailed by Zinedine Zidane as “the most talented player” he’d ever seen, died Sunday after a long battle with alcoholism. He was 49. “Goodbye Wizard,” tweeted O’Neill’s formative club Nacional after he passed away due to chronic cirrhosis in a Montevideo hospital where …

England captain Harry Kane inspired a thrilling fightback from Tottenham Hotspur as they came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Brentford as Premier League action resumed on Monday after the World Cup break. In the first Premier League fixture since mid-November, Antonio Conte’s side were in danger …

AHMED Al Barwani, a member of Oman’s parliament, has offered $1 million to Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi in exchange for the bisht given to him by Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, following his team’s victory over France in the finals on Sunday in Doha. The …

MANCHESTER United boss, Erik ten Hag, has admitted he is under pressure to finish in the Premier League top four. United are currently in fifth place, three points behind Tottenham in fourth with a game in hand but with a far inferior goal difference. Ten Hag acknowledged the task at …

SUPER Seven-time champions Nigeria will square up to host nation Egypt, Senegal and Mozambique in the group stage of the 2023 Africa U20 Cup of Nations finals scheduled for Egypt, February 19 – March 11. The four teams are in Group A. The draw held in Cairo on Friday evening …

THE YouTube video platform has won the right to broadcast most National Football League (NFL) games in the US next year. Google, owners of YouTube will pay around $2 billion a year over seven years, US media reported, for the right to broadcast Sunday games on its subscription YouTube TV …