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Wolverhampton Wanderers are set for a sensational move for Atletico Madrid striker, Diego Costa, SportsBible reports. The 30-year-old remains subject to intense transfer speculation, with the player heavily linked with a return to the Premier League Everton have expressed an interest in signing Costa, who has previously featured for Chelsea. …

Nigeria will take on South Africa on Wednesday, with a place in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final up for grabs. Both teams have met 13 times in the past, with the Super Eagles winning six of those encounters and Bafana Bafana two. Stuart Baxter’s men have seemingly had the …

Arsenal have been offered the chance to buy Real Madrid striker, Mariano Diaz, in a deal that could tempt Unai Emery, the UK Mirror reports. The Gunners have a modest transfer budget of £45million this summer and that will not be enough to address all the issues in their squad, …

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has called on the Super Eagles, to do the country proud in Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash with South Africa in Cairo. Pinnick, addressing the players during at a meeting on Tuesday, urged the three-time champions to give their all …

Juventus superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo has told the club’s board to sign £75million Manchester United striker, Romelu Lukaku, this summer. According to Fox Sports, Ronaldo is keen on seeing the Belgium international play for the Serie A champions next season. The newspaper is also reporting that Juventus’ new manager, Maurizio Sarri …

Former Nigeria international, Segun Odegbami has identified the South African national team as the most dangerous team at the ongoing 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Egypt. Odegbami pointed out that Staut Baxter’s side did not start this year’s AFCON on a good note but are now doing well. …

The two African stars are in the mix to be named scorer of the best goal of the tournament in France Nigeria striker Asisat Oshoala and Cameroon winger Ajara Nchout have been named among nominees for the best goal at the just concluded Fifa Women’s World Cup in France. The African pair’s goals were …

Bafana Bafana are determined to continue to chase the dream of winning the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations title when they take on Nigeria in the quarterfinals at the Cairo International Stadium on Wednesday. For Thulani Hlatshwayo, the captain of the SA national football squad, the team’s shock Last 16 …

Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi has confirmed that Africa Cup of Nations going on Egypt will be his last tournament for Nigeria as he wants to give the young ones a chance. Mikel who made his debut in 2006 confirmed this ahead of Nigeria’s quarterfinal game against South Africa …

Three Super Eagles’ players, William Troost-Ekong, Oghenekaro Etebo and Daniel Akpeyi, have hinted on how the team made a historic comeback to defeat the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon 3-2 on Saturday. Sports Extra reports that the players in separate interviews after the match,revealed that the half time pep-talk, support of …