IKEJA ARMY CANTONMENT TEAM, LITTLE WONDERS FC, MAKES LAGOS STATE LEAGUE, GETS CELEBRATED BY BRIG. GEN. SARASO WITH EAGLES FORWARD, MOSES SIMON'S SURPRISE VISIT

For the first time since its inception in 2002, the Little Wonders FC, a football team resident in the Nigerian Army 9 Brigade Command, Ikeja Cantonment, Maryland, Lagos has qualified for the Lagos State League.

Jose Mourinho sacked as Tottenham Hotspur Manager

The 58-year-old had been in charge of Spurs since November 2019 after taking over from Mauricio Pochettino.

The Portuguese manager's original deal with the north London club had been due to run until the end of the 2023 season.

Coronavirus: 'English football should not restart until players tested'

The football season in England should only resume once all players have been tested for coronavirus, says the chief executive of the League Managers' Association (LMA).

But Richard Bevan told BBC Sport "tests must be made available first" to NHS workers and patients.

"Once that's happened, by all means let's access it in sport," he added.

Professional football has been postponed indefinitely because of the pandemic.

Man Utd’s Maguire offers food packages to elderly

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has agreed to supply a food package of everyday essentials to the elderly during the coronavirus lockdown.

Maguire and his father approached Herrings Top Shop in Mosborough, his hometown near Sheffield in the north of England, about the idea of giving the parcels to those aged 70 and over or their carers in the area.

Six Barcelona board members resign as they question the club's direction

The La Liga giants must now regroup behind the scenes after a number of high-ranking officials decided to leave.

Six Barcelona board members have informed club president Josep Maria Bartomeu of their decision to resign from their respective positions.

Vice presidents Emili Rousand and Enrique Tombas will both depart, alongside directors Silvio Elias, Maria Teixidor, Josep Pont and Jordi Clasamiglia.

EFCC uncovers 35 ‘illegal’ betting operators

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday said it has uncovered 35 lottery operators allegedly doing business without core licenses and permits.

It stated this in a series of tweets posted via its verified Twitter handle on Thursday afternoon.

The commission said the discoveries followed an attempt to end tax fraud in the lottery business, adding that only 21 operators and 18 firms were licensed by the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC).

Real Madrid fans fail to hail Eden Hazard but chant another name

Real Madrid fans failed to hail to their new signing Eden Hazard during his presentation on Thursday evening at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

The fan at the Stadium made their feelings known to the club directors during the presentation of Hazard as the crowd chanted the name of Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe.

EPL: Arsenal Sink Everton

Aaron Ramsey scored a hat-trick to help Arsenal on their way to a convincing 5-1 victory over Everton at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

The Welsh midfielder netted two of his side’s four first-half goals and rounded off the scoring 74 minutes in, as the Gunners returned to winning ways and reduced the gap on the top four to five points.

BREAKING! Nigerian Club Involved in Road Accident

Reports indicate that no life was lost in the incidence but a few of the players and officials are being hospitalized.

Newly-promoted Nigeria Professional Football League club, Kwara United were involved in an auto crash on Wednesday morning on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Joshua promoter aims at Wilder, Parker in 2018

Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn wants to take the world heavyweight champion overseas after his 10th round win over Carlos Takam Saturday.

Joshua retained his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association heavyweight titles after stopping Takam at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

All of Joshua’s 20 professional fights have ended inside the distance and have all been in Britain.

“I would like him to box three times in 2018,” Hearn told reporters.

Morata Injured As Man City Beat Chelsea

Antonio Conte's men were pipped by a lone goal by City and worse off the Blues top striker was injured and was forced off midway into the game.

Chelsea were dealt a double blow on Saturday in their Premier League clash against Manchester City at the Bridge.

Antonio Conte's men were pipped by a lone goal and the Blues top striker, Alvaro Morata was injured midway into the game.

Usain Bolt dethroned in last competitive race

Drugs cheat America’s Gatlin is new 100 meters champion

This was supposed to be his last competitive race.

At 30 years, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt wanted to leave the stage with a loud ovation as the greatest 100 and 200 metres runner ever at the London World Athletics Championships.

It turned out to be a disastrous outing.

NPFL: Rivers United Suffers Home Loss

Rivers United's Israel Daniel
In jersey number 16

After crashing out of the CAF Confederation Cup, Rivers United received more knocks at home as they were beaten by Sunshine Stars in Port Harcourt.

The Yakubu Gowon Stadium fortress has been penetrated and dismantled.

The home fans looked cold and more exhausted then the players on the pitch as they kept asking one another - Is this really our team?

No side, since February 19, 2016 had beaten the ‘Pride of Rivers’ at that venue in domestic competition but on Wednesday, July 19 2017, history was re-written.

FIFA suspends Sudan for ‘government interference’

FIFA said Friday it had suspended Sudan with immediate effect due to government interference in the Sudan Football Association (SFA).

The decision bans the Sudanese national team from playing international matches and bars the country’s clubs from all continental competitions. Al-Hilal, Al Merreikh and Al-Hilal Obeid won’t be able to participate in Africa’s two top club competitions, the Champions League and the Confederation Cup.

Ronaldo keeps mum over twin babies

Cristiano Ronaldo has chosen to keep mum so far over the report that he has fathered a twin boy and girl via a surrogate mother in the United States.

The children, a boy and a girl called Eva and Mateo, were born on Thursday according to Portuguese TV channel SIC.

There was no immediate official confirmation of the news from the footballer or his agents. On both his Twitter account where he commands 54 million followers and Instagram, where he has 104 million followers, Ronaldo is yet to respond to the news that has gone viral.

Messi’s lookalike almost jailed for disrupting public

Reza Parastesh and Messi

Iranian student Reza Parastesh looks so much like his sporting hero Lionel Messi that it almost landed him in jail for disrupting public order this week.

So many people came out to take selfies with Parastesh in the western city of Hamedan over the weekend that police rushed him into a station and impounded his car to stop the chaos and clear traffic.

Chelsea most boring team in EPL- Mourinho

…says nothing special about facing Chelsea JOSE

MOURINHO has branded Chelsea one of the most defensive teams in the country. The table toppers have been brutally efficient in their quest to claim the Premier League crown.

But their former boss who faces them with his  Manchester United  side at Old Trafford tomorrow is hardly labelling them the new entertainers.

Argentina fire coach Edgardo Bauza

Argentina’s football association fired Edgardo Bauza as coach of the crisis-hit national team as it struggles to qualify for next year’s World Cup, the head of the body said Monday. It was the first big move by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) since it last month picked new executives tasked with ending three years of turmoil in the Argentine game.

“We have reached a verbal agreement. We have told Edgardo Bauza that he is no longer the coach of Argentina,” the AFA’s new president Claudio Tapia told reporters after meeting with Bauza at the association’s headquarters. He did not say who Bauza’s replacement would be, but said more details would be given at a news conference for Tuesday at 2230 GMT at the AFA.

Three weeks on from suffering a 4-0 humiliation at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona still believe that a Champions League “miracle” is possible at the Camp Nou on Wednesday. Since that fateful night in Paris, Barcelona have regained both leadership of La Liga and their confidence ahead of the last 16, second leg.

And despite the news that Luis Enrique will no longer be their coach next season, Barca showed no negative effects as Lionel Messi led a 5-0 destruction of Celta Vigo on Saturday in arguably the club’s best performance of the season.

Asia demands more World Cup places

Asia wants a significant increase in its allocation of places in the 48-nation 2026 World Cup, the head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said. Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said Asia was counting on a fair distribution of 2026 World Cup slots, demanding a rise from its four guaranteed places to reflect its economic power and the popularity of football there.