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Former Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o officially filed his candidacy for the presidency of the country’s football federation on Wednesday, promising he would be the “next president despite the cheating”. Eto’o, a four-time African footballer of the year…

The 2021 5Stars Premier League has been nothing but progressive. A league that began as a get together of select teams and friends of the founder and CEO 5Stars Football and Consultancy company Mr. Olumide Aturu has become the leading grassroots 5-8 a…

South African Olympic champion and intersex athlete,  Caster Semenya  has been barred from running the 800 metres in Morocco after she was denied entry into the competition, despite Switzerland's highest court rejecting an IAAF r…

CAPITAL FÜTBOL NG presents the second edition of the annual Capital Cup, sequential of annual Capital League, which is held yearly between July-September. The Cup is a hybrid tournament to be played on both 5-aside and 7-aside. It will be playe…

Liverpool's frustrating week continued as Burnley battled hard for a well-deserved 1-1 draw at Anfield on Saturday despite the return of Philippe Coutinho to the starting line-up.  Sean Dyche's side took the lead against the run of play in…

Former Tottenham midfielder Paulinho scored a late winner as Barcelona maintained their 100% record in La Liga by coming from behind to beat Getafe. Paulinho's 40 million-euro signing from Guangzhou Evergrande was just one of a number of much-…

A Sergio Aguero hat-trick helped Manchester City to record their highest victory under Pep Guardiola as they crushed Watford 6-0 at Vicarage Road on Saturday. Aguero was in sublime form to help City move to the top of the Premier League and avoid …

Everton displayed poor performance as they lost their Europa League opener against Atalanta in Italy. Before the match, Ronald Koeman said he was taking the Europa League "very seriously". He also said Everton were "too nice" a…

Alexis Sanchez scored a stunning goal as Arsenal came from behind to beat Cologne in a Europa League match delayed for an hour following crowd trouble. Chilean Sanchez, who nearly left the club to join Manchester City on transfer deadline day, pi…

Paul Pogba could be out of action for a "few weeks" after suffering a suspected hamstring injury that took the shine off Manchester United's successful return to the Champions League, manager Jose Mourinho said.  United, who missed o…

John Stones scored twice as Manchester City scored got their Champions League group campaign under way with a commanding win over Dutch side Feyenoord in Rotterdam.  Stones registered City's fastest ever goal in the competition with a header a…

An imperious Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice on his first competitive start of the season as Real Madrid beat Apoel Nicosia 3-0 on Wednesday to get their quest for a third successive Champions League crown off on the right note.  Ronaldo has been…

Liverpool's first game in the Champions League since 2014 ended in a draw with Sevilla at Anfield. In a repeat of the 2016 Europa League final, which the Spaniards won in Basel, Argentine midfielder Joaquin Correa cut through the Liverpool def…

Chelsea boss Conte hailed a "perfect start" to their Champions League return. "To play the first game, then to win with a good result, to score many goals, to finish the game with a clean sheet - I saw a lot of positive things tonig…

Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford both opened their Champions League accounts as Manchester United returned to the competition with a 3-0 rout of Basle in their opening Group A match at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Belgian international striker Luka…

Paris St Germain's attacking trio of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani were all on the scoresheet as they tore Celtic apart to lead the French club to a 5-0 rout in their Champions League Group B opener on Tuesday. PSG, who crave the C…

Chelsea enjoyed a triumphant return to the Champions League after a year out on Tuesday, thumping the competition's debutants Qarabag 6-0, including a stunning, if miscued, strike from new signing Davide Zappacosta.  The Italian was joined on …