Victor Boniface’s fine start to life in the Bundesliga continued as Bayer Leverkusen kept the heat on leaders Bayern Munich with a resounding 4-1 win over Heidenheim on Sunday. Boniface, who joined Leverkusen from Belgian side Union St Gilloise in July, has impressed…

Manchester United face old nemesis Vincent Kompany at Burnley this weekend in desperate need of a Premier League win while Arsenal host in-form Tottenham in a tantalising north London derby. Struggling Chelsea take on Unai Emery’s Aston Villa and new-look Liverpool will look…

Liverpool fell behind for the fourth time in five matches this season but fought back to beat LASK 3-1 in Linz in the Europa League on Thursday. Elsewhere in the early matches in the first round of the group stage of the second-tier…

Despite a resounding victory in their last game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and their only game since the last FIFA world rankings in June, Nigeria dropped a place in the latest FIFA men’s rankings for June, PUNCH Sport Extra reports. The…

Sources: LeBron James wants to represent Team USA at 2024 Paris Olympics and is spearheading group of future Hall of Famers – including Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant – prepared to commit. Full details with @joevardon at @TheAthletic: https://t.co/r2XGO3E2TO — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)…

Nigeria-born New Zealand-based UFC fighter, Israel Adesanya, has promised to return stronger following his defeat in the early hours of Sunday. He lost to his American opponent, Sean Strickland, who won to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion. All three judges scored it…

Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after a doping control detected the banned substance testosterone, Italian anti-doping authorities (NADO) told AFP on Monday. “The National Antidoping Tribunal informs that, in acceptance of the instance proposed by the National Antidoping…

Taiwo Awoniyi was named in the shortlist for the August 2023 Premier League Player of the Month prize.  The Nottigham Forest striker scored thrice in four games for Forest, stretching his impressive showing from last term. “The Nigerian striker scored in each of…

Nigeria stars Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been nominated for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award. The names of the nominees in both the men and women category were announced on the Ballon d’Or X handle on Wednesday with Osimhen and Oshoala making…