By Justin Ruderman Three months after the turn of the millennium, a Ballon d’Or winner stepped onto an MLS pitch for the very first time. Twenty-five years later, legendary former Bulgarian international Hristo Stoichkov is preparing to watch eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF at this summer’s expanded FIFA 2025 Club …

        Newly crowned Nigerian champions, Remo Stars Sports Club, is offering fans a rare chance to have a say in how their jersey for the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League season will look like.  This is not for free as fans have a chance to win N1million …

By David Skilling From non-league obscurity to title-winning legend, Vardy’s departure marks the end of a football fairytale that may never be repeated. There’s never been a story quite like Jamie Vardy’s. And there may never be again. After 13 years, 198 goals, and one of the most improbable Premier …

    Organisers of Cycling Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest cycling event, have announced the commencement of online registration for the 4th edition, scheduled for Saturday, May 31, 2025. This year’s event, themed “Sustainable Energy”, is expected to attract thousands of cyclists from across the country. Speaking in Lagos, Bamidele Adeleye, Managing …

    Enterprising Olamilekan Adedayo ensured Remo Stars emerged champions of the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League season after a hard earned 1-0 victory over a resilient Niger Tornadoes side, on Sunday. Friday’s result in Kano which ended 2-0 in favour of Kano Pillars against second placed Rivers United created …

By Ojeikere Aikhoje Top of the table Remo Stars look good for an early coronation party in the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League this evening in Ikenne if they defeat Niger Tornadoes. The failure of second placed Rivers United to claim at least a point in last Friday’s visit to …

    How Spain’s World Cup hero is championing innovation and entrepreneurship in football’s future By David Skilling Andrés Iniesta was never your average footballer. Six months after officially hanging up his boots in October 2024, the man who sealed Spain’s historic 2010 World Cup win has quietly but deliberately …

      When Luka Modrić, the Real Madrid midfielder and 2018 Ballon d’Or winner, announced his minority stake in Swansea City, it wasn’t just a headline, it was a reminder of change. At 39, with an incredible career still unfolding, Modrić’s venture into club ownership signals a transformative shift …

    Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Samuel. Ogbuku, has revealed that a sports institute will be established by the Commission to consolidate the gains of the Niger Delta Sports Festival. Speaking during the closing ceremony of the maiden Niger Delta Sports Festival organised by the NDDC at …

  Wrexham owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, are “on the lookout for new investors to back their Premier league ambitions,” according to William Turvill of the London TIMES. Despite rising in the ranks of the English soccer pyramid to League One, the club “remains a lossmaker” for Reynolds and …