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Chelsea  manager  Jose Mourinho  has refused to rule out a summer exit from Stamford Bridge for  Fernando Torres  and suggested that the striker can leave if he wants.

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has agreed to a monthly pay of six million Naira for his new contract, according to the country’s sports minister.

Cristiano Ronaldo has won UEFA's Best Player in Europe Award ahead of Manuel Neuer and Arjen Robben.

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Angel di Maria has revealed former Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo told him to wear the No 7 shirt at Manchester United due to it's significance to the club.

Newly elected President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Chris Giwa after defeating former Vice President Mike Umeh, assumed duty at the NFF Secretariat on Wednesday.

Manches ter United striker Wayne Rooney has been named the new England captain by manager Roy Hodgson.

Diego Costa has sustained a minor muscular injury in training and will be monitored by Chelsea's medical staff in the coming days.

Uefa president Michel Platini will not take on Sepp Blatter for the leadership of football's governing body Fifa.

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted that he does not have a bad relationship with Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.

Angel Di Maria's father has hit out at Real Madrid in the wake of the Argentina international's transfer to Manchester United and has laughed off suggestions that the Champions League holders had offered the winger an annual salary of €6 million.

Bayern Munich have announced they have reached an agreement with Real Madrid for the transfer of Xabi Alonso, with the former Spain international travelling to Germany on Thursday to undergo his medical.

CiCi Bellis produced the most sensational result of this year’s US Open so far as the 15-year-old dumped out Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova in the first round. The American teenager, who is ranked 1,208th in the world, kept the Slovakian’s comebac

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal insists he was not shocked after his side suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat at MK Dons in the Capital One Cup second round.

Angel Di Maria has revealed after completing his move to Manchester United that he did not want to leave Real Madrid and blamed his departure on the Spanish club's board.

Bayern Munich attacker Thomas Muller has insisted that he is not interested in wearing the captain's armband for Germany for now and feels other candidates are better suited for the job.

Manchester United are making a concerted effort to sign Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal before the transfer window closes on Monday.

Christopher Giwa, the chairman of Nigeria Professional League club side Giwa Football Club, has been elected as the new president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). He polled 27 votes to defeat his challenger former vice president Mike Umeh who got two votes in an election where 29 out of 44 members participated in the voting exercise. Before the elections, NFF chieftains including the NFF General Secretary Musa Adamu and some states delegates were arrested by the Department of State Security Services (DSS) and interrogated. The elected officials were then sworn in by a notary public Frank Ike Chude. Former board member Obinna Ogba was sworn in as vice president as he was unopposed while former security committee chairman, Effiong Johnson emerged the Chairman of Chairmen having polled 28 votes. The North Central produced Yahaya Adama and Sani Mohammed as board members while Muasu Suleiman and Sherif Inuwa emerged North West representatives in the new board. Felix Ag...

Mario Balotelli has completed his £16million move from AC Milan to Liverpool on a three-year deal. The 24-year-old arrived at Melwood on Monday afternoon to put the finishing touches to the transfer before undergoing a one-on-one session with Liverpool's head of conditioning and fitness, Ryland Morgans.  

Lewis Hamilton’s rear left wheel was shredding its tyre into a thousand pieces and his rivalry with Nico Rosberg into a million tiny atoms of hatred.

Fernando Torres is digging his heels in at Chelsea and the Stamford Bridge club will have to pay £16million for him to leave.

Juan Cuadrado has refused to rule out leaving Fiorentina before the close of the transfer window amid interest from Manchester United.

Angel di Maria remains tantelisingly close to swapping Real Madrid for Manchester United on Monday as Louis van Gaal looks to break his less-than-impressive Premier League start. But where will Di Maria fit in Van Gaal's 3-5-2 formation? Is he really worth £75million? Can he become as big a No 7 as David Beckham or Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford?

Liverpool are in talks with AC Milan to sign former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits that he is open to bringing in both a defensive midfielder and defensive cover before the transfer window closes, though the club will not panic into making new signings.

Nigeria defeated Korea DPR 6-2 in the first semifinal of the 2014 Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup to reach their second ever final of the competition.

Marouane Fellaini has taken part in the ice bucket challenge and amusingly nominated his former manager David Moyes.

Manchester United have agreed a £16million fee with Sporting Lisbon for defender Marcos Rojo.

A strange fire incident erupted at the office of the Nigeria Football Federation in Abuja on Wednesday morning that has destroyed several offices in the building.

Nigeria have named World Cup stars Vincent Enyeama and Emmanuel Emenike for 2015 AFCON qualifiers against Congo and South Africa.

Emily Scarratts’s brilliant solo try seven minutes from full time in Paris on Sunday allowed England’s women to sweep away the pain of past near-misses and secure World Cup glory at last.

Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo has hit out at suggestions Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen will leave the team at the end of the season.

Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin is set to discuss a £27million move to German giants Bayern Munich.

Marcos Rojo has  suggested his move to Manchester United is imminent - so Old Trafford better get ready to welcome perhaps the most tattooed player to wear the Red Devils' shirt.

Mario Balotelli questioned who the 'real' Super Mario was after posting a picture of himself and the Nintendo figure.

Ashley Cole proved he is still a Blue at heart by spending Monday night watching his former side Chelsea cruise to a 3-1 win over Burnley on his laptop.

Nigeria national teams official kitting outfit and partner of the Nigeria Football Federation, Adidas has written to the Nigeria Football Federation notifying them of their decision not to renew the current contract.

Louis van Gaal  has brought "fear" back into the  Manchester United  players but will not win the Premier League this season, according to Paul Scholes.

Luis Suarez has trained with his new Barcelona team-mates for the first time after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) gave him the green light on Thursday.

Nigeria moved a place up to the 33rd place in the Fifa rankings released on Thursday, courtesy of the Super Eagles' second round finish at the World Cup in Brazil.

Nigeria international and Chelsea forward Victor Moseshas revealed his determination to put aside his Liverpool nightmare and force his way into Jose Mourinho’s first team squad this season.

Luis Suarez will learn on Thursday at 2pm whether his four-month ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup has been reduced.

Jose Mourinho has revelled in Diego Costa's pre-season performances for Chelsea, claiming that the €40 million man is going to prove a bargain.

Mikael Silvestre has backed Manchester United’s pursuit of Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria and Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal.

Nigeria’s Joseph Akpala has joined Turkish Super Lig outfit Karabuksporon a permanent deal. The 27-years-old player signed a four year deal with German side Bremen from Club Brugge of Belgium and owing to the fact that he could not get regular playing time with the Bundesliga outfit, he was loaned last season to the the Turkish Super Lig outfit.

Former referee Howard Webb has finally hit back at claims which dogged his career that he was biased towards Manchester United.

Victor Garcia's European Championships came to an abrupt end on Tuesday in Zurich after the Spaniard clipped his knee on the final hurdle and fell heavily in the men's 3000m steeplechase heats.

Frank Maloney, who guided boxer Lennox Lewis to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, is now living as a woman called Kellie and is preparing to have a sex change.

Germany's all-time leading goalscorer Miroslav Klose has announced his retirement from international football.

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is happy that several of his injured players have returned to pre-season action with their clubs ahead of next month’s pair of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.