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Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or title for a record seventh time. He was announced as the winner of the men’s award at the prestigious awards ceremony held in Paris, France. on Monday night. The Argentine defeated Robert Lewandowski and other players on the 30-strong shortlist for the men’s award There were 14 Premier League players on the 30-strong ...

Ralf Rangnick is the interim manager for Manchester United until the end of the season! This was disclosed in a press release on the official website of the football club.   Last week, United and Lokomotiv Moscow agreed to release Rangnick, who worked for the Russian club as director of sports and development. Speaking on his new appointment, Ralf Rangnick ...

Chelsea have defeated Manchester City 1-0 to win the Champions League in Porto on Saturday.   This is Chelsea’s second Champions League title after their 2012 triumph, while Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City appeared in the final for the first time.   Kai Havertz scored the only goal of the Champions League final.

Chelsea FC has confirmed the appointment of Thomas Tuchel as manager. He replaces Frank Lampard, who was sacked on Tuesday following a string of bad runs in the EPL. A statement on the website of the club said Tuchel has signed an 18-month contract with the possibility of an extension. He said: ‘I would like to thank Chelsea FC for ...

In a battle for the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world heavyweight titles, Anthony Joshua knocked down mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev four times to secure a knockout in the ninth round. They were initially scheduled to fight in 2017, with Pulev being forced to withdraw with a shoulder injury. He was replaced by Carlos Takam, who Joshua stopped. Fast-forward to 2020, ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has extended the contract of Gernot Rohr as the coach of Super Eagles. The NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, made this known on Wednesday without giving details of the contract. Rohr’s contract is due to expire in June and negotiation has been ongoing for months. The NFF boss tweeted, “I’m happy to announce that the @thenff and ...