Manchester United’s 13 representatives for the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament have been allocated their shirt numbers. The squad lists have been formally submitted before the competition gets underway on Thursday, 11 June. Players can still be changed due to serious…

Protesting teachers toppled towering statues of football players on Mexico City’s main promenade Tuesday and threatened growing protests before the World Cup if the government does not respond to their labour demands. A dissident wing of the national teachers’ union,…

Rivers United technical adviser, Finidi George, has hailed the contribution of forward Handsome Surveyor in the President Federation Cup Round of 32 win over Rangers. Surveyor grabbed the winning goal for the Pride of Rivers in the 3-2 win over…

Nigeria’s medal haul at the 2026 African Taekwondo Championships in Bamako, Mali, has grown to seven, with the country claiming three gold medals, one silver and three bronze at the World Taekwondo-sanctioned G-4 tournament at the Palais des Sports Salamatou…

Remo Stars goalkeeper Alladoum Francis Kolimba has been recalled to the Central African Republic, CAR, national team. Kolimba last featured for CAR in the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Angola. The shot stopper has been capped three times…

The new coach of Nigeria’s national men’s cricket team and High Performance Manager of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, Stephen Mangongo, has invited 35 players for a 14-day camp ahead of the 2026 Namibia Tri-Series, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Mangongo was…

FIFA has published a list of all the 1,248 players, that will be representing 48 nations at the 2026 World Cup. The list made public on Tuesday, showed that 891 players will make their debuta at the tournament, while 357…

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has fixed June 20 to 22 for the national trials ahead of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, while also releasing qualification standards for athletes ahead of the event, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Home-based…

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has released the fixtures for the Round of 16 of the 2026 President Federation Cup. The fixtures have set up several Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, versus Nigeria National League (NNL) clashes. Sokoto United will…

World record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, believes she was close to her best at the Rabat Diamond League on Sunday, where she set a new meeting record to claim her first victory in the series this…

Rivers United Technical Adviser, Finidi George, has expressed satisfaction with his team’s 3-2 victory over Rangers in the President Federation Cup. Chijioke Mbaoma, Wisdom Samuel, and Handsome Surveyor were on target for Rivers United in the game. Rangers got their…

Super Eagles forward Terem Moffi has set his sights on nailing down a permanent place in Nigeria’s starting lineup, insisting that only relentless consistency can earn a striker a regular berth in one of Africa’s most competitive attacking units, PUNCH…

Marco Silva has left Fulham to become the new manager at Benfica. The 48-year-old will replace Jose Mourinho, who is set to take over at Real Madrid. Silva has agreed a three-year contract with the option for an extra year…

Former Fenerbahçe president Aziz Yıldırım has stepped up his pursuit of Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey and has already travelled to London personally to hold talks with the Fulham centre-back’s representatives, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Yıldırım made the Fulham centre-back…

Argentina head coach, Lionel Scaloni, has named ten favourite countries that can win the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Argentina is the reigning world champions and will begin their title defence on June 16. However, Scaloni believes his team, alongside the…