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France and Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has taken over Ligue 2 club Caen. Interconnected Ventures, founded by Mbappe, acquired a majority stake in the French team through its investment arm, Coalition Capital. The 25-year-old France international reportedly invested around €15 million of his own money through investment funds. Coalition Capital now replaces the previous majority shareholder, American investment fund …

Liverpool youngster Harvey Elliott has expressed his desire to play regularly at Anfield ahead of the new Premier League season. Elliott is heading into his sixth season as a Reds player after joining as a 16-year-old from Fulham in 2019 and, despite suffering a serious injury at Leeds United in 2021 and spending a campaign on loan at Blackburn Rovers, …

Super Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade expressed confidence in her team’s ability to defeat former world champions Japan in their final Group C match at the Olympics. The all-important match will be played this Wednesday at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes. Nigeria’s Super Falcons are currently bottom of Group C, having lost their opening two matches to Brazil and …

Victor Osimhen’s future is far from settled according to transfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio following reports linking the Nigerian with a move to Chelsea in a swap deal that involves Romelu Lukaku moving in the other direction to Napoli. GolNigeria.com own reports. Di Marzio said there has been tension in the relationship between PSG and Napoli after the rejection …

  Despite everything that Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz have achieved (and will achieve in Alcaraz’s case), it’s hard to believe that they can still improve at tennis. Match after match, Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal are becoming a formidable doubles pair “We knew this match was going to be better than the first one,” Alcaraz said, after he and …

The Paris 2024 Olympics had barely begun and the basketball world was already abuzz with the impressive performance of the Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress. Under the courageous leadership of their head coach, Rena Wakama, the team had just achieved an electrifying victory over Australia in their opening match, sending a clear message to their rivals: they were there to …

The agent of Nigerian international striker Victor Osimhen says viral talk of a loan to Chelsea in a swap deal that will see Romelu Lukaku join Napoli is fake news. GolNigeria.com own reports. The move that is said to be moving forward between both parties due to the desires of the players involved to move in the opposite direction is …

Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has not made any official moves this summer and remains a Napoli player, his agent says. Roberto Calenda’s agent on Tuesday called reports of his client’s love for Chelsea “fake news”. The revelation comes after reports claimed Napoli and Chelsea were in talks to bring Osimhen to Stamford Bridge on loan. The deal, according to …

Buruj Football Academy and Buruj Football Club CEO Waheed Salaudeen has called on youth to embrace dialogue and avoid protests while demanding better governance. On Monday he told our reporter that youth should avoid the planned 15 days of #EndGovernance starting on Thursday, August 1, 2024, saying they could be kidnapped and turn violent, instead youth should engage in dialogue …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has expressed his desire for Kevin De Bruyne and Julian Alvarez to remain at the club. Let’s remember that both players have been linked with a possible exit from the club this summer. However, Guardiola, in a chat with the club websiteHe said he is not thinking of replacing them. “The club informed me that …