Mohamed Salah has been voted the Professional Footballers’ Association Men’s Players’ Player of the Year for the 2021/22 season, marking the second time the Liverpool talisman has won the award with Chelsea’s Sam Kerr collecting the women’s award. The Egyptian forward, 29, has snatched the accolade back from Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne after a breathtaking campaign at the tip of Jurgen Klopp’s attack. He also fended off competition from …

Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and other PGA Tour members who teed off in the Saudi-funded golf league Thursday are no longer eligible for PGA Tour events under penalties that Commissioner Jay Monahan shared soon after the first tee shot was struck. Still to be determined is whether those players are ever welcome back. The ban includes participation in the Presidents Cup, which …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the presidential and governorship candidates of the 18 registered political parties to pick and submit the lists of their running mates in the next eight days. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). This means that the presidential candidates …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  on Thursday met with the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 poll, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The meeting took place at Tinubu’s residence in Abuja. Tinubu had polled 1,271 votes to emerge the APC candidate at a special convention of the party held at Eagle Square, between Tuesday and Wednesday …

President Muhammadu Buhari has described Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the right presidential candidate for Nigeria. Tinubu clinched the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday. The President, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, congratulated the APC presidential flagbearer in the 2023 elections and assured him of “full and unwavering” support. He expressed …

The Federal Government has linked the fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the attack on a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in …

Chelsea have completed their first piece of transfer business since Todd Boehly took charge of the club. Chelsea have completed their first piece of transfer business since Todd Boehly took charge of the club. After his bid to buy the Blues was approved by the UK Government, American Businessman Boehly finally completed his takeover of Chelsea on May 30th. He …