Italian manager Enzo Maresca has been named the new head coach of Chelsea, the Premier League club announced on Monday. The 44-year-old, who led Leicester City to victory in the Championship in the 2023–34 season and helped them secure an immediate return to the English top-flight, has signed a five-year contract with Chelsea with an option for a further year. Maresca will replace Mauricio Pochettino following...
Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham has been named UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season while Vinicius Junior is named the Best Player of the Season. The duo were instrumental in Los Blancos' 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in the final on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, with Bellingham assisting Vinicius for the second goal in the 83rd minute. Bellingham, who was also crowned La Liga player...
France U-21 head coach, Thierry Henry, has named Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise and Chelsea midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu to his star-studded 25-man preliminary list for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. Olise and Ugochukwu are of Nigerian descent and are still eligible to represent Nigeria's Super Eagles even after the Olympics. Olise enjoyed a stellar campaign for Palace in the Premier League this season, finishing with...
History was made for the Rivers Hoopers on Friday as they beat South Africa's Cape Town Tigers 80-57 in the third-place game at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, to become the first Nigerian side to win a medal at the Basketball Africa League. The King's Men, who are the first Nigerian team to win back-to-back games at the BAL and the first Nigerian team to...
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards said the team never seemed to get going throughout their Western Conference Finals series against the Dallas Mavericks. The 22-year-old, who has had an amazing run this postseason, finished with 28 points at the Target Center on Thursday night, but the Timberwolves still fell to Dallas 124-103 in Game 5 of the West Finals as they bow out of the playoffs...
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