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Defending champions Manchester City have been drawn against Juventus, Wydad and Al Ain in the group stages of the FIFA Club World Cup of 2025. Pep Guardiola’s City, who beat Brazilian side Fluminense to win the tournament for the first time in 2023, begin their title defence against Morocco’s Wydad. …

The coaching crew of German side, Bayer Leverkusen, led bg manager Xabi Alonso is hoping that injured Nigerian forward Victor Boniface would return to action soon. Alonso, who made this known during a media chat, said he remains optimistic of having Boniface play again before the end of the year. …

Super Eagles and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman has reacted to his nomination for the Ballon d’Or – an award given to the Best Player in the world. Lookman is one of the 30 players in the running for the award after a season-high performance for club and country. The winger …

The Libyan Football Federation has denied involvement in the poor treatment meted out to Super Eagles players and officials between Sunday evening and Monday morning. The Nigerian contigent were stranded for several hours at the airport following their arrival in the country ahead of their matchday four fixture of the …

France and Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has announced his retirement from international football. The 33-year-old made 137 appearances for his country, scoring 44 goals, and helped them win the 2018 World Cup. Ripples Nigeria recalls that Griezman converted a penalty in the final of that World Cup as France …

Tottenham Hotspur got their Europa League campaign off to a perfect start as they secured a 3-0 victory over Qarabag on Thursday night. Spurs finished the game with 10 men and actually played most part of the game short of one player after Radu Drăgușin was shown a red card …

Cole Palmer scored four goals to help Chelsea secure a 4-2 victory over Brighton at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The Premier League clash saw Palmer score in the 21st, 31st and 41st minutes as well as converting a 28th-minute penalty. Brighton had opened the scoring in the 7th minute through …

Nigeria-born British boxer, Anthony Joshua has been knocked out by Daniel Dubois in an epic IBF heavyweight title fight on Saturday night. The all-Briton match played in front of 96,000 fans at Wembley Stadium saw Dubois retain the IBF world title. The 27-year-old dropped Joshua multiple times and stopped Joshua, …

Argentina forward Lionel Messi marked his return from injury with two goals and an assist to help Inter Miami to a 3-1 win against Philadelphia Union. Messi had not played since injuring his ankle during Argentina’s Copa America final victory over Colombia in July. The injury saw him miss this …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed reasons why the process to secure Bruno Labbadia as Super Eagles coach failed despite official announcements. Ripples Nigeria recalls that the NFF announced on Tuesday that the services of Labbadia had been secured as the new national team boss. But reports on Friday …