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Tennis superstar Serena Williams took to social media on Wednesday to announce she is 20 weeks pregnant. The 35-year-old American, who has won 23 Grand Slam titles, posted a picture of herself on social media app Snapchat showing a prominent bump with the message “20 weeks”. Naturally, the news confirms that Williams is set to be out of tennis for …

John Terry has penned an emotional farewell to Chelsea and the club’s supporters, after announcing on Monday that he had decided to call time on his career with the Premier League leaders at the end of the season. The 36-year-old centre back is a product of the Chelsea’s youth system, and has spent 22 seasons at the club. He skippered …

The Real Madrid superstar scored five of his team’s six goals in the quarter-final tie against Bayern Munich, moving him to a century of goals Cristiano Ronaldo continued to rack up the records as his hat-trick against Bayern Munich saw him become the first player to score 100 goals in the Champions League. The Portugal superstar scored twice in last …

A former NBA basketball player is in hot soup after a vicious rant targeting dark-skinned women. Gilbert Arenas in an Instagram rant, claimed that there were few beautiful black women and wondered why the likes model Ajuma Nasenya and Kenyan Hollywood sensation Lupita Nyong’o are called beautiful. Arenas, in his tirade claimed that Lupita’s African features were not cute but …

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben says they can’t waste chances in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid. FCB head to Estadio Santiago Bernabéu needing to overturn a 2-1 deficit from the first leg at the Allianz Arena. Despite only trailing by a single goal, the away goals rule means that Die Roten must score twice in Madrid to avoid …

Chelsea have announced that long-serving captain John Terry will bring an end to his 22-year career at Stamford Bridge during the off-season. The 36-year-old centre-back is a product of the club’s youth system, having gone on to make his first-team debut in 1998 and wore the armband for the first time in 2001. Terry skippered the Blues to the Premier …

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has revealed that Vincent Enyeama has problems with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). OSC Lille goalkeeper Enyeama quit the Super Eagles in 2015 after a row with former coach Sunday Oliseh. Rohr has since stated that the door is open for 34-year-old shot-stopper to return to the Super Eagles. Enyeama has over 100 caps …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has disclosed that the Super Eagles would be persecuting an international friendly against Corsica, a tiny island in France and Burkina Faso as part of the team’s build up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against South Africa. The Eagles are scheduled to open camp in France in May for the first …

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was not happy with Theo Walcott’s comments about their defeat to Crystal Palace. “We are all disappointed in the changing room, like the fans are,” Walcott said after the 3-0 loss. “We let them down. They wanted it more. You could sense that from the kick-off.” “It is not acceptable. But the players were conscious of …

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte believes that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still at the peak of his powers ahead of Sunday’s clash with Manchester United. The Blues will take another step towards the title if they can beat United at Old Trafford, and were actually the last team to defeat the Red Devils in the Premier League all the way back in …

Hazard has always been targeted by Manchester United, but this won’t prompt Antonio Conte to change his tactics to protect the attacker. Ander Herrera was sent off in the 1-0 FA Cup win over Manchester United, after two bookable offences on the Belgium captain. Hazard has found the net three times in Chelsea’s last matches, but Conte has no plans …

Leicester City star Ahmed Musa has formally divorced his wife and mother of his two kids Jamila according to the man who mentored the former Kano Pillars forward during his formative years in Nigeria.   Musa was arrested last week by the police for allegedly beating up his wife, but he was later released with the police dropping all charges …

Mesut Ozil has pledged to wait until the summer to hold discussions with Arsenal over his future. Arsenal’s hopes of securing a top four finish in the Premier League appear increasingly slim, with the Gunners seven points adrift of the Champions League places after Monday’s defeat at Crystal Palace. Manager Arsene Wenger is out-of-contract at the end of the season, …

Jose Mourinho pointed the finger at Manchester United’s attacking players for failing to take a lead into their Europa League quarter final second leg. A late equaliser from Leander Dendoncker earned opponents Anderlecht a 1-1 draw from the first leg in Belgium after Henrikh Mkhitaryan had given the visitors the advantage. But despite securing an away goal, Mourinho’s men fluffed …

The Nigeria Football Federation may have to continue their search for bailout funds to settle the salary arrears of Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr, as the sports ministry has refused to yield to pressure from the federation to help sort his salary for the last three months. Rohr, who took over the then-vacant managerial role, was linked with several vacant …