Bale hails match-winner Ronaldo as a natural goalscorer

Gareth Bale hailed Real Madrid colleague Cristiano Ronaldo as a “natural goalscorer” after he netted in Portugal’s 2-0 Euro 2016 semi-final win over Wales.

Mkhitaryan tells Man United fans to expect an amazing team next season

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has promised Manchester United fans to expect an “amazing” team next season as the Jose Mourinho era gathers momentum – and has vowed that he is yet to reach his full potential.

Tevez demands £250,000 a week to rejoin West Ham after £150,000 offer

Carlos Tevez has turned down the chance to become West Ham’s highest-paid player, instead demanding £250,000 a week to rejoin the Premier League outfit.

Liverpool accept Bournemouth’s £15m bid for Jordon Ibe

Liverpool have given Jordon Ibe permission to talk to Bournemouth after accepting a £15m offer from their Premier League rivals.

Manchester United table world record £100m bid for Pogba

Manchester United have begun negotiations with Juventus in the last 48 hours that could see Paul Pogba return to Old Trafford in a world record deal worth £100m, according to Sky Sports.

Hummels reveals he left Dortmund becuase he knew Gundogan and Mkhitaryan were leaving

Mats Hummels has revealed that his departure to Bayern Munich from Borussia Dortmund was partly affected when he learnt Ilkay Gundogan and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were both leaving.

Mkhitaryan: Playing for a great club like Man United honours my father’s memory

Manchester United signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan has revealed joining the Red Devils is a “dream come true”.

Conte sacks Chelsea goalkeeping coach to persuade Courtois to stay

Antonio Conte’s first backroom change at Chelsea since taking over as manager is to remove Christophe Lollichon as goalkeeping coach after the Frenchman fell out with Thibaut Courtois.

Ola Aina signs four-year contract with Chelsea

Chelsea have confirmed talented youngster Ola Aina has signed a new four-year deal with the club.

Ronaldo reveals what he told Bale after Portugal beat Wales

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed the details of the conversation he shared with Gareth Bale at the end of Portugal‘s clash with Wales on Wednesday evening, saying he congratulated his Real Madrid teammate on the Dragons’ efforts.

Poly undergraduate flees after killing landlord

An Abia State Polytechnic student, identified only as Abel, has killed the landlord of one of the students’ lodges in the Immaculate area of Aba, Abia State.

Container crushes seven to death in Ramadan tragedy

No fewer than seven persons were killed and 12 others injured when a 40-foot container fell off a truck in the Alakija area on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Wednesday.

N1.3b arms fund: APC, CNPP protest against Fayose in Ekiti

A massive crowd of protesters on Thursday took to the streets in Ado Ekiti to challenge Governor Ayodele

Buhari’s govt a threat to Nigeria’s unity’

The Ijaw Youth Council on Thursday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari for saying that the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable, insisting that the future of the country deserved to be negotiated.

Anti-virus firm Avast buys Dutch rival AVG for $1.3bn

Czech anti-virus software maker Avast Software will take over its Dutch rival AVG Technologies for 31.7 billion Czech koruna (1.17 billion euros, $1.3 billion), the two companies said Thursday.

Bukky Ajayi, an iconic thespian, says Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described Bukola Ajayi who died on Wednesday as an “iconic thespian”.

NUATE urges FG to restructure aviation agencies

A group, the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), has urged the Federal Government to restructure the various aviation agencies for efficient service delivery.