West African rivals Nigeria and Ghana will play each other for a place at the 2022 World Cup, in arguably the pick of a number of dramatic-looking ties following the deciding draw for Africa's five places in Qatar.The two powerhouses were paired up on the day Ghana's coach Milovan Rajevac was dismissed following the Black Stars' dismal showing at Afcon 2021, where they finished bottom of their ..read more

 Arsenal will face Liverpool in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, while Chelsea will meet Tottenham.Chelsea's meeting with Spurs is a repeat of the 2015 final, when the Blues won 2-0 at Wembley.Both semi-finals are scheduled to take place over two legs - with the first of each played in the week commencing 3 January 2022.The deciding legs will take place in the week commencing 10 January, with ..read more

 Sergio Aguero says he is "proud" of his career after accepting the "very difficult" reality of retiring from the sport to protect his health.The 33-year-old sobbed while announcing the news on Wednesday, fewer than six months after joining Barcelona.The former Manchester City striker was taken to hospital on 30 October after experiencing "chest discomfort" during a 1-1 draw with Alaves."The ..read more

 Rangers will face German side Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League knockout round play-off.Celtic take on Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt in the Conference League knockout round play-off, while Leicester City face Denmark's Randers.Should Tottenham Hotspur progress, they will take on Rapid Vienna.Spurs' final group game against Rennes was postponed because of a Covid outbreak and Uefa has to ..read more

 Holders Chelsea will play French side Lille in the Champions League last 16 after the draw for the knockout stages took place for a second time.A "technical problem" caused an error in the initial draw, which Uefa said had been "declared void".Premier League champions Manchester City face Portugal's Sporting Lisbon while six-time winners Liverpool play three-time winners Inter Milan.Manchester ..read more

The three-time African champions’ 1-1 draw with Cape Verde proved to be the last game for the German tactician, as the NFF replaced him on SundayGernot Rohr has been axed as Nigeria coach after five years in charge, with Augustine Eguavoen drafted in as an interim replacement.This development comes a few weeks prior to the commencement of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals – where the country ..read more

 Former international Samuel Eto'o will run Cameroonian football for the next four years after being elected head of the country's FA on Saturday.The four-time African Footballer of the Year defeated rival Seidou Mbombo Njoya, the fourth vice-president at the Confederation of African Football.Seven candidates should have contested the elections, but five of them pulled out on the morning of the ..read more

 The Premier League has told its 20 clubs to return to emergency measures in light of new Covid rules in England.The protocols, which include social distancing, were brought in at the start of the season.Clubs with high vaccination rates had relaxed some of the measures but must now reimpose restrictions to help limit the spread of the Omicron variant.Tottenham's Premier League match at Brighton ..read more

 The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has dismissed rumours that next month's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) could be moved away from Cameroon following the recent discovery of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19.The new variant has led to travel restrictions being introduced by some countries for several African nations, with Nigeria, which neighbours Cameroon, the latest to be added to ..read more

 Bundesliga matches can only have an attendance of up to 50% and a maximum of 15,000 after Germany reintroduced Covid-19 restrictions on Thursday.Outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor Olaf Scholz agreed with the leaders of Germany's 16 states on several measures being put in place.They include reducing fans at outdoor and indoor sports events, amid rising cases of Covid ..read more