Former Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has sadly passed, months after his wife, at the age of 54.

The former Super Eagles head coach had lost Kate, his wife of 35 years, to cancer last December.

In a statement, family spokesman Emmanuel Ado confirmed Keshi died of cardiac arrest in the early hours of Wednesday. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/former-nigeria-coach-stephen-keshi-dies-at-54/

Nigeria won their second straight game 3-1 against Luxembourg in Tuesday’s international friendly played at the Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg City. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/eagles-thrash-luxembourg-3-1/

Manchester United are ready to make Zlatan Ibrahimovic a massive offer to become one of Jose Mourinho's key signings this summer, Goal has learned.

The Swedish striker is looking for a new club after calling time on his four-year spell with French champions Paris Saint-Germain. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/man-united-set-to-offer-34m-deal-to-ibrahimovic/

A stunning second-half comeback, featuring a goal for Kevin Gameiro and two by Coke, gave the Spanish side a third straight final win and a fifth title overall.

Sevilla continued their reign as kings of the UEFA Europa League as a rousing second-half fightback proved too much for Liverpool at Basel’s St. Jakob-Park and secured them an unprecedented third straight title in the competition – and a record-extending fifth overall. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/sevilla-make-it-three-in-row-at-liverpools-expense/

Kelechi Iheanacho scored Manchester City’s solitary goal in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Swansea in a Barclays English Premier League game decided at the Liberty Stadium.

City required at least a point on the final day of the 2015/16 season at the Liberty Stadium to avoid being upstaged by Manchester United whose game against AFC Bournemouth was abandoned. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/iheanacho-fires-man-city-into-ucl/

Barcelona sealed their 24th La Liga title as Luis Suarez took his tally for the season to 59 goals with a hat-trick in a 3-0 win at Granada to hold off Real Madrid’s late-season surge.

Real registered their 12th consecutive La Liga win, 2-0 at Deportivo La Coruna thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s double, but finished a point behind their bitter rivals. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/barcelona-win-24th-la-liga-title/

Former Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has been named among the top 10 goalkeepers in Europe for the 2015/16 season by the Swiss-based CIES Football Observatory.

The ranking was done taking into account the number of goals conceded per match, number of minutes per goal, number of passes per match, number of saves per match, number of saves per goal conceded and the percentage of saves. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/vincent-enyeama-makes-list-of-top-10-goalkeepers-in-europe/

Nigeria’s and Manchester City young forward, Kelechi Iheanacho was voted the man of the match against Stoke City, scoring a brace in the 4:0 thrashing of Stoke. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/iheanacho-double-helps-man-city-thrash-stoke/

Real Madrid have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo has suffered a thigh strain injury, meaning he is now a doubt for their trip to Manchester City in the Champions League next week.

The Portugal star took himself off the pitch towards the end of the 3-0 win over Villarreal on Wednesday, clutching the back of his right leg. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/madrid-confirm-ronaldo-thigh-strain-injury/

Barcelona humiliated Deportivo La Coruna to end a three-match losing run.

Luis Suarez scored four for the Spanish leaders, with the Uruguay striker bundling in the opener, then tucking in Lionel Messi's pass. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/barca-ends-three-match-losing-run-with-victory-over-deportivo/

Tottenham striker Harry Kane and Leicester forward Jamie Vardy are going head-to-head for the Premier League title, the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award, and quite possibly a place in the England starting line-up for Euro 2016. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/premier-league-top-scorer-harry-kane-jamie-vardy-sergio-aguero/

Jose Mourinho’s next managerial role has been revealed with the Portuguese leading ‘England’ against Claudio Ranieri’s ‘Rest of the World’ side as the former Chelsea bosses clash at Old Trafford on June 5 in a charity match for UNICEF. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/mourinho-back-in-dugout-at-old-trafford/

The technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will meet today in Abuja to put together a tight case on why the country need to hire a foreign coach for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
Sports minister Solomon Dalung has demanded for a technical report from the NFF in support of a foreign coach for the Super Eagles after the country failed for the second straight time to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Readmore http://ssportsng.com/nff-committee-meets-on-eagles-foreign-coach/

Kevin De Bruyne’s dominance of Jonh Obi Mikel stood out during Manchester City’s 3-0 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
It was a reminder that Mikel will never again be good enough for a first-team place if Chelsea have any ambitions of returning to the top level of English football. It has been a depressing season for Chelsea and parts of the squad need an overhaul. Maybe they can start by bringing Roma‘s Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan to replace Mikel. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/de-bruynes-destruction-of-mikel-proves-chelsea-kept-wrong-talent-at-club/

Semi-final debutants Manchester City will take on ten-time champions Real Madrid while Atlético Madrid play Bayern München in a repeat of the 1974 final following the Nyon draw.

The contrast will be stark as semi-final debutants Manchester City take on the UEFA Champions League’s most successful club, Real Madrid, while Atlético Madrid play Bayern München in a tie that will stir special memories for the German club. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/champions-league-semi-finals-draw/

Anfield hero Dejan Lovren hailed Liverpool's never say die spirit as they fought back to claim an "amazing" Europa League quarterfinal victory over Borussia Dortmund on Thursday. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/lovren-hails-reds-amazing-fightback/

Nigeria U23 will face Sweden, Colombia and Japan in Group B of the preliminary round of the 2016 Olympics men’s football event. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/olympics-2016draw-pairs-nigeria-with-sweden-colombia-and-japan/

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique admitted his side are suffering a slump in form after a third defeat in four games saw them dumped out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid.

Antoine Griezmann struck twice for Atletico in a 2-0 win Wednesday to seal their passage to the last four at Barcelona's expense for the second time in three years, 3-2 on aggregate. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/slumping-barca-must-bounce-back/

Cristiano Ronaldo has broken records with his latest Champions League hat-trick - and his stats will leave Arsenal fans blushing.

Three goals from the Portugal international on Tuesday evening fired Madrid past Wolfsburg and into the Champions League semi-finals.

It was Ronaldo’s fifth hat-trick in the Champions League, and he’s pulled level with Lionel Messi, but the Madrid forward is the only player in the competition’s history to score 15 or more goals in two different campaigns. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/ronaldos-champions-league-goal-record-is-better-than-arsenals/

Zinédine Zidane described Cristiano Ronaldo as “the best player in the world” after his hat-trick for a Real Madrid side Wolfsburg’s Dieter Hecking acknowledged were superior. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/hat-trick-hero-ronaldo-wins-zidane-plaudits/

Cristiano Ronaldo has moved within one goal of his own record for strikes in a UEFA Champions League season after his sensational hat-trick against Wolfsburg.

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to rewrite the UEFA Champions League record books once again after taking his tally to 16 goals this term with a hat-trick as Real Madrid edged out Wolfsburg in the quarter-finals. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/ronaldo-closes-on-champions-league-goals-record/

More than two decades after leading Nigeria to the fifth position on the Fifa rankings, the highest ever by the country, Dutchman Clemence Westerhof wants another crack at the Nigeria national team - the Super Eagles.

Westerhof was instrumental in assembling an exciting band of footballers who conquered Africa and went further to prove themselves on the world stage in 1994. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/i-can-make-nigeria-great-again-westerhof/

Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh is excited by his appointment into the Technical Department of FIFA.
He was part of a technical team that evaluated the Borrusia Dortmund versus Liverpool game in the Europa League quarter-finals last Thursday. He was on the trip alongside his former Eagles assistant coach, Jean Francois Loscuito. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/oliseh-excited-after-fifa-technical-department-appointment/

A Federal High Court has quashed the election of Amaju Pinnick leaving Chris Giwa as the duly elected head of the NFF

The executive board of the Nigeria Football Federation has been sacked by a Federal High Court ruling in Jos on Friday following the nullification of the election of Amaju Pinnick. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/court-sacks-pinnick-giwa-takes-over/

Owing to their inability to secure an Afcon ticket, the Super Eagles dropped five places to the sixty-seventh position in the world in the latest Fifa ranking. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/nigeria-slip-to-67th-in-april-fifa-ranking/

Nigeria’s newest kid on the block, Alex Iwobi will likely miss Arsenal’s start to the 2016/17 season after indicating interest to play for Nigeria at the 2016 Rio Olympics this August.

Iwobi, who made his international debut in the 1-1 draw with Egypt in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Kaduna last month wants to line up for Nigeria’s Olympic side in the football event the commences on August 3. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/iwobi-picks-eagles-over-arsenal/

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane urged his side to remain calm after their Champions League hopes suffered a setback with a shock 2-0 loss at VfL Wolfsburg in the first leg of their quarterfinal tie on Wednesday.

The Frenchman, who took over from the sacked Rafael Benitez in January, said the 10-times European Cup winners could still turn the tie around in Madrid next week against Wolfsburg, who are playing in their first quarterfinal. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/zidane-appeals-for-calm-as-real-crash/

The prosecutor in the match-fixing trial of future Chelsea manager Antonio Conte will seek a suspended six-month sentence.

The current Italy coach, who will assume his duties at Stamford Bridge following this summer’s European Championships in France, is accused of fraud during the 2010/11 season while in charge of Siena. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/prosecutors-will-seek-six-month-sentence-for-antonio-conte-in-match-fixing-case/

Alex Iwobi has been handed a new long-term deal by Arsenal following his impressive performance in the past days.

According to reports in England, the 19-year-old has agreed a new contract that will see him stay at the Emirates Stadium until 2021. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/iwobi-has-been-handed-a-new-long-term-deal-by-arsenal/

Conte travelled to London to meet with club chiefs and finalise the terms of his contract which will see him take over at Stamford Bridge after Euro 2016.

The 46-year-old will step down as Italy head coach after this summer’s European Championships in France before succeeding Jose Mourinho as permanent manager of the Premier League side. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/conte-named-chelsea-manager/

Coach Zinedine Zidane learned the lessons of predecessor Rafael Benitez’s disastrous tactics in the last encounter and employed defensive midfielder Casemiro in favour of more attack-minded players, opting instead to sit and wait for Barcelona. Readmore http://ssportsng.com/real-beat-barca-2-1-to-end-unbeat-run/