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Zaidu Sanusi has enjoyed a fresh start to life this season at FC Porto. Last term he played only 102 minutes after losing his place in the team due to a long-term ACL injury. The full-back was sidelined for over a year with the anterior cruciate ligament setback and only returned to action in January […]

Nigerian players have not had a bright start to life in La Liga this season. From injury struggles to limited playing time, several Super Eagles stars are facing uphill battles to make the cut for the December AFCON 2025 tournament. Umar Sadiq — The Forgotten Man at Real Sociedad Players of Real Sociedad line up. […]

NBA MVP has become perhaps the most debated award in sports. It’s perfect fodder for the talking heads on afternoon TV, and the arguments online will get even more nuanced in some corners and a lot stupider in others. The last decade has given us some truly great MVP races, including Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s narrow victory […]

It would be an understatement to say that soccer video games have been disappointing for a while now. The rest of the world’s Madden really hasn’t made waves since FIFA 19, and since that point each release has been met with a familiar refrain of “it’s a little better, but still feels like the same […]

We’re three weeks into the NFL season, and it’s unclear if we’ve gotten much closer to separating the wheat from the chaff in the league. Everything is still up in the air, but we has some absolutely stellar performances in Week 3 that deserve individual recognition. This week is really a case of picking out […]

The power of best-laid plans. As the 2025 NFL season began, the braintrust here at SB Nation started sketching out a weekly content plan. One of the cornerstones each week would be this piece, Power Rankings, to publish each Tuesday morning. Well, in the frenetic pace of content production after the first full Sunday of […]

Since the moment Ben Johnson was introduced as the newest head coach of the Chicago Bears — January 22 of this year, to be exact — the team’s fans have been waiting to see what they saw on Sunday. The best version of quarterback Caleb Williams. Drafted by the Bears with the first-overall selection in […]

Coaching is a tough business. Noelle Quinn is out as head coach in Seattle, Sandy Brondello is out as head coach in New York — and the Storm and Liberty have become two of four WNBA teams in search of a new head coach ahead of next season (the league’s two expansion teams, the Portland […]

Kara Lawson has been named the new head coach of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team, USA Basketball announced on Wednesday. She’ll coach the US women’s team at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where they’ll go for their 9th consecutive gold medal. Kara Lawson 2028 #USABWNT pic.twitter.com/KDiWwEjKkp — USA Basketball (@usabasketball) September 22, 2025 She […]Read More

Arsenal’s £48m forward, Noni Madueke is expected to be out for six to eight weeks after suffering a knee injury during Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Manchester City, a huge setback for Mikel Arteta’s already depleted attack. The 23-year-old England international was substituted at half-time of the Premier League clash at the Etihad, with Bukayo Saka […]

Paris was the stage for a glittering night of football on Monday night celebration as Ousmane Dembele claimed his first Ballon d’Or and Aitana Bonmatí made history with a record third consecutive women’s award at the 2025 ceremony. At 28, Dembele delivered on the promise that once made him one of the world’s most expensive […]

Melbourne City FC have confirmed the signing of Nigeria’s Chinaza Uchendu ahead of the 2025/26 A-League Women’s season, strengthening their attacking options with a proven international star. The 27-year-old forward arrives from French side Nantes, bringing top-flight experience from Europe and Asia. Uchendu has previously enjoyed spells in Portugal, Sweden, South Korea, Turkey, and Nigeria, […]