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SAN FRANCISCO, November 16, (THEWILL) - The final of the Governor Wike Pre-season Championships was a pulsating affair that pitched host team Rivers United against co-finalist Bayelsa United in a contest that needed penalty shootouts to determine a winner. Theophilus Afelokhai,...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 16, (THEWILL) - World number one golfer American Dustin Johnson won his first Masters by five strokes finishing with a record-breaking low score of 20 under par at Augusta. The 36-year-old posted a four-under 68 on Sunday...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 16, (THEWILL) - Former Liverpool and Barcelona star, Javier Mascherano has retired from football, after a superb 17-year career. Mascherano, 36, was playing for Estudiantes in his native Argentina after departing Chinese Super League outfit Hebei Fortune in...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 16, (THEWILL) - Napoli forward Victor Osimhen was excluded from the Super Eagles delegation to Freetown for the return leg of their 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers scheduled for Tuesday, November 17. The Nigerian striker was...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 16, (THEWILL) - England manager Gareth Southgate has confirmed he contracted coronavirus last month, though he has fully recovered. THEWILL learnt that prior to Sunday's 2-0 Nations League loss to Belgium news surfaced that Southgate had previously tested...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 16, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s senior national men's team, the Super Eagles, have all tested negative for COVID-19 ahead of Tuesday’s 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) reverse fixture qualifier against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone. It is...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 15, (THEWILL) - In a Group E African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying fixture, Saidi Ntibazonkiza scored a brace as hosts Burundi beat Mauritania in the Bujumbura Stade Intwari to tighten the competition for qualification for the...

Dutch coach Frank de Boer got his first win as Netherlands head coach as two goals from Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum led them to a 3-1 UEFA Nations League victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina. de Boer has had an inauspicious start as Ronald...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 15, (THEWILL) - England dreams of making the UEFA Nations League Finals were dashed as they succumbed to a 2-0 loss to Belgium at the King Power at Den Dreef Stadion in Heverlee, Belgium. At the very least,...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 15, (THEWILL) - Wales maintained their lead atop their UEFA Nations League group after a tense 1-nil victory over the Republic of Ireland in Cardiff. It was a match that was sparse on action in the first period....