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John obi Mikel reveals why Romelu Lukaku has struggled since his return to the club, while aiming a 'subtle' dig at the Serie A in a recent interview with Naija FM.

Rafael Nadal moved up to No. 4 in the world rankings after winning the French Open for the 14th time, and his 22nd Grand Slam trophy overall. Despite needing pain-killing injections for a chronic problem in his left foot, Nadal defeated Djokovic in the quarterfinals on his way to the final, where he defeated Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday and became the oldest man to win the singles championship at Roland Garros, two days after his 36th birthday. At just 19, Nadal became the youngest winner of a Grand Slam title since Michael Chang won at Roland Garros in 1989 at 17, in 2007 he became the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win three successive titles at Roland Garros and in the following Nadal repeated same feat without losing a set, becoming the third man to do so in the Open era after Ilie Nastase…

Karim Benzema is almost single-handedly keeping the Spanish giants on the path to a record-extending 14th European Cup — and a fifth for himself — and powering them to regaining the La Liga title. Back-to-back Champions League hat tricks just reinforce the enduring value of the France international’s clinical finishing to Real Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti sees so much more being provided by the 34-year-old forward he compares to a fine wine. This latest goal burst could end Chelsea’s title defense, barring the type of second-leg collapse by Madrid that Paris Saint-Germain endured last month at the the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Benzema now has 37 goals in 36 games in all competitions this season, including the three that turned around the last-16 meeting with PSG. Of Madrid’s last 11 goals, 10 have been scored by the mainstay of the team for the last 13 years. The first two at Stamford Bridge…

Black Stars midfielder Thomas Partey was injured in his team's 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace on Monday night. Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey was unable to finish the game due to an injury in an embarrassing 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace Following Monday night's win, Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira's Crystal Palace team extended their unbeaten run to seven games and moved into ninth place in the Premier League table. Arsenal fell behind early on when Jean-Philippe Mateta headed in Joachim Andersen's incisive free-kick. The hosts were relentless in attack, and they doubled their lead in the 23rd minute. Nuno Tavares botched the clearance of Andersen's through ball, which found Black Stars striker Jordan Ayew, who doubled his team's lead. When Bukayo Saka fell in the Palace box early in the second half, there were yells, but the referee waved them away. Emile Smith Rowe came close to scoring for Arsenal early…