Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has expressed confidence that his side can still knock Manchester City out of the Carabao Cup. In the first-leg semi-final played on Tuesday at Old Trafford, City ran out 3-1 winners, thanks to first half goals from Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez and an own goal by Andreas Pereira. Marcus … Read more
Leicester City’s midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi will undergo a minor surgery today, 9th of January, 2020 according to Brendan Rodgers. Read Also: Nigeria Reaches Final Round Of Olympics Qualifier In Beach Volleyball The gaffer made this known prior to Leicester’s semifinal first leg Carabao tie against Aston Villa at the King Power stadium. Ndidi was missing from … Read more
Head coach of Nigeria beach volleyball team, Francis Imoudu, has said the women’s team is one step away from Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Nigeria women’s beach volleyball team finished first at the Zone III 2020 Olympic qualifiers in Laboma, Ghana. The Nigerian female team won their two qualifying matches as they beat Benin 2-0 (21-3, 21-7) … Read more
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has revealed he will rather go into something else than to manage Manchester United or Real Madrid. The former Barcelona manager said even if it is the only job he was offered he will turn it down due to the intense rivalry between the two heavyweight clubs and their closest … Read more
Defending champion Manchester City took a commanding lead into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final after outclassing neighbours Manchester United at Old Trafford in a four-goal thriller. Marcus Rashford’s late reply will give United hope they can still turn this tie around in the return on Wednesday, 29 January, but it should not … Read more
Danny Drinkwater who won the English Premier League title with Leicester City has joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season from his current club, Chelsea. The player arrived at the club’s training ground to undergo medical examinations on Tuesday and has sealed the move. Chelsea made this known in a statement … Read more
Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, on Tuesday, said he does not know whether he was ‘high or sober’ after he has undergone surgery on his ankle. The 26-year-old is currently down with an ankle injury and will be out of action in the next couple of weeks. In a video, he posted on Instagram on … Read more
The 2019 CAF Awards was held at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh Resort in Hurghada, Egypt on Tuesday with the attendance of dignitaries. The 28th edition of the CAF Awards saw the emergence of African footballers and officials who performed exceptionally well in 2019. Sadio Mane defeated Livervool’s teammate Mohamed Salah and Man City’s Riyad … Read more
Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala won her fourth African Women’s Player of The Year on Tuesday at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt. She beat South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana and Cameroon’s Ajara Nchout to equal the feat of Perpetua Nkwocha, who won the award in 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011. The 25-year-old Barcelona star in … Read more
Senegalese international Saido Mane has won the most prestigious football award in Africa after he crowned 2019 CAF Player of The Year ahead of Mohamed Salah (Egypt) and Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) on Tuesday at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt. Mane, who had been a finalist in the previous three editions, was also … Read more
Former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has insisted that Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, is one of the greatest coaches ever and cannot be called a failure. Oliseh tweeted this, after Guardiola faced scrutiny of his team’s position in the Premier League this season. City are currently third, 14 points behind leaders Liverpool, after 21 … Read more
Emmanuel Adebayor could be set for a shock return to the Premier League, after being offered to Aston Villa, the UK Sun reports. Villa are stuck in relegation places, with Dean Smith’s side in 17th place. They have struggled for goals, with captain Jack Grealish bearing the burden. With £22million signing Wesley now ruled out … Read more
Super Eagles forward, Henry Onyekuru, rejoin Turkish side, Galatasaray on a six-month loan deal from Monaco. According to reports from Turkey, Galatasaray has won the bid to sign the 22-year-old player despite been linked to Fenerbahce in recent weeks and will pay part of his salary, also. The Nigerian spent the last term on loan … Read more
Real Madrid beat neighbours Getafe to briefly move back to the top of La Liga. Goalkeeper David Soria deflected the ball into his own net as he tried to punch away under pressure from Raphael Varane. Varane then headed home from Toni Kroos’ free-kick – a decision which stood after a long video assistant replay … Read more
Phil Foden made one goal and scored another as holders Manchester City saw off a spirited Port Vale side to book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup. City, who won all four available domestic trophies last season, had to work hard to break down their League Two opponents, but eventually ran … Read more
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, sent Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial home from training on Friday, just 15 minutes after they arrived, because of illness. ESPN reports that both players arrived at Carrington, but were asked to leave, after being checked over by club medical staff. It is a further blow for Solskjaer ahead … Read more
The 2020 African Individual Chess Championship is set to be hosted in Lagos as the Nigeria Chess Federation have accepted to welcome other Chess star to country. This is the second time that the country will be hosting the chess championship with the first hosted in Abuja in 2003. According to a statement released on … Read more
Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane has suffered a torn hamstring, the club have announced. He limped off during the defeat at Southampton on Wednesday and on Friday manager Jose Mourinho said he was expecting “bad news”. No timescale has been given for his return but he is likely to miss several weeks of action, … Read more
Nigeria’s Super Eagles defender Godfrey Oboabona has resumed training and rearing to be back in action for his club. The HNK Gorica of Croatia defender has been having ups and downs in his career since 2013 due to a series of injury that plagued him. The former Sunshine Stars defender who has also played for … Read more
Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick, has stated that it will be suicidal for the Super Eagles not to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Pinnick in an interview on Channels TV’s Sports This Morning called on Nigerians to come together and help bring about tranquillity to the federation and ignore all distractions which engulfed … Read more