Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is confident Anthony Joshua can regain the world titles he surrendered in the June shocking defeat by Mexican boxer Andy Ruiz Jnr. He added his confidence level is on the high as the calibre of helpers that have been recruited to help Nigeria born British boxer will prepare to get back … Read more
Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi has won its sixth European Golden boot after he was awarded at the Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm in Spain. The Argentine international on Wednesday, received the 2019 Golden boot for the highest goal scorer in the Europe top five league competitions after his nearest challenger, Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe fell short. … Read more
La Liga have requested to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) that the first El Clasico meeting between Barcelona and Real Madrid in the 2019/20 season should be moved amid growing protests and political tensions in Catalonia. On Monday nine Catalan separatist leaders were jailed for between nine and 13 years for their role in an … Read more
Home-based Super Eagles expressed their dismay over unpaid allowance, calling out the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay ahead of their crunch CHAN 2020 qualifier match against Togo this weekend. The team led by Imama Amapakabo are still in camp in Abuja preparing for the return leg against The Sparrowhawks on Saturday where they have … Read more
Manchester City star, Sergio Aguero, was involved in a minor car crash as he made his way to training in the morning of Wednesday, October 16. The Argentine was travelling to Etihad Campus facility centre when his £150,000 LUMMA CLR SV Range Rover Sport was involved in an accident. The 31-year-old fortunately walked away from … Read more
Barcelona have reportedly tabled €8m for Nigerian-born Germany junior international, Karim Adeyemi who currently plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg of Austria. Adeyemi has been on the radar of Barca Youth chief, Patrick Kluivert. Mundo Deportivo reports that Barcelona feel it will be a good move to go for the 17-year-old striker, who has been … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo has lost count of the number of records he has broken, the Portugal forward said after scoring the 700th goal of his career during a 2-1 defeat to Ukraine on Monday. “The records come naturally, I don’t look for them, the records look for me,” he told reporters after scoring his 95th goal … Read more
The anti-racism organisation, Kick It Out said the Monday’s Euro 2020 qualifier match between England and Bulgaria should have been abandoned after the English black players were subjected to monkey chants by the home fans. The body criticised the European football’s governing body UEFA for failing to abandon the match after which the match was … Read more
Substitute Rodrigo’s stoppage-time goal cancelled out Marcus Berg’s opener for Sweden and gave Spain the draw they needed to qualify for Euro 2020 in a Group F game that finished 1-1 on Tuesday. Spain dominated the opening 20 minutes and looked set to easily book their berth in next year’s finals but Sweden goalkeeper Robin … Read more
The League Management Company (LMC), organisers of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), have now picked Nov. 3 as a new kick-off date for the 2019/2020 NPFL season. The new date is being backed by the conduct of the draw for the competition, held late on Monday in Abuja. The draw was supervised by the … Read more
Super Eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho is set to spend the remainder of the season on the sidelines following the injury he sustained during the international friendly game against Brazil. The Super Eagles goalkeeper suffered a freakish accident during the friendly match against Brazil and is set to be out for a long spell. Read Also: Nigeria … Read more
Super Eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho is set to spend the remainder of the season on the sidelines following the injury he sustained during the international friendly game against Brazil. The Super Eagles goalkeeper suffered a freakish accident during the friendly match against Brazil and is set to be out for a long spell. Read Also: Nigeria … Read more
French Ligue 1 giant has appointed former Olympique de Marseille and AS Roma coach Rudi Garcia as their new manager on Monday. The appointment was confirmed through the club Statement on its official website, “Olympique Lyonnais confirms the appointment of Rudi Garcia as coach starting today,” adding that he had signed a contract until 2021. … Read more
The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Monday, assured athletes that he would ensure a minimum of five months camping to foster their preparation toward the Tokyo 2020 Olympic. The minister gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the Teslim Balogun Stadium during his visit … Read more
Turkey’s Kaan Ayhan late minute strike denied France qualification for the Euro 2020 as Didier Deschamp and his team must wait till the last day. The world champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home on Monday substitute Olivier Giroud goal was cancelled eight eight-minute to stoppage time. The visitors stayed top of Group … Read more
Racist abuse in the early first half of the Euro 2020 qualifier match between England and Bulgaria at the Vasil Levski stadium was temporarily stopped by the referee under a three-step UEFA protocol to tackle racist abuse from the crowd. England bounced back from their first tournament qualifying defeat for 10 years with a 6-0 … Read more
Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th career goal but the celebration was mar by their 2-1defeat to Ukraine who advanced to the Euro 2020 finals after an impressive first half from the Andriy Shevchenko team. The result left Ukraine top of the section on 19 points from seven games, eight more than second-placed European … Read more
Veteran music producer, Don Jazzy and other Nigerians have reacted to the Super Eagles’ 1-1 international friendly draw against Brazil on Sunday. Ekohothotblog reported that the Super Eagles took the lead in the 35th minute after Joe Aribo danced past several Selecao defenders to slide the ball under Ederson. However, with barely five minutes gone … Read more
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, praised the Super Eagles after they played a 1-1 draw against Brazil in an international friendly on Sunday in Singapore. The Super Eagles took the lead in the 35th minute after Joe Aribo danced past several Selecao defenders to slide the ball under Ederson. However, with barely five minutes … Read more
Real Madrid and Brazil defensive midfielder Casemiro, aid he was impressed by the physical qualities of the Nigerian players after both settled for a1-1 draw in an international friendly in Singapore on Sunday. The Real Madrid star Casemiro cancelled out a 35th-minute opener from Glasgow Rangers star, Joe Aribo who scored his second goal for … Read more