Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala scored as Barcelona beat Sevilla in the Liga Iberdrola on Sunday. The Nigerian bagged the second goal of the clash with three minutes left to end the encounter. Read Also: Asisat Oshoala Scores Brace As Barcelona Demolish Atletico Before Oshoala scored, Jennifer Hermoso had handed the visitors the lead when she … Read more
Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has thanked God Almighty and all agencies who played various roles for the release of Madam Beauty Siasia, mother of former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siaisa from kidnappers captivity. Madam Siasia, aged 80 years was on July 15, 2019 kidnapped by unknown gunmen from her family home in … Read more
Victor Osimhen has been named the 3rd best signing in Europe at the summer following his great with Lille. The Nigeria international has scored six goals in seven Ligue 1 matches so far this season, taking Lille to 3rd position on the log. Read Also: In-Form Super Eagles’ Striker Osimhen Scores Again According to whoscored.com, Osimhen … Read more
Enugu Rangers beat AS Pelicans of Gabon 3-1 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium on Sunday to progress to the final qualifying round of the 2019/2020 CAF Confederation Cup (CAFCC) 4-3 on aggregate. Ifeanyi George, Egbujuo Nnamdi and Ibrahim Olawoyin all scored to settle the tie after AS Pelican rattled the nerves of the home side … Read more
Nigerian midfield maestro, Wilfred Ndidi was on target as Leicester City recorded their biggest win in the Premier League with a 5-0 victory over 10-man Newcastle United. It was another great performance from the Nigerian for ‘The Foxes’ when he turned sharply inside the box to fire his team’s fifth goal in the home demolition of … Read more
Spanish La Liga champions Barcelona has been found guilty for tapping up Antoine Griezmann while he was an Atletico Madrid player as they were fined the club €300. Barcelona signed Griezmann from rivals Athletico Madrid back in July after they triggered his £108m release clause, but the Wanda Metropolitano outfit believed the transfer has been … Read more
World football governing body FIFA in a statement issued on Thursday has explained why some votes for Mohamed Salah to win The Best FIFA Men’s Player award were not counted. Salah did not finish in the top three of the ballot, with his nominations from Egypt’s captain and coach not included. Lionel Messi was named … Read more
Gonzalo Higuain revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo has become mature since their time together at Real Madrid. Juventus striker Higuain and Ronaldo have reunited in Turin after the duo won three titles with Madrid before the Argentine left for Napoli in 2013. Higuain eventually joined Juventus in 2016, while Ronaldo arrived in 2018, prompting his ex-Madrid … Read more
Defender Rob Holding has revealed that Arsenal manager, Unai Emery, asked members of the squad to vote for their preferred captain. Emery introduced a pool of five skippers following his appointment last summer but saw his original choices decimated by the summer departures of Laurent Koscielny, Petr Cech and Aaron Ramsey. Granit Xhaka has so … Read more
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has released a 23-man squad that will face Brazil on October 13th. Nigeria will take on the Samba Boys in a friendly at the Singapore National Stadium after a 2-2 draw with Ukraine. However, Rohr has handed a maiden call up to Slavia Prague striker Peter Olayinka who bagged in the Champions … Read more
A former Arsenal star Chuba Akpom has said he wants to play for the Super Eagles of Nigeria even though he can feature for the Three Lions of England. Akpom, 23, whose parents are Nigerians, has featured for the England team at youth levels but said only paperwork is stopping him from playing for the … Read more
The Carabao Cup fourth-round will four of English football’s giants face off after Chelsea were drawn to host Manchester United, while Arsenal travel to Liverpool. Chelsea will be looking to avenge their 4-0 defeat at Old Trafford on the opening day of the season, while Liverpool will be trying to extend their nine-game unbeaten run … Read more
La Liga champions Barcelona have issued an update on the status of the injured Lionel Messi, who picked up a knock against Villarreal. Messi was taken off at half-time of that meeting with Villarreal due to a groin injury, ending his first start of the season, and his 400th La Liga career La Liga start, prematurely. … Read more
In-form Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen found the back of the net again in Lille’s Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over Strasbourg, setting the mark for the best start by any player in Lille’s history. The Nigeria international put Christophe Galtier’s men ahead in the 43rd minute before assisting Loic Remy who sealed the victory with his 64th-minute … Read more
Miguel Azeez, a player of Nigeria descent, has signed a new three-year professional contract with English Premier League outfit Arsenal. Arsenal had the chance of extending the players contract for another two years and announced the deal for the teenager in a statement on Wednesday. This will be Azeez’s first professional contract with the Emirates … Read more
Super Eagles youngster Samuel Chukwueze has been named on the 40-man list of nominations for the 2019 Golden Boy award. The Villareal of Spain star together with Jadon Sancho, Joao Felix and Matthijs de Ligt made the shortlist for the second year running, The Golden Boy prize is an annual award established by Italian newspaper … Read more
Abductor of the ex-Super Eagles manager has demanded 40million Naira ransom for the release of madam Ogere Siasia. Coach Siasia made the revelation during a brief telephone chat with SportingSun on Monday. According to him, the kidnappers insisted on the sum of N40 million as ransom for his mother and other members of the family … Read more
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has expressed the ministry’s commitment to discover and develop young sporting talents for the country. Ms Ngozi Obiechina of the Press and Publication Unit of the ministry made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. She stated that Dare made the ministry’s position known during … Read more
The president of the world football governing body (FIFA) has called on the Italian football association to learn from the English FA on how to curb and punish anyone found guilty of racism during a football match. Infantino during the FIFA Award said that the Italian football should apply English-style punishments to supporters guilty of … Read more
Super Falcons players have expressed their displeasure after interim coach Christopher Danjuma stripped Desire Oparanozie of the captaincy of the team shortly after his appointment. Danjuma was appointed as caretaker boss of the multiple African Champions following the exit of Swede Thomas Dennerby over alleged interference from bigwigs in the Nigeria Football Federation. Read Also: Super Falcons Coach … Read more