The Super Eagles of Nigeria Saturday evening trounced their Libyan counterparts 4 goals to nothing with Odion Ighalo grabbing a hat-trick in their race to 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Nigerian side which managed to score a goal in the first half of the match via Ighalo’s spot-kick went on rampage in the second half Read more
BUA Titans, the football team of BUA Group on Monday October 1, emerged champions at the 2018 Standard Chartered corporate Cup Nigeria – a five-a-side football tournament hosted by Standard Chartered Bank in Lagos, Nigeria in partnership with Liverpool FC of England. By this victory, the team which defeated Plus Petroleum 2:1 after a penalty Read more
Boxing risks being thrown out of the Olympics unless the sport’s ruling body addresses “grave” concerns regarding its governance, the International Olympic Committee executive board said on Wednesday. A strongly worded IOC statement warned that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) must tackle governance issues at its upcoming congress or it could face sanctions. “The Executive Read more
Nigeria’s Super Eagles Captain, John Obi Mikel will not be playing for Nigeria in the African Nations Cup qualifying series after his name was conspicuously missing in a list released by the national team’s handlers. This will be the second game in a row the former Chelsea star will not be featured. Mikel was excused Read more
Manchester United star, Paul Pogba has told his teammates that he would go on strike This is as his war with manager, Jose Mourinho threatens to reach a new level, according to the Mirror. Mourinho and the player he signed back from Juventus have been at loggerheads for much of the season. Television cameras picked Read more
Luka Modric of Real Madrid has won the Best FIFA Men’s Player Award, just after he was also named UEFA Player of the Year. He beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah to scoop the award announced Monday at Royal Festival Hall in London. The voting was done by coaches, team captains and media men from Read more
Amaju Pinnick has been declared the winner of the presidential election of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Pinnick on Thursday was re-elected in a landslide victory after he polled a total of 34 votes with the closest opponent in the race, a former NFF president, Aminu Maigari scoring just 8 votes in the election. Other contestants Read more
German-born 18-year-old defensive midfielder, Jonas Benjamin Chimezie David, has revealed why he has chosen to play for the Super Eagles of Nigeria instead of Germany. David, who led the U-19 of Hamburg to glory last season, is widely viewed as one of the top prospects in the club’s academy. OwnGoal revealed why he opted for Read more
Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat Monaco 2-1 in their Champions League Group A opener on Tuesday with star strikers Diego Costa and Antoine Griezmann detonating the fightback. The visitors had fallen behind against the run of play in the 18th minute when winger Samuel Grandsir forced the ball home in a goalmouth scramble Read more
Enyimba International FC of Aba, Nigeria’s representatives in the CAF Confederation Cup, on Sunday held hosts Rayon Sports of Rwanda to a goalless draw in a quarter-final first leg fixture. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the People’s Elephant were drawn with the Rwandan side in the quarter-finals pairings by the African football body (CAF). The Read more
