Football
9 Apr
Serie A giants AC Milan have reportedly identified Bayer Leverkusen Nigerian forward, Victor Boniface, as an alternative to Bologna star Joshua Zirkzee in the summer transfer window. There are reports that French striker, Olivier Giroud, is expected to sign a contract with LAFC in June. This will undoubtedly see Milan sign a new centre-forward ahead…
9 Apr
Security will be "considerably reinforced" at Wednesday's Champions League match in the French capital between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona after a "threat" from the Islamic State group, the interior minister said. Gerald Darmanin said the jihadist group had threatened all the quarter-final matches on Tuesday and Wednesday, not just PSG's first leg clash with Barcelona…
9 Apr
Sporting Lisbon Manager Ruben Amorim has reached a verbal agreement with Liverpool to replace Jurgen Klopp at the end of the current season. Sky Sports reported on Tuesday that 39-year-old Amorim will likely sign a seven-year contract with Liverpool. Liverpool and Sporting Lisbon are still negotiating Amorim's exit. Amorim was on the list of Bayern…
9 Apr
Nigeria’s U-15 boys, nicknamed Future Eagles, will fly into Spain today to feature in a UEFA U-16 Development Tournament.
9 Apr
Arsenal will bid to continue their imperious form when they seek revenge on Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal, reports talksport.com.
9 Apr
Since featuring at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in China, the Super Falcons have missed three editions of the Games in London (2012), Rio de Janeiro (2016) and Tokyo (2020).
9 Apr
Today’s meeting between serial Champions League winners, Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola is a ‘small detail,’ according to the Italian tactician: ‘Players will make the difference.’
9 Apr
Since the addition of the exciting midfielder to the ranks of KS Pogradeci in September 2023, the former Remmo Soccer Academy product has been in superb form propelling the Pogradec based side to the top of the league with 45 points in 17 games. The team now only needs 7 points out of a possible…
8 Apr
Business mogul, Tony Elumelu, said that he is evaluating the viability of buying or acquiring one of the clubs in the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL). Elumelu made this disclosure on Monday in a post on his X handle, revealing that the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Senator John Owan-Enoh has also approached him…
8 Apr
Everton have been given an additional two-point deduction for a breach of the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules (PSR), it was announced Monday.
8 Apr
Kobbie Mainoo says Manchester United need to learn how to "see out games" after they were held to a thrilling draw by arch-rivals Liverpool.
8 Apr
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday his team played without courage or personality when Manchester City knocked them out of the Champions League last season, ahead of another showdown with the English champions.
Sport
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Unless urgent steps are taken by the Federal Government, the nation’s hope of making an appreciable impact at the fast-approaching Paris 2024 Olympic Games may have wane.
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At the end of AFCON 2023, that was in February 2024, José Peseiro, the Portuguese Manager that took the Super Eagles to Cote d’Ivoire became history. His contract was not renewed by the Nigeria Football Federation
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Nigerias from all walks of life, including top footballers and ex-players, yesterday, paid their last respect to the late Coach Godwin Ihijegbe Izilien with a valedictory football match at the Samuel Ogbemudia, Stadium, Benin City.
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From AFCON 2023, Nigeria gave a new and interesting definition to ‘winning’. The country’s national team, the Super Eagles, for four weeks, provided the glue that united the country at a time when the country was going through difficult times
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Delta Queens FC of Asaba will not be defending their Super Six title this year. This is as a result of the club poor performance in the 2023/24 Nigeria Women’s Professional Football League, which will end this week.
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Nigerian Boxing Federation (NBF) President, Gen. Kenneth Minimah (Rtd), the country’s first world boxing champion, the late Hogan ‘Kid’ Bassey and national team coach, Tony Konyegwachie, are among boxing personalities to be honoured today in Lagos by the Ministry of Sports, in collaboration with Yucateco Boxing Promotions. According to the promoters, the event, which is…
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I have just made up my mind to attend the Paris Olympic Games this summer.It will be my first time at the Olympics and not as an athlete. In 1976, at the Montreal Olympics in Canada, I attended as an athlete but did not participate.
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Leul Gebreselassie, the second Ethiopian man to win the men's title at the Okpekpe international 10km road race, will be gunning for his first major marathon win on Sunday at the London Marathon. The London Marathon is one of the six major marathons in the world. The rest are Boston, Berlin, New York, Tokyo, and Chicago…
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Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to prove they have the mental strength to bounce back from a painful spell that wrecked their Champions League challenge and dented their Premier League title bid.