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Super Eagles striker Ademola Lookman scored his seventh goal of the Serie A season as Atalanta beat Parma 3-1 on Saturday to go top of Serie
16 Nov
Any club interested in Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman, must be ready to pay €50 million to Atalanta, reports football-italia.net via Il Corriere dello Sport.
10 Nov
Atalanta moved level with Serie A leaders Napoli on Sunday after coming back from a goal down to beat spirited Udinese 2-1 and continue an unlikely title bid. Mario Pasalic's first-time strike 11 minutes after the break and an unfortunate own goal from Isaak Toure moments later gave Atalanta their sixth straight league win. Gian…
3 Nov
Atalanta brought Serie A leaders Napoli down to earth with a bump with a 3-0 victory on Sunday as Ademola Lookman grabbed two goals. Napoli were hoping to open up a seven-point lead over Inter Milan who play later in the day but Atalanta stunned the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium as they decisively ended the…
28 Oct
Nigeria and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman finished in 14th position in the 2024 men’s Ballon d’Or award. Organisers of the award, France Football, made the announcement on the Ballon d’Or X handle on Monday. In the 2023 edition of the award, reigning CAF Player of the Year, Victor Osimhen finished in eight place. Lookman is…
22 Oct
Mateo Retegui is gunning for his first Champions League goal as the Italy striker heads into Atalanta's Champions League clash with Celtic in hot form and ready to make up for the incredible double miss which cost his team a win against Arsenal. Born in Argentina, Retegui has replaced Gianluca Scamacca as starting centre-forward…
12 Oct
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini has said his vote for the 2024 Ballon d’Or will go to his Nigeria forward, Ademola Lookman. Lookman made the 30-man shortlist for this year’s award billed for October 28. He is the only African who made the cut after his impressive performance last season where he scored 17 goals,…
5 Oct
Mateo Retegui struck a hat-trick in Atalanta's 5-1 home hammering of Genoa in Serie A on Saturday, condemning his struggling former club to a heavy defeat. Italy forward Retegui's treble at the Gewiss Stadium took his goal tally for Atalanta to seven since signing from Genoa in the summer after Gianluca Scamacca suffered a serious…
27 Sep
Victor Boniface has said he will pick himself ahead of Ademola Lookman for the 2024 CAF Player of the Year award. Boniface stated this in a video interview on Sporty TV and posted on X. “It’s probably between me and Lookman,” he replied when quizzed about who he thinks are the favourites for the award.…
25 Sep
Como earned their first Serie A win in over two decades on Tuesday, stunning Atalanta 3-2 in a match which had been pushed back a day following a massive downpour in Bergamo which had made the pitch unplayable. Cesc Fabragas' Como came back from Davide Zappacosta's 18th-minute volley to claim all the points in the…
19 Sep
Arsenal legend, Ian Wright, has named Ademola Lookman as one players Arsenal must cage if they want to defeat Atalanta in today’s UEFA Champions League tie, reports nowarsenal.com.
15 Sep
Ademola Lookman made sure that Atalanta warmed up for their return to the Champions League with the winner in Sunday's 3-2 victory over Fiorentina in Serie A. Nigeria forward Lookman did not feature in Atalanta's first three league matches after agitating for a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. But the 26-year-old netted the decisive strike in…
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Former Argentina boss Jorge Sampaoli's began his Rennes tenure with a 1-0 loss at Lille on Sunday, while riot police were deployed to stop an attempted pitch invasion by Nantes fans. Kosovo international Edon Zhegrova struck right before half-time as Lille extended their unbeaten run to eight games to stay a point behind third-placed Marseille.…
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The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the foremost socio-political body of the South-South region, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his decision to release Rivers State’s statutory allocation. During a media interaction at Uyo Airport on Saturday, PANDEF’s newly appointed National Chairman, Ambassador Godknows Igali, expressed satisfaction with the President’s move, describing it as…
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The European Union (EU) through its International organisation, Search for Common Ground, (SEARCH), has partnered with Bundu-Ama and Igbisikala-Ama communities in Port Harcourt City local government area as well as, security agencies to create a crime free environment . The organisation's representatives, the community members including youths, men and women as well as some security…
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Romelu Lukaku ensured Napoli maintained their one-point lead at the top of Serie A with the only goal in Sunday's 1-0 win over his old club Roma. Belgium striker Lukaku poked home his fifth Napoli goal seven minutes after half-time in Naples, handing veteran Claudio Ranieri a defeat on his return to management with his…
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Abducted relatives of former Daily Trust Editor, Malam Ahmed Tahir Ajobe, have been released. It was gathered that their abductors had earlier reduced the ransom to N10m from the N50m earlier demanded. The three victims include a male and two females, including Mr Ajobe's immediate younger sister, Halimtu-Sadiya Tahir. This was disclosed to our…
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Kylian Mbappe scored his first goal in five games for Real Madrid as the champions beat Leganes 3-0 on Sunday in La Liga. Fede Valverde and Jude Bellingham also struck as Madrid moved second, four points behind leaders Barcelona with a game in hand. Los Blancos capitalised after Barcelona slipped to a draw at Celta…
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A financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is likely to raise interest rates again. Uwaleke, the Director, Institute of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, is also the President, Capital Market Academics of Nigeria. He said this in an interview with the…
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Ruben Amorim was given a stark illustration of the size of his task at Manchester United after his uninspiring team were held 1-1 by struggling Ipswich Town in his first match in charge on Sunday. The Portuguese who is the latest man tasked with restoring the club to the top of English football spoke before…