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Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano has provided the latest update on Victor Osimhen’s potential move to Al-Hilal. According to Romano, the Saudi Pro Lig giants have submitted official bid to Napoli for Osimhen’s signature. He noted that Al-Hilal proposed a deal worth €65m fixed fee plus €5m add-ons, adding that the decision is now up ...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has provided financial assistance totalling ₦31 million to the families of the Kano State athletes and officials who died in a tragic road accident while returning from the recently concluded National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Gateway Games 2024. In addition to the financial support, the Governor dispatched a high-level ...
Barcelona were held to a 3-3 draw by Inter Milan in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday night. It was the Serie A side who raced into a two-goal lead early in the first half. Marcus Thuram got on the scoresheet within 30 seconds, before Denzel Dumfries doubled their advantage with ...
Turkish Super Lig club Goztepe are targeting a move for Southampton midfielder Joe Aribo, Goztepe earned promotion to the Turkish top-flight last season, and have competed well this term. Stanimir Stoiliv’s side currently occupy sixth position on the table with 43 points from 31 games. They are looking to strengthen their squad ahead of next ...
Arsenal's run to the Champions League semi-finals has been a "beautiful story" but the Gunners "want much more", says manager Mikel Arteta as they prepare to host Paris St-Germain. Arteta said Tuesday's first leg (20:00 BST) is "one of the biggest games the Emirates Stadium has seen", and called on fans to "play every ball ...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday congratulated Remo Stars Football Club on winning the 2024–2025 Nigerian Premier Football League title. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the president described the club’s victory as a milestone achievement that shined a spotlight on Ikenne and Ogun. Tinubu said the historic triumph, coming just four ...
Arsenal overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit with a 4-1 away thrashing of French side Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday night. Victory for Arsenal means they won 5-3 on aggregate and booked their spot in the women’s Champions League final, where they will meet holders FC Barcelona. The Gunners were ruthless, punishing errors from the eight-time Champions ...
Victor Osimhen scored and provided an assist as Galatasaray thrashed Eyüpspor 5-1 at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium on Sunday. Osimhen set up Roland Sallai for the opening goal in the 29th minute. The forward scored Galatasaray’s third of the night in the 71st minute. It was the Nigeria international’s 22nd league goal of the ...
Liverpool clinched the Premier League title in style as they came from behind to thrash Tottenham 5-1 at Anfield. First-half strikes from Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo all but wrapped up a record-equalling 20th top-flight title. This was before Mohammed Salah’s 28th goal of a prolific campaign and a Destiny Udogie own ...
Real Madrid defender, Antonio Rudiger has apologized for his behaviour towards referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea during his side’s Copa del Rey final defeat to Barcelona on Saturday. Recall that Jules Kounde’s goal in extra time gave Barcelona a 3-2 win against Real Madrid in Sevilla. Following Kounde’s goal, tensions boiled over on the Real ...
A Jules Kounde goal in the dying minutes of extra time handed FC Barcelona a dramatic 3-2 win over fierce rivals Real Madrid. It was an enthralling Copa del Rey final in a raucous atmosphere at Seville’s La Cartuja stadium on Saturday night. FC Barcelona won a record extending 32nd Spanish Cup title thanks to a ...
Nigeria’s Under-17 female football team, Flamingos, on Friday played a goalless draw with Algeria to qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco. The 2022 bronze medalist, who were determined to win their last match of the qualifying series, absorbed the pressure of the Algerian girls in the return leg played at ...
Arsenal kept Liverpool’s Premier League title-winning champagne on ice, but only just, as they were twice pegged back at home by Crystal Palace. This was after Jean-Philippe Mateta scored a superb equaliser in a 2-2 draw on Wednesday. First-half goals by Jakub Kiwior and Leandro Trossard looked like being enough for a lacklustre Arsenal against ...
A Luka Jovic double and a goal from Tijjani Reijnders helped AC Milan to outclass city rivals, Inter Milan 3-0 on Wednesday and seal a 4-1 aggregate triumph to reach the Coppa Italia final. Inter Milan earned a 1-1 draw against Milan in the first leg of their semi-final but could not stop an aggressive ...
Bankole Olowookere, Head Coach, Nigeria’s Under-17 women’s national team, says his team will make the country proud in the return leg match against Algeria in the ongoing U-17 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers in Morocco. Olowookere told the Newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that the girls are determined to qualify for the World Cup in ...
Arsenal are one of the sides who are showing an interest in signing Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen ahead of the summer transfer window, Fabrizio Romano has confirmed on GIVEMESPORT's Market Madness podcast. Huijsen has taken to the Premier League like a duck to water, and Bournemouth will be thinking they secured a bargain, managing to secure his ...
Nigeria’s U-20 national team, the Flying Eagles, defeated their Egyptian counterparts 2-1 in a friendly match on Tuesday in Cairo, ahead of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Newsmen reports that the tournament will take place in Egypt from April 27 to May 18. Kparobo Arierhi gave Nigeria the lead in the ...
Trent Alexander-Arnold put the Premier League title champagne on ice for Liverpool after scoring the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win which confirmed Leicester’s relegation. Alexander-Arnold, making his comeback from injury, climbed off the bench to score the 76th-minute winner at the King Power and put his side on the brink of ...
Nigeria forward, Umar Sadiq rose from the bench to help Valencia draw 1-1 against Rayo Vallecano at the Estadio de Vallecas on Saturday. Valencia went behind on the stroke of half time with Cesar Tarrega scoring an own goal. Sadiq was introduced in the place of Andre Almeida in the 66th minute. The 27-year-old fired ...
Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti, has addressed rumours of a rift between him and the squad following their Champions League exit. According to Relevo, Los Blancos dressing room is growing increasingly distrustful of Ancelotti. It also claimed that some players have approached club president Florentino Perez to complain about the Italian’s tactics following their 2-1 ...
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has signed a new two-year contract that has now put an end to the questions about his future after months of speculation. The 33-year-old Dutch centre-back had been inside the final season of his previous deal, which was due to expire in the summer of 2025. But he has now ...
A former Nigerian basketball captain, Olumide Oyedeji, has urged players in Nigeria to stay hopeful, assuring them that better days lie ahead for the league system. Oyedeji made the call on Thursday in Lagos during an interview with newsmen Four months into the 2025 sporting calendar, the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) is yet to organise ...
Maduka Okoye has said it is important for Udinese to finish the season on a positive note, The Zebras were thrashed 4-0 at home by AC Milan last weekend. Kosta Runjaic’s side have lost their last four league games. Udinese are already assured of their safety in Serie A this season. They currently occupy 11th ...
