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DC United striker, Christian Benteke, has won the 2024 Major League Soccer (MLS) Golden Boot Award. The two-time Major League Soccer All-Star scored 23 goals this season. Benteke has now won the prize ahead pof Inter Miami’s duo of Lionel Messi (20) and Luis Suárez (20). LAFC’s Dénis Bouanga (20 goals), and Columbus Crew’s Cucho ...
Enyimba technical adviser, Olanrewaju Yemi has described El-Kanemi Warriors as a decent side. The People’s Elephant suffered a 1-0 loss to their hosts in Sunday’s matchday eight fixture at the El-Kanemi Stadium, Maiduguri. Abbas Usman scored the winning goal for El-kanemi Warriors. Yemi stated that his team suffered from fatigue in the game. “Yeah it ...
Opta SuperComputer has said Liverpool now have a bigger chance of challenging Manchester City for the Premier League title this season. This follows Arsenal’s shock 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday. The Gunners have twice finished runners-up behind City in successive years and are attempting to finally clinch the title this season but now face ...
Leicester City have celebrated Wilfred Ndidi’s 200th Premier League appearance for the club. Ndidi reached the milestone in Leicester City’s 3-2 thrilling victory over Southampton on Saturday. The Foxes rallied from two goals down to win the encounter at the St Mary’s Stadium. “200 Premier League appearances. Massive, Wilf,” the former Premier League champions wrote ...
Nigeria international forward Victor Boniface has reportedly survived a ghastly car crash in Germany. The striker, who plays for German club Bayer Leverkusen, posted a video of the damaged car on his Instagram Stories on Sunday. The unfortunate incident occurred after the striker, who has been in scintillating form since joining the German club in ...
Nigeria’s Flamingos earned a handsome 4-0 win over Ecuador on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals of the 2024 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Dominican Republic in style. The Nigerian side’s performance underlined their third-place finish at the last edition of the finals was no fluke. With the 4-1 win over New Zealand in their ...
Chidera Ejuke has shared an account of what he experienced during the Super Eagles airport ordeal in Libya. Ejuke and his Super Eagles teammates were held hostage at the Al Abaq Airport in Libya early this week. The contingent were stranded at the airport for several hours with no food and water The players and ...
Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he retired from Manchester United to spend more time with his wife Cathy, after the death of her sister. Ferguson stepped down after 27 years of management at Old Trafford in 2013. During his time in charge, the Scot won 13 Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues and many other ...
Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho, has terminated Ryan Kent’s contract. This comes six days ahead of playing Manchester United in the Europa League. Kent has been frozen out by Mourinho after a deadline-day move to Lazio collapsed last January. He signed a four-year deal with Fenerbahce in 2023, but has been dumped after 16 months. The ...
Flamingos captain, Taiwo Afolabi, is delighted with the team’s victory over New Zealand. The Newsmen reports that Bankole Olowookere’s side started their campaign with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over the Young Football Ferns on Wednesday night. Afolabi scored Nigeria’s fourth goal of the game. “I want Nigerians to expect good results, great wins and they ...
By Dr. Salau D.F(Dee Elf) - NUGA Publicity Liaison Officer 1993-2001 The botched African Football Confederation qualifying match between Libya and Nigeria slated for Benghazi, Libya has generated a lot of comments as expected. It will be recalled that Nigeria boycotted the match slated for Tuesday 15th October 2024 after a 16-hour harrowing experience at ...
Romelu Lukaku has hit out at Chelsea for limiting him in ‘a box’ as far as his style of play is concerned, thinking he was a new Didier Drogba. Lukaku joined the Blues as a young attacker but left for Everton when it was clear he was not in their plans. The Belgian returned to ...
Former Liverpool defender, Mark Lawrenson, has said that football icon, Cristiano Ronaldo, is more likely to buy EFL League One club Wrexham. This is against a recent claim that the Portuguese could join the club as a player. According to Lawrenson, anything is possible in football at the moment but not to the extent of ...
English Championship club Middleborough have taken a dig at Manchester United legend, Cristiano Ronaldo. This followed the football icon’s outburst against Scotland after a UEFA Nations League clash. Ronaldo could not find the back of the net as Portugal were held to a 0-0 draw by Scotland at Hampden Park on Tuesday. The Al-Nassr superstar ...
Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho is eyeing a move for Barcelona forward, Ansu Fati, when the transfer market opens in January. Ansu returned to Spain this summer after spending last season on loan at Premier League side Brighton. The 21-year-old, who was once hailed as Lionel Messi’s heir at Barca, is now struggling to get game ...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as host of the 2024 edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League finals. The Newsmen reports that the competition, according to information on CAF’s official website will run from November 9 to November 23. Recall that Morocco also hosted the last edition of the competition. Nigerian ...
Nigeria defender Olisa Ndah will be sidelined for a long period, according to his South African club, Orlando Pirates. Ndah sustained the injury in Pirates’ league clash against Polokwane City last month. The centre-back, who was replaced by Nkosinathi Sibisi four minutes from time was named Man of the Match after the encounter. “The Bucs ...
Remo Stars technical adviser, Daniel Ogunmodede is back with the team after returning from international duty. Ogunmodede, who is an assistant coach in the national team, was away with the Super Eagles for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya The young tactician took charge of the Sky Blue ...
The pilot of the chartered aircraft in which the Super Eagles flew to Libya, has revealed that Libyan authorities coerced him to divert the flight to the sub-standard airport at Al-Abraq. Newsmen reports that the unexpected diversion of the flight to a remote airport, Al-Abraq, instead of their intended destination, Benghazi has been a source ...
Flamingos forward, Harmony Chidi, has revealed the team’s ambition ahead of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The West Africans are among the favourites to win the title after coming third two years ago in India. The Flamingos were the first African country to achieve the feat. Chidi scored 12 goals for Nigeria in ...
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has delisted the Group D second-leg fixture of the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and Libya. The Super Eagles of Nigeria were scheduled to take on Libya in the Second Leg of the qualifier on Tuesday (today). The Super Eagles had earlier beaten Libya 1-0 in ...
Manchester United have decided to end Sir Alex Ferguson’s ambassadorial contract with the club. This means Ferguson will step back from his current ambassadorial role at the end of the season. ESPN reports that this decision has been taken as part of a cost-cutting drive at the club, since Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought a minority ...
Former England international, Paul Gascoigne wants former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson to return to the club for ‘one more season’. Gascoigne, however, admitted that he felt sorry for current Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag. Ten Hag is under huge pressure to save his job at the Red Devils due to the club’s ...
