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British Formula One star, Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes and join Ferrari for the 2025 season. According to Sky Sports News, Mercedes factory are to be briefed by chief executive of the team, Toto Wolff, ahead of a formal announcement later today. Recall that Hamilton was linked to Ferrari for the 2024 season. However, the ...
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has denied reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is delaying payments of match bonuses and allowances due to the Super Eagles at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Ivory Coast. Reports had recently emerged that the CBN is delaying payments of match bonuses and allowances ...
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for defeating the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon to qualify for the quarter- finals at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Akpabio gave the commendation in a congratulatory message to the Nigerian team signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Eseme ...
The Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Jose Peseiro, has said he and his boys are aware that the quarter final match against Angola will be tougher than the Cameroon game. Peseiro said this while reacting to the 2-0 round of 16 win over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium, ...
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has confirmed he will be leaving the club at the end of this season. Klopp revealed this in a video posted on the Reds’ official social media pages on Friday morning. “I will leave the club at the end of the season. I understand that it’s a shock,” he said. ...
Former Aston Villa captain Gabriel Agbonlahor has revealed that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta’s regret at the club was spending a lot of his transfer budget on Kai Havertz. Agbonlahor believes Arteta’s decision will cost Arsenal amid the Premier League title race, adding that Havertz was not the answer for the Gunners. According to the ...
Napoli and Super Eagles key man Victor Osimhen has been warned against a move to Manchester United. The warning was handed out to the striker by former Super Eagles Media Officer and ESPN pundit Colin Udoh, who believes the striker would be a good signing for Chelsea instead. He said the Blues have been ...
Williams Peter have terminated his contract with Nigeria Premier Football League side, Akwa United. The enterprising forward has found first team football hard to come by with the Promise Keepers which prompted his decision to leave the club. He failed to record a goal in seven NPFL appearances for the Uyo club. Williams joined ...
Remo Stars technical adviser Daniel Ogunmodede has revealed that the team will make proper evaluation of their performance before the commencement of the second half of the season. Ogunmodede expressed confidence in his team’s ability to win a first Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, title. He also assured of an improved second round performance ...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will on Saturday clash with Cameroon in the Round of 16 at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-time champions who finished second in Group A with 7 points will face Cameroon who also finished second in ...
Chelsea Women are closing in on a deal to sign Mayra Ramirez from Levante for a club-record fee. The 24-year-old has impressed at the Spanish club, scoring six goals in seven league games this season. Last term, the Colombian netted 14 times. Chelsea are looking to bring in a striker this window, after Sam ...
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro says he doesn’t have a preference on which country his team should face in the Round of 16 at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. The West Africans confirmed their place in the knockout phase courtesy of a 1-0 victory against Guinea-Bissau on Monday. They are now ...
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has congratulated the Super Eagles following their impressive performance at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cote d’Ivoire. The Super Eagles booked their passage to the knockout round of the competition on Monday after a hard-fought 1-0 win against the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau. The NOC, in ...
Nigeria defender William Troost-Ekong hopes to be back in training this week after missing the country’s clash with Guinea-Bissau on Monday, newsmen reports. The centre-back sat out the game played at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium due to a knee injury. Troost-Ekong sustained the injury in Nigeria’s 1-0 victory over hosts Cote d’Ivoire last ...
Heartland technical adviser, Christian Obi has promised that his team will come out stronger for the second half of the 2023-24 Nigeria Premier Football League season. Obi believes that his team still has a lot to prove in the remaining games of the campaign Heartland is currently bottom of the NPFL table with 16 ...
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has said the club’s decision to appoint Omar Berrada as their new chief executive is their ‘best January signing’. British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe made his first major move since buying a 25 per cent stake in Man United on Sunday by poaching Berrada from Premier League rivals Manchester ...
Angry Cote d’Ivoire fans took to the street to protest the Elephants’ humiliating 4-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea on Monday. The result put Jean-Louis Gasset’s side on the brink of elimination from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. It was Cote d’Ivoire’s heaviest defeat since the 5-0 annihilation at the hands of Netherlands on ...
Arsenal legend Paul Merson has defended Chelsea forward Cole Palmer ahead of the Blues’ Carabao Cup semi-final second leg tie with Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night. Merson also issued a warning to Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the Middlesbrough clash. Recall that Palmer missed good chances as Pochettino’s side lost 1-0 ...
Ghana could still qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16, despite their 2-2 draw with Mozambique on Monday night. The Black Stars threw away a two-goal lead late in the game to drop crucial points in their final group game. The result means they finished third in Group B with ...
The Super Eagles advanced to the next round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Monday in Abidjan with a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau. The result meant Nigeria finished second, after group leaders Equatorial Guinea held firmly to Group A top spot after a 4-0 annihilation of hosts Côte d’Ivoire. In their match ...
Former Chelsea star Joe Cole has advised Conor Gallagher not to leave Stamford Bridge amid the ongoing January transfer window. Cole told Gallagher that he has a big future at the west London club. Gallagher, who has been a key part of Mauricio Pochettino’s team this season, has been linked with a move away ...
Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong could miss the rest of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations due to injury, Newsmen reports. Troost-Ekong, Newsmen learnt, sustained a hamstring injury in the Super Eagles’ 1-0 victory against hosts Cote d’Ivoire last Thursday. The 30-year-old copped the injury in the first half of the game The former ...
Six Guinean supporters died while celebrating the country’s first win at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Ivory Coast. The Guinean Football Federation, Feguifoot, made this revelation to BBC, saying the incident occurred when fans took to the roads of the Guinean capital, Conakry, to celebrate in cars and on motorcycles. Guinea ...
