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Arsenal legend, Paul Merson, has predicted the Premier League matches taking place today, tomorrow and on Sunday. Leicester City will host Nottingham Forest in the Premier League match-day nine on Friday night at the King Power Stadium. Manchester City will take on Southampton on Saturday evening, while Chelsea will clash with Newcastle United on Sunday. ...
Bayelsa Queens chairman, Robin Angonimi Apreala, has expressed satisfaction with the team’s preparation for the 2024-25 Nigeria Women Football League(NWFL) season. Apreala said that the team will be ready for the rigorous nature of the season. “I’m so happy with what I am seeing with the girls, it shows they are ready for business’, Apreala ...
Manchester City Boss, Pep Guardiola has hailed winger Savinho following his side’s Champions League 5-0 win over Sparta Praha on Wednesday. Savinho was impressive as Man City defeated Sparta Praha at the Etihad Stadium. The likes of Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, John Stones and Matheus Nunes all scored for the Premier League champions. Speaking after ...
Federation of International Football Association, FIFA council member, Amaju Pinnick, has revealed that the long-awaited CAF verdict on the botched 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between NigerIa’s Super Eagles and Libya will be made public “today or tomorrow”. Super Eagles players and officials were held hostage at the Al Abaq Airport for several hours ...
The Confederation of African Football, CAF has confirmed that the 2024 CAF Awards will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16, 2024. This is the third consecutive time the prestigious ceremony will be hosted in the North African country. CAF is yet to publish the final list of contenders for the Men’s Best Player. ...
Bayern Munich ace, Thomas Muller has explained why his team was defeated 4-1 against Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday. Barcelona came into the game having lost their previous six matches against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. The La Liga leaders hadn’t even scored a goal against the Bundesliga giants in their last ...
Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho, has revealed his intentions to return to the Premier League. Mourinho admitted this during a press conference on Wednesday ahead of their Europa League tie against Manchester United. The Red Devils have continued to struggle since the Portuguese left, but he is confident that his former side will succeed “sooner or ...
Bayern Munich manager, Vincent Kompany has hailed ‘exceptional’ Barcelona for finding Lionel Messi’s replacement in the person of Lamine Yamal. Kompany spoke ahead of Bayern Munich’s UEFA Champions League clash with Barcelona on Wednesday night at Camp Nou. The Belgian believes the 17-year-old Spain international can follow in the footsteps of Messi, who is a ...
El-Kanemi Warriors will aim to maintain their unbeaten record when they host Kwara United in a rescheduled matchday two fixture in Maiduguri. The Borno Army have recorded two wins and five draws from seven matches. El-Kanemi Warriors will square up with Kwara United at the El-Kanemi Stadium on Wednesday(today). Aliyu Zubairu’s side defeated Enyimba 1-0 ...
Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has revealed he could be without at least five players this week. The Reds travel to RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday. Their injury issues continue to mount with forward Diogo Jota added to an already lengthy list of absentees. Jota was forced off after 30 minutes of their ...
Chelsea legend, Frank Lampard has urged manager Enzo Maresca to start Pedro Neto in Chelsea’s next game. Lampard believes the Portugal international is dynamic and has shown enough to get him a starting place for Chelsea. The former England international spoke following Chelsea’s recently Premier League 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield. Recall that Neto, ...
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 ...
Victor Osimhen’s amazing overhead kick goal for Galatasaray against Antalyaspor has made it to the record books, The Newsmen reports. According to CNN Turk, the superb strike was only the second goal in the world to be scored from a height of more than 2.30 metres barrier. Osimhen’s goal was from a height of 2.32 ...
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 ...
