Napoli forward Victor Osimhen will be fit for their UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to AC Milan next week, manager Luciano Spalletti said on Thursday. This was after the Nigeria forward missed Wednesday’s 0-1 loss in the first leg match. Osimhen, Serie A’s top scorer with...
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By YAKUBU SOLOMON, Abuja – Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford will miss few games including Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final first-leg clash with Sevilla. This was as a result of the muscle injury he picked up against Everton on Saturday. The England international has been in fine form for Erik...
Arsenal’s home game against Chelsea has been postponed to May 2 due to policing issues, the Premier League in England said on Tuesday. The game was earlier scheduled to be played on April 29 at the Emirates Stadium. “The initial scheduling of this match was approved at a Safety...
The U.S. will host a pre-season tournament featuring six English Premier League (EPL) clubs from July 22 to July 30, the top-flight league said on Tuesday. The six clubs involved in the tournament are Aston Villa, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Fulham and Newcastle United. The teams will...
Napoli forward Victor Osimhen will miss his side’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg game at AC Milan on Wednesday. This came after the Nigerian was left out of manager Luciano Spalletti’s match day squad due to injury. Osimhen, who is Serie A’s top scorer this season with 21...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons spanked World Cup co-hosts New Zealand 3-0 in a friendly in Antalya, Turkey on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victory was the third consecutive win for the nine-time African champions. Team captain Onome Ebi headed the Super Falcons in front after...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has lauded the Managing Director of NEROS Pharmaceutical Ltd., Polly Emenike, for his sponsorship of the Anambra FA Cup competition for 16 years running. Soludo made the commendation at Sunday’s grand finale of the 2023 NEROS/Anambra FA Cup at the NEROS Stadium, Nanka in...
Israel Adesanya pulled off a stunning knockout win over Alex Pereira to reclaim the middleweight crown at UFC 287 at the Kaseya Centre on Saturday. He downed the Brazilian in the second round to avenge his only UFC defeat at middleweight. After a cagey opening frame that saw Pereira...
Imo Strikers FC on Friday defeated Dannaz Ladies 1-0 to win the 2023 edition of the Sheroes Cup tournament which was played at the Area 3 football pitch in Abuja. The only goal was registered in the 57th minute, courtesy of an own goal after a well-taken corner kick...
Frank Lampard made a surprise return to Chelsea as caretaker manager until the end of the season on Thursday, just over two years after he was sacked by the Premier League club. Lampard, Chelsea’s record goalscorer, previously managed the Blues from July 2019 until January 2021, when he was...
The draw for the knockout stages of the 2022/2023 African Champions League was conducted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. Below are the fixtures: Quarter-finals: Simba (Tanzania) vs Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) Al Ahly (Egypt) vs Raja Casablanca (Morocco) Chabab Belouizdad (Algeria) vs Mamelodi...
Real Madrid reached the Copa del Rey final for the first time since 2014 on Wednesday night in Barcelona. A Karim Benzema hat-trick and a Vinicius Junior strike earned a 4-0 Clasico victory over FC Barcelona at Camp Nou and a 4-1 triumph on aggregate. Eder Militao’s own goal...
Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected president of European football governing body UEFA unopposed during its Ordinary Congress in Lisbon on Wednesday. The Slovenian has been re-elected for a four-year term until 2027. Ceferin was elected UEFA’s seventh president in 2016 to replace Michel Platini. The Frenchman had been banned from...
Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland, has returned to team training from a groin problem on Tuesday, a week before their first UEFA Champions League quarter-final date with Bayern Munich. “A familiar face returns to training,” Manchester City tweeted. “Erling Haaland is back.” Haaland missed two Euro 2024 qualifiers with...
Delta State is set to host 16 state teams in the 2023 Teqball Tour coming up from April 10 to April 13. Delta State Sports Media representative, Ogor Clackson, said in a statement on Tuesday that the teams would battle for $3000 prize. The 2023 Teqball Tour, sponsored by...
The following are the results of Match Day 12 fixtures played on Sunday in the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), as well as the Match Day 13 fixtures: Doma United 2-1 Niger Tornadoes Wikki Tourists 3-1 Dakkada FC Kwara United 0-1 Shooting Stars Rangers International 1-1 Lobi Stars...
Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare, on Sunday congratulated Anthony Joshua, Nigerian-born former world heavyweight boxing champion, for defeating his opponent, Jermaine Franklin in an international bout on Saturday. Dare noted in his congratulatory message that Joshua fought like a lion to defeat his American challenger....
Chelsea have sacked manager Graham Potter, the London-based football club said on Sunday after a string of poor results left the team 11th in the English Premier League (EPL). Potter had been signed by Chelsea’s new owners in September after they prised him away from Brighton & Hove Albion....
Leicester City have parted company with manager Brendan Rodgers as they look to maintain their English Premier League (EPL) status. The Foxes dropped into the bottom three after Saturday’s last-gasp 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace, which extended their winless run to six games. Rodgers, who recently celebrated four years...
Manchester City came from behind to dismantle Liverpool 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium and maintain the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal. Pep Guardiola’s title challenge looked to be hanging by a thread when Mohamed Salah gave the away side an early lead but Julian Alvarez equalised before second-half...