Lionel Messi and Argentina celebrated their 2022 World Cup triumph with a memorable homecoming victory over Panama in Buenos Aires on Friday morning, March 24. Messi netted his 800th career goal in what was Argentina’s first match since winning the 2022 World Cup as they beat Panama 2-0 in...
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World Cup winner Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from football on Wednesday after an illustrious international career with Germany and club spells with Real Madrid and Arsenal. The 34-year-old helped Germany to glory in Brazil in 2014 but bitterly quit the international scene after the Germans crashed out of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The reigning Cross River State FA Champions, Hope of Glory FC was set up to curbed youth restiveness, says Apostles Joshua Umoh. Apostle Umoh, who is a renowned evangelist in Cross River State and General Overseer of Hope of Glory International Church, told our...
Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has arrived the team’s camp in Abuja ahead of Friday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against the Djurtus (Wild Dogs) of Guinea Bissau. The match is scheduled to take place at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, in Abuja. Eagles Media Officer, Babafemi...
Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has been appointed France captain to succeed Hugo Lloris, the French football federation (FFF) said on Monday. French media reported that Mbappe had accepted the captaincy after speaking with coach Didier Deschamps. “Didier Deschamps has named Kylian Mbappe the new captain of Les Bleus....
Refereeing bodies in England have told Premier League and English Football League match officials to pause play so that players can break their fast during the holy period of Ramadan. Match officials have been issued guidance so players can break their fast by taking on liquids, energy gels or...
Pep Guardiola feels his Manchester City side are hitting their stride as they approach the business end of the 2022/2023 season. The English Premier League (EPL) champions have fallen below their usual high levels of consistency this term. But they have found form over the past month and are...
Arsenal’s exit from the 2022/2023 Europa League has brought “clarity” to their season and the squad must now focus on their English Premier League title charge, manager Mikel Arteta says. Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon drew 1-1 in London and finished 3-3 on aggregate in the tie before the Portuguese...
Crystal Palace on Friday sacked manager Patrick Vieira after 20 months in charge. This was after their 1-0 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion has left them three points above the 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) relegation zone. Crystal Palace are the only side in the league without a...
Africa’s top table tennis player, Quadri Aruna, defeated Japan’s Tomokazu Harimo, the world number fourth player, 3-0 to reach the quarter finals of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Smash in Singapore. The game played at the early hours of Thursday morning, saw the Nigerian defeat the Japanese in straight...
Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as the president of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). The election was held on Thursday during the 73rd Congress in Kigali, as Infantino stood unopposed, making his re-election as head of football’s governing body a formality. Controversies surrounding him include, the treatment...
Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure on Wednesday won the 2023 Ondo State FA Cup competition after thrashing Adamimogo FC 4-0. The club’s female team, Sunshine Queens FC, also trashed FC Unity of Ondo City 8-0 to win the competition’s female version. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored twice on Wednesday to help steer Napoli FC of Italy to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. The win ensured they moved into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time. The 24-year-old who scored in each half of the game...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to return to international duty with Sweden, after he was selected for their Euro 2024 qualifiers against Belgium and Azerbaijan. The AC Milan forward has spent most of the season on the sidelines after undergoing a knee operation at the end of the 2021/2022 campaign,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Ismaila Abubakar, popularly known as Ismaila Mabo, a former coach of the Nigerian female football team, the Super Falcons. The President Buhari, in his condolence message issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on...
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has described the death of Super Falcons former coach, Ismai’la Mabo as a great loss to Plateau and Nigeria as a whole. The governor stated this in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham on Monday in Jos....
Football fans in Ebonyi have advised the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) not to disband the Flying Eagles due to its bronze-medal finish at the just concluded U-20 AFCON in Egypt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the nation’s men U-20 team did not impress much in the...
South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns were in superlative form on Saturday as they silenced record-winners Al Ahly 5-2 in Pretoria to become the second team to confirm their place in the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League. Sundowns, playing at home, were in emphatic form totally dominating the Egyptians to...
The Young Teranga Lions of Senegal on Saturday at the Cairo International Stadium, Egypt, defeated their Gambia counterparts 2-0 to lift their first-ever Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy. Goals from forward Sulaymane Faye and midfielder Mamadou Camara were all the team needed to secure Senegal victory over...
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Friday in Egypt finished third at the ongoing Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) following a 4-0 thumping of the Young Carthage Eagles of Tunisia. The third-place playoff at the Cairo International Stadium saw the Nigerian side going ahead in the 9th minute through Ibrahim...