Napoli striker Victor Osimhen will miss the Italian team’s home fixture with Spezia on Saturday with a thigh injury, the Serie A club has announced. In a statement, Napoli said that the Nigeria forward had hurt the femoral bicep in his right thigh, an injury suffered in the first...
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Mathias Pogba denies any involvement in extortion reported by his World Cup-winning footballer brother Paul and which are the subject of an investigation, his lawyer said on Friday. Mathias’s denial in a statement issued by his lawyer, Richard Arbib, comes after he published a bizarre video online on August...
Nigerian champions Bayelsa Queens of Yenagoa were on Friday in Rabat drawn alongside defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies for the second edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the draw for the competition billed for Oct. 30 to Nov. 13 in...
Kylian Mbappe and Neymar were spoken to privately by Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach, Christophe Galtier, following their latest on-pitch contretemps. The PSG forwards have begun the season in fine scoring form, but their relationship has faced intense scrutiny after appearing fractious at times. It has again come under the...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Lagos – A former Nigeria men’s senior national basketball team captain, Olumide Oyedeji has concluded plans to stage a basketball championship, Generation Next Basketball Showcase as part of efforts to discover talents in the country. The Generation Next Basketball Showcase championship will commence Saturday, 17 September...
Staging the 2030 men’s World Cup in Saudi Arabia would be “virtually impossible” if FIFA correctly applies its human rights criteria to any bid it makes, Amnesty International has said. The Middle Eastern country, which has been widely criticised for its human rights record, is reportedly interested in hosting...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Federal Government has finally wielded the big stick by officially ordering the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to withdraw the licence issued to the League Management Company (LMC) to manage the Nigerian premier football league. This was contained in a statement signed by Ismaila...
Graham Potter was appointed as Chelsea’s new manager on Thursday after leaving Brighton to replace the sacked Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge. Potter has agreed a five-year contract to take charge of the Premier League club, who praised his “progressive football and innovative coaching”. The 47-year-old earned widespread admiration...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The outgoing President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has charged frontline candidates for this month’s NFF presidential election to conduct rancour-free, exemplary electioneering campaigns even as they seek the highest football-administration seat in the land. Pinnick, also a FIFA Council...
Robert Lewandowski struck a hat-trick in his first Champions League game for FC Barcelona to power the Catalans to an emphatic 5-1 home win over Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday. Midfielder Franck Kessie put FC Barcelona in front in the 13th minute and Lewandowski extended their lead with a right-footed...
Liverpool, Champions League runners-up last season, suffered a shock 4-1 defeat by Napoli in their opening Group A game at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Wednesday. The Italian side were magnificent in the opening 45 minutes, going in 3-0 up at the break having opened up a woeful...
Bayern Munich’s Leroy Sane scored one goal and forced an own goal by Inter Milan as they beat the Italian side 2-0 away in their Champions League Group C opener on Wednesday. Germany international Sane superbly controlled a pinpoint Joshua Kimmich cross before rounding Inter keeper Andre Onana, who...
Brighton have given Chelsea permission to speak to Graham Potter about the vacant manager’s job at Stamford Bridge. Potter has become the early favourite for the Chelsea helm after the Blues sacked Thomas Tuchel on Wednesday morning. The 47-year-old Seagulls manager has a hefty compensation clause in his Amex...
Chelsea announced on Wednesday they had sacked manager Thomas Tuchel just seven games into the season. The club said in a statement they had “parted company” with the German just hours after a chastening 1-0 Champions League defeat at Dinamo Zagreb. More to follow…
Reece James has signed a bumper new Chelsea deal worth at least £ 250,000 per week. The agreement for the 22-year-old is a six-year deal and will make James the highest-paid defender in Chelsea’s history. James said: ‘I am over the moon with my new contract and I’m thankful...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has donated N25,000 each to 400 participating national handball competition players and other officials as an encouragement to sports development. Tambuwal announced the donations at the closing ceremony of 2022 National Under 12 and 15 Boys and Girls Handball Championship at Giginya Memorial...
Bismark Kobby-Mensah, the Assistant Coach of Ghana’s Black Galaxies, on Saturday said his team did not have it easy beating Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B failed to qualify for the 2022...
The Nigerian team on Saturday recorded their second consecutive defeat at the ongoing 2022 Under-19 Girls African Nations Volleyball Championship in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in their second match of the championship played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium the Nigerian team lost 0-3...
Bayelsa Queens Football Club of Yenagoa have booked a place at the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League in Morocco in October. The Nigerian clubside beat Ghana’s Ampem Darkoa Ladies 3-0 in the final of the WAFU Zone B qualifiers at Yamoussoukro in Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday evening to qualify....
Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B were on Saturday knocked out of the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying race after losing 4-5 to Ghana via penalty shootout. The CHAN qualifier second leg match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja saw the hard-fighting Eagles score two unreplied goals...