Despite winning the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup and earning a whooping £180,000, Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold has revealed he still lives with his parents and helps with chores at home. Aged 23, Trent Alexander-Arnold has developed into...
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Nigeria’s medal haul at the ongoing Commonwealth games in Birmingham, UK, keeps increasing as Folashade Oluwafemiayo broke another record on Thursday after she won gold medal in heavyweight powerlifting. This comes after Goodness Nwachukwu broke two world records in women’s discus F-42 to clinch gold. Oluwafemiayo lifted a series...
Kalidou Koulibaly has condemned plans by Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, to tell new signings they must agree to skip the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). De Laurentiis proposed the controversial policy on Tuesday, saying that any African player who joined the Serie A club should make a commitment...
The following are the results of the Round of 32 men’s results played on Wednesday in 16 match venues across the country. Aiteo Federation Cup 2022: Round of 32 Results (Men) Bayelsa United 0, Green Beret 0 (4-5 penalties) Enyimba International 0, Niger Tornadoes 0 (5-6 penalties) Doma United...
English Premier League (EPL) players will no longer take the knee ahead of every match, but remain committed to fighting racism and all forms of discrimination. The gesture, which started in June 2020 in solidarity with the “Black Lives Matter” campaign, will now be used in specific moments throughout...
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says it was “unacceptable” for Cristiano Ronaldo and other players to leave Old Trafford before the end of Sunday’s friendly against Rayo Vallecano. After taking a strong team to Oslo to face Atletico Madrid on Saturday, the Red Devils wrapped up the pre-season...
…..As 68% of EPL players endured Twitter abuse in 2021/2022 season’s first half Around 68 per cent of English Premier League (EPL) footballers were subjected to abuse on Twitter in the first half of last season, according to a report. Ofcom, which is a regulator, teamed up with The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Iyeneobong Essien, a 16-year old Nigerian girl, for finishing second at the Champion of Champions World Golf Championship Invitational in Northern Ireland. The president saluted the achievements of the youngster, who currently topped the junior player cadre in Nigeria....
New FC Bayern Munich forward, Sadio Mane says he does not see himself as a global star in spite of his long success run with Liverpool FC and Africa Cup of Nations title with Senegal. Mane told Bayern’s club magazine in an interview published Tuesday that all that counts...
Fans in Ebonyi joined millions across the country and the world on Monday to celebrate football maestro and former Super Eagles skipper, Kanu Nwankwo, as he turned 46. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the FIFA U-17 world cup winner had 86 caps for Nigeria between 1994...
YAKUBU SOLOMON, Abuja – The Executive Committee of Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved a revised Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 qualification calendar. The committee, in a statement on the confederation’s website, said this was because of its commitment to allowing the African nations heading to the...
Brazilian forward Neymar insists club teammate Lionel Messi has nothing to prove to his critics in his second season as a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) player. Messi had an underwhelming first campaign with PSG following his move from FC Barcelona, scoring 11 goals in 34 games. This was down on...
Club captains in the English Premier League (EPL) will meet again this week to decide on whether to continue taking the knee before matches during the upcoming season. The anti-racism gesture has been a regular feature of English football since the summer of 2020 and was viewed as a...
An Argentinian footballer has been arrested for punching a female referee to the floor after she sent him off for insulting her. Cristian Tirone was filmed running towards Dalma Cortadi before he punched her head as she wrote his name down in her notepad after she red-carded him. Dalma,...
Rafiatu Lawal on Sunday won Nigeria’s second gold medal in the weightlifting event at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK. Lawal in the process set three Commonwealth Games records in the women’s 59kg final, lifting 90kg in snatch, 116kg in clean and jerk, and 206kg in total....
England defeated Germany 2-1 after extra-time on Sunday in the final match of Euro 2022 to become women’s European champions for the first time. Chloe Kelly grabbed the winning goal by forcing the ball home during a corner-kick to the delight of the majority of the crowd which approached...
Team Nigeria are through to the quarter-finals of the men’s table tennis event at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Nigeria made it three wins out of three in Group Two to secure a quarter-final berth. The team had earlier defeated South Africa and Ghana in their first two...
Liverpool new boy Darwin Nunez drew the first blood in the battle of the super-signings with an encouraging 30-minute cameo on Saturday. He capped it with the final goal in a 3-1 win over Manchester City in the Community Shield match played at the King Power Stadium in Leicester,...
Weightlifter Adijat Olarinoye beat others in the women’s 55kg category to win the first gold for Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and set a new Games record on Saturday. Olarinoye lifted 92kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk, making 203kg in total to set a new...
Sadio Mané scored on his competitive debut for new-look Bayern Munich as they overcame RB Leipzig 5-3 in thrilling fashion on Saturday to lift the German Super Cup. Germany teenager Jamal Musiala rifled Bayern Munich ahead after RB Leipzig had failed to clear a corner-kick after 14 minutes. Ex-Liverpool...