The traditional ruler of Opobo Kingdom, King Dandeson-Douglas Jaja, Jeki V, has declared support for the annual Opobo Marathon slated for Jan. 3, 2022 in Opobo, Rivers. King Jaja gave his royal blessing when organisers of the marathon paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday at the Rivers Traditional...
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Bayern Munich, missing half a dozen players to COVID-19 quarantine, edged past Dynamo Kiev 2-1 on Tuesday. The team also secured top spot in Champions League Group E with a game to spare. First-half goals from striker, Robert Lewandowski, who struck with a spectacular 14th-minute overhead kick, and Kingsley...
FC Barcelona and Benfica played out a thrilling goalless draw in the Champions League in Xavi Hernandez’s second match in charge on a rainy night at the Camp Nou. The match was Xavi’s first in charge of a Champions League match for FC Barcelona after leading the team to...
Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho sent Manchester United into the Champions League round of 16 as Michael Carrick’s interim tenure started with a 2-0 win over Villarreal at La Ceramica on Tuesday. Portugal captain Ronaldo has scored in each of United’s five Champions League matches so far and netted...
Tottenham Hotspur FC have announced pre-tax losses of 80.2 million pounds (107 million dollars) for the financial year ending June 2021. The total debts also increased from 605 million pounds to 706 million pounds. The club said the last two financial years had been “significantly affected by the COVID-19...
FIFA has revealed the shortlisted candidates for The Best FIFA Football Awards ™ 2021, the winners of which will be announced in an online ceremony on January 17, 2022. Two panels of experts, one for women’s soccer (https://fifa.fans/3CACHTK) and one for men’s soccer (https://fifa.fans/3qY03R9), selected the candidates for each...
By YAKUBU ALIYU, Abuja – Victor Osimhen has been diagnosed with multiple displaced facial fractures and Napoli have confirmed he will undergo surgery on Tuesday. The Nigeria international will be out for a while after the clash with Milan Skriniar during the 3-2 defeat to Inter in Serie A...
Gareth Southgate has signed a new contract to extend his stay as England manager to 2024. The 51-year-old’s deal was set to expire after 2022 World Cup but he and his assistant Steve Holland have signed a two-year extension through to December 2024. It is reward for the great...
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s time as Manchester United manager finally ran out on Sunday as the Norwegian was sacked following a humiliating 4-1 defeat at Watford. Solskjaer failed to win a trophy in nearly three years in charge at Old Trafford and tangible signs of progress after finishing second in...
Manchester United have announced that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has left his position as head coach in the wake of Saturday’s 4-1 thrashing away to Watford. The defeat leaves United 12 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea and follows other poor results, including home defeats to hated rivals Liverpool and...
Chelsea swept to a 3-0 win at Leicester as N’Golo Kante’s rocket helped the Premier League leaders move six points clear at the top on Saturday. Antonio Rudiger opened the scoring and Kante’s long-range blast put Chelsea in control before Christian Pulisic came off the bench to score in...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says he will handle the Super Eagles better than its present coach, Gernot Rohr, following the disappointing 1-1 draw the team played with Blue Sharks of Cape Verde. The outcome of the match played in Lagos, though disappointing, ensured that the...
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has said the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would decide the fate of Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, next week. Dare stated this on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing organized by the Presidential Communications team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has denied the reports making the rounds that it had sacked Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Gernot Rohr. Media reports, earlier Thursday have featured the name of the Franco-German tactician, with most platforms, stating authoritatively that the 68-year old had...
Former Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o officially filed his candidacy for the presidency of the country’s football federation on Wednesday, promising he would be the “next president despite the cheating”. Eto’o, a four-time African footballer of the year, was accompanied by a crowd of supporters as he submitted his bid...
Ike Shorunmu, a former number one goalkeeper of the Super Eagles, on Wednesday said in spite of the not so impressive performance of the Super Eagles at the ongoing World Cup qualifiers, qualifying for the play-off was important. Shorunmu said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi said Tuesday he is still working to regain peak physical fitness after overcoming knee and hamstring injuries. Messi admitted he was lacking sharpness in Argentina’s goalless home draw with Brazil in a World Cup qualifier here on Tuesday, his first full 90...
Rivers Hoopers basketball team on Tuesday emerged winners of the 2021 Super Eight men’s Basketball Premier League. The final match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, Rivers Hoopers defeated Gombe Bulls 74- 57 to lift the trophy. Gombe Bulls took the lead in the first quarter by...
The Super Eagles have secured a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Cape Verde on Tuesday in Lagos to reach the final round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup finals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the match played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, the Super...
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is excited to have Odion Ighalo back in the squad and could start against Cape Verde in Monday’s final group qualifier. Ighalo, a former Manchester United striker retired after the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt and now plays for Al Shabab...