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Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has won the 2023 CAF Women’s Player of the year award. The Nigeria Super Falcons forward has now won the award for the record of sixth time. Oshoala beat the duo of South Africa’s Thembi Kgathlana and Zambia’s Barbara Banda to win the prize. Apart from her outstanding performance with the Super…
In this year’s Confederation of African Football award, the Super Falcons of Nigeria have been announced as the winner of the CAF award for the National Team of the Year. The Nigerian female football team was announced the winner following an impressive performance at the World Cup earlier in the year. The Falcons crashed out…
Victor Osimhen has been crowned the African footballer of the year award. Osimhen edged Egypt’s Mohammed Salah and Morroco’s Achraf Hakimi to win the coveted trophy at the event which was held at Morroco on Monday nights. Osimhen played a vital role last season when Napoli won the title. The Nigerian Striker scored 26 league…
Cristiano Ronaldo has celebrated his 1,200th professional match after helping Al Nassr beat Al Riyadh 4-1 on Friday It was a momentous occasion for Ronaldo who also scored a goal and bag an assist in the game. Ronaldo’s new landmark achievement was posted on the X Platform by the Saudi Pro League. “Cristiano Ronaldo has…
Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a class-action lawsuit worth more than 1 billion dollars in US courts by those affected by the Binance crypto currency platform. Binance is regarded as the world’s biggest crypto exchange. According to the lawsuit which was filed on Tuesday in a Florida court, Ronaldo was said to have “promoted, assisted in,…
Erik ten Hag said he takes the responsibility for Manchester United’s 3-3 draw with Galatasaray on Wednesday night UCL match. The Red Devils twice held a two-goal lead but errors from Onana allowed the Turkish team back into the game. Ten Hag said after the game: “It’s always me [to blame]. I am responsible for…
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau will on Wednesday declare the first ever retreat of the Management and Staff of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) at the Sandralia Hotel in Abuja. The retreat which is being held to review the operations of the NPFL in the last one year and develop…
Kwara United on Sunday secured a 2-0 victory over Gombe United in the NPFL match day ten played at the main bowl of the Kwara State Stadium Complex. A fantastic left footed volley from Alao Mohammed in the 37th minute and a perfectStrike from Abubakar Garba five minutes to the end of the game sealed…
Reports have it that Spain’s state prosecutors are prepared to request a nine-year prison jail term for Dani Alves as he set to face trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a night club in December of 2022. Court documents show that the prosecutor will also demand €150,000 in compensation for the alleged victim….
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr and Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami will face each other in the Riyadh Season Cup that will take place in Saudi Arabia next year. Tagged “The Last Dance”, the tournament will also feature the FIFA Club World Cup runners-up Al-Hilalof Saudi Arabia. “Riyadh Season and Inter Miami CF agreed to hold the Riyadh Season…
Nottingham Forest Head Coach Steve Cooper has confirmed that Taiwo Awoniyi will spend months on the sidelines through injury. Awoniyi aggravated a groin injury which he picked up in October during Nigeria’s FIFA world cup qualifiers against Lesotho and has undergone surgery which will rule him out for months. Awoniyi, who has scored four goals…
Following a disappointing outing of the Super Eagles of Nigeria during the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers group stage ties with Lesotho and Zimbabwe, which ended in draws and the call by patriotic Nigerians to fire the head coach, Jose Paseiro, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in its reaction to the call, said it would sack…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday again played a 1-1 draw with Crocodile Warriors of Zimbabwe in their second game of the 2026 World Cup qualifying series played in Huye Stadium in Rwanda. Walter Musona floated a free kick over the Nigerian wall of defence and beat a hapless Francis Uzoho in goal in…
The Nigeria Super Eagles have arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday, for their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against the Warriors of Zimbabwe on Sunday. Recall that the delegation of players and officials of the team travelled to Rwanda aboard a chartered aircraft that departed from the Victor Attah International Airport,Uyo on Friday night….
Liberia President George Weah has lost his reelection bid to become the President of Liberia. Weah conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai in the run-off election which was held on Tuesday. According to the Liberia election commission, Boakai, 78, a former vice president who lost to Weah in the 2017 election, led with 50.9% of…
Everton has described the ten points deduction from its already accrued point as “wholly disproportionate and unjust” . The Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules(PSR) had deducted ten points from Everton over the breach of PSR’s rules. An independent commission imposed an immediate deduction from Everton, a development which will see them drop from 14th…
The Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules(PSR) has deducted ten points from Everton over the breach the PSR’s rule. An independent commission imposed an immediate deduction from Everton, a development which will see them drop from 14th into the relegation zone. Premier League claimed it had issued a complaint against the Merseyside club and referred…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles has made the final shortlist of the 2023 CAF Best Player Award. This was contained in an announcement made by the football body on Friday. The statement reads; “CAF has announced the shortlists for the men’s categories for the CAF Awards 2023,” the African football governing body said on Friday. The Napoli…
Taiwo Awoniyi has been ruled out of the Super Eagles clash against Zimbabwe in the 2026 World Cup qualifying Group C game at Stade Huye in Butare on Sunday. According to the Super Eagles camp update, the Nottingham Forest striker has already left camp for England after consulting with the team’s doctors. Awoniyi was replaced…
The current Manchester United CEO Richard Arnold will leave his role ahead of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s imminent arrival as a minority shareholder. This was contained in a statement released by Manchester United on Wednesday afternoon. “It has been an incredible privilege to serve this great football club for the past 16 years,” Arnold said. “Through…
