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NDDC U-17 PEACE TOURNEY: TWO ABIA TEAMS AIM FOR FINAL BERTH

NDDC U-17 PEACE TOURNEY: TWO ABIA TEAMS AIM FOR FINAL BERTH

Two youth teams from Abia State are aiming for tickets to sail through to Sunday’s grand finale of the ongoing 2nd NDDC U-17 Peace Football Championship in Delta State. Campus FC of Imo State will…

GOtv Boxing Night 27: ‘We’re not inferior to men, say female boxers

GOtv Boxing Night 27: ‘We’re not inferior to men, say female boxers

Female middleweight boxers, Sofiat Lateef and Abosede Akinsanya, who are billed to fight each other at GOtv Boxing Night 27 on 26 December, have declared that they are as good as their male counterparts and…

Historic Morocco as true pride of Africa

Historic Morocco as true pride of Africa

The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup has been very captivating in many ways. It is an event taking place in an unusual season rather than the usual summer. Clubs in Europe and South America are…

King vs heir: Messi on cusp of immortality, threatened by Mbappe’s ascension to greatness

King vs heir: Messi on cusp of immortality, threatened by Mbappe’s ascension to greatness

Lionel Messi is one game away from cementing his status as the Greatest of All Time but his last leap to immortality could be upended by the imperiousness of a certain Kylian Mbappe who is…

Qatar 2022 top goalscorers

Qatar 2022 top goalscorers

5 goals Lionel Messi (Argentina) – 3 assists, 570 minutes played Kylian Mbappe (France) – 2 assists, 477 minutes played 4 goals Julian Alvarez (Argentina) – 0 assists, 364 minutes played Olivier Giroud (France) –…

The World Cup records Messi owns and is chasing

The World Cup records Messi owns and is chasing

Lionel Messi owns several World Cup records; they involve appearances, assists and goals. Messi is one of only six men to have played in five World Cups alongside Antonio Carbajal, Lothar Matthaus, Rafa Marquez, Andres…

Croatia, Morocco bettle for 3rd place

Croatia, Morocco bettle for 3rd place

Croatia and Morocco must both try to pick themselves up from semi-final losses when meeting in the World Cup third-place play-off. If body language is anything to go by, we reckon the Atlas Lions will…

Messi, Mbappe on parade as Argentina, France fight for biggest prize

Messi, Mbappe on parade as Argentina, France fight for biggest prize

Argentina and France will meet in a mouth-watering World Cup final on Sunday, highlighted by the Lionel Messi versus Kylian Mbappe sub-plot. In a battle of the ages, arguably the greatest footballer of all time…

2022 FIFA World Cup: Morocco’s magical run and Nigeria’s harvest of failures

2022 FIFA World Cup: Morocco’s magical run and Nigeria’s harvest of failures

Morocco broke the ceiling when they became the first African side to reach the semifinal of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar to the astonishment of the global audience, AJIBADE OLUSESAN writes that while the…

France vs Argentina: Elaho, Omokaro dIsagree on winner

France vs Argentina: Elaho, Omokaro dIsagree on winner

Adepoju undecided   Two of Nigeria’s ex-internationals, Friday Elaho and Bright Omokaro have opened up on who they think will win the ongoing FIFA World Cup holding in Qatar 2022. Speaking with our correspondent, Elaho…