The unimpressive performances of the Super Eagles in their last international matches reflected in their latest rating in the latest FIFA rankings as they dropped three places. Nigeria are now 32nd in the latest in the rating for the month of October released on Thursday. Last month, Gernot Rohr’s men were rated the 29th best […]
Former African Player of the Year Victor Ikpeba believes Nigeria could have used sports as a tool to take youths away from crime. Ikpeba noted that sport is a huge sector that could accommodate millions of youth who are jobless if properly harnessed. The former Monaco of France forward tasked the federal government to give […]
The Nigeria Football Federation has tasked the recently appointed coaches of the various national teams to raise strong squads that would make the country proud at various levels. The President of the NFF Amaju Pinnick, speaking at the induction of the new coaches in Abuja on Thursday said the federation would support them in whatever […]
Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has expressed his condolences to the President of the Nigerian Olympics Committee, NOC, Engineer Habu Gumel over the death of his wife Hajia Ladi Habu Gumel. In a condolence message, Dare admonished the NOC boss to take heart, praying to God give the family the fortitude […]
Kingsley Coman scored twice as Bayern Munich thrashed Atlético Madrid 4-0 to begin their Champions League title defence in ominous fashion. After an evenly matched first half-hour, the French winger pounced on Joshua Kimmich’s cross to fire Bayern ahead from close range. Leon Goretzka doubled Bayern’s lead five minutes before half-time as Hansi Flick’s side defied predictions of a close […]
Jürgen Klopp believes Fabinho’s confidence and stature in the heart of Liverpool’s defence will continue to grow after the Brazilian produced a dominant display in the Champions League victory at Ajax. Fabinho made a decisive contribution to the win with his spectacular goalline clearance preventing Dusan Tadic equalising Nicolás Tagliafico’s match-winning own goal, reports The […]
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane took responsibility for “a bad night” as the 13-time European Cup winners were handed a humiliating defeat by a second-string Shakhtar Donetsk side. The Ukrainian champions arrived in Madrid without 13 first-team players after 19 positive Covid-19 tests throughout the club left them needing to call up youth-team players, […]
Mesut Ozil has reacted after being axed from Arsenal’s 25-man Premier League squad, claiming “loyalty is hard to come by”. Mikel Arteta left the German out of his official squad for the 2020-21 top-flight season on Tuesday, having kept him on the sidelines since the Gunners’ return to action post-lockdown back in June. That decision […]
Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward said the club are having to adapt to “significant economic ramifications” of the coronavirus pandemic after they announced a severe hit to their revenue with net debt rising by 133 per cent. The club released their quarter four financial results on Wednesday which highlighted the full impact the […]
Former ACB and Super Eagles defender, Austin Eguavoen, has been appointed as the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation. The ex-Bendel Insurance defence ace took over from former Super Eagles coach, Bitrus Bewarang, whose contract expired before the break out of Coronavirus pandemic in March. The Executive Committee of the NFF on Tuesday approved […]