Italian Roma taught English Premier League side Brighton some football lessons as they thumped them 4-0 in the first leg of the Europa League round of sixteen match which leaves them looking unlikely to reach the quarter-finals. Two defensive errors from Brighton was all Roma needed in an entertaining first half before Roma taking full…
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles began their campaign in the men’s football event at the 13th African Games in Ghana on a losing note as they lost 2-1 Ugandan in their opening group B match. The Ugandan team drew the first blood in the 34th minute through Arafat Usama. The Nigerian side replied almost immediately, with Sadiq…
Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, says he would never turn down the opportunity of returning to the national tam if he is invited Enyeama is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever goalkeepers to have represented the country. The 41-year-old made 101 appearances for the Super Eagles before his controversial retirement in 2015 after…
English Premier League side Manchester United say they are sure of beating Chelsea to the signature of Crystal Palace’s Michael Olise. United has identified Olise as the target to kick-start a new era under Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Olise is capable of playing as a midfielder but features more in the right wing. The winger is…
Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has showed that his performance at the recently concluded Nations Cup where he helped Nigeria win Silver was not a fluke He has transfered his heroics to his club Chippa United if South Africa recording a clean sheet as they claimed a comfortable 3-0 win over 10-man Richards Bay in…
Following the expiration of Jose Peseiro contract with the NFF, former Super Eagles midfielder, Sylvanus Okpala, has declared his interest and availability to lead the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Okpala, who won the AFCON title in 1980 as a player and as an assistant coach in 2013, said Nigerian football authorities should look inwards this…
West Ham manager David Moyes will hope his players will carry their new found domestic form to Europe The Hammers play German side Freiburg in the first leg of a Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday. Back-to-back wins have lifted Moyes’ side to seventh in the league, with the Scot targeting a European finish. “I…
Ngannou faces Joshua in Saudi Arabia on Friday but opted to do his best verbal sparring with former opponent Fury at Wednesday’s news conference. Joshua took a back seat as Fury reacted to Ngannou’s suggestion he had “struggled” in their October bout. “I had one win over [Fury] and I want one more,” Ngannou said with…
Defending champions Manchester City last night strolled into the quarter final if the champions League after an easy win over two legs against FC Copenhagen of Denmark. City won 3-1 like they did in the first leg to qualify in a 6-2 aggregate score to reach their seventh successive quarter final Ahead by two goals…
Real Madrid are through to the quarter finals of the Champions League after playing a 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig to secure a 2-1 aggregate win in the last 16. Like the first leg, German side Leipzig were made to pay for wasting a host of chances when Vinicius clipped in Jude Bellingham’s pass with…
