Striker Victor Osimhen is expected to start for Napoli in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Barcelona, making his first appearance for the club this year. Napoli have never won a major European match against Barcelona drawing two and losing two while they’ve previously faced them in the round of 16…
The Nigeria Football Federation has fixed a date for the 2024 State Federation Cup finals. The NFF disclosed this in a release by the director of competition, Ruth David in Abuja on Tuesday. The state preliminaries have been fixed to commence on 1st March – 31st March 2024 across all the states. The finals have…
Emerse Fae has been appointed as Ivory Coast coach on a permanent deal after leading the Elephants to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations title. The 40-year-old took over on an interim basis after Jean-Louis Gasset was sacked during the group stage of the finals, where the West Africans had lost two games including a…
Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers between Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, 11 players have arrived the Super Falcons’ camp in Abuja The team’s camp opened in Abuja on Tuesday morning. Goalkeepers Chiamaka Nnadozie, Tochukwu Oluehi and Linda Jiwaku as well as Akudo Ogbonna are among the early arrivals in camp….
Come July first French Captain Kylian Mbappe will officially become a Real Madrid player after the Paris St-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe agreed to join Real Madrid. The France captain has told PSG he intends to leave the club with his contract expiring in June. Mbappe has not signed a contract with Real yet, but the…
UFC fighter turned boxer Francis Ngannou says Anthony Joshua will not get back up from the canvas if he knocks him down as he did to Tyson Fury. The Joshua-Ngannou heavyweight clash will be broadcast live on Friday March 8, in what will only be Ngannou’s second professional boxing bout, but he almost secured one…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he has apologised to Kalvin Phillips for saying the midfielder was “overweight” on his return from the Qatar World Cup. Guardiola made the comments in December 2022, explaining why Phillips had been left out of his squad for a Carabao Cup fourth-round tie against Liverpool. Phillips said the comments…
Bayern Munich is reportedly considering appointing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, as interim manager should the German champions part company with Thomas Tuchel. According to sources, the German giants have turned their attention to the former Manchester United manager as a temporary solution until the end of the season. Currently, there are no concrete details available. Sky…
Mali National team captain Hamari Traore has been handed a four-match ban after being found guilty of unsporting conduct towards a referee. The 32-year-old defender was sent off straight after the final whistle following his side’s quarter-final defeat by Ivory Coast at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on 3 February. Traore had to be…
Former Germany defender Andreas Brehme, who scored the winning goal in the 1990 World Cup final, has died aged 63. Brehme converted a late penalty in the final of the 1990 tournament to secure victory against Argentina in Rome. Brehme also scored when his country beat England on penalties in the tournament’s semi-finals. He earned…
