A first-half goal by Nigerian winger Samuel Adegbenro fired Rosenborg to their 26th Norwegian league title with a 1-0 win away to Start on Sunday. The victory gave Rosenborg an unassailable lead of seven points at the top of the Elitserien with one game left to play. The Trondheim side has 63 points after 29 […]
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up by four spots to the 44th in the world in the October FIFA -Coca Cola Ranking. In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1431 points as against 1415 it had in September. The movement has now placed Nigeria […]
A former Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, on Wednesday expressed his optimism that the Eagles would qualify for the African Cup of Nations. Chukwu, who was also Captain of the defunct Green Eagles was speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the Eagles have […]
The Blancos midfielder, who was linked with a summer move of his own, admits he never expected two talismanic figures to depart the Spanish capital Luka Modric admits he “wasn’t expecting” Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane to leave Real Madrid during a summer of much change at the Santiago Bernabeu. The 2017-18 campaign finished on […]
A hat trick from Odion Ighalo and one goal from Samuel Kalu gave Nigeria’s Super Eagles a 4-0 win over Libya in a 2019 AFCON Qualifier in Uyo. The victory moved the Eagles into second place in Group E, behind leaders South Africa. The Eagles now have six points from three matches, one point behind […]
Jamaican multiple Olympic Champion Usain Bolt scored two goals on his debut as a professional player for Australian A-League team Central Coast Mariners. He scored the two goals in the second half for the club in a friendly. According to BBC Sports, the Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion scored the Mariners’ third and fourth goals […]
Libya coach Adel Amrouche has resigned just days before his side is to due face Nigeria in an African Nations Cup qualifier. His departure has been confirmed by the Libyan Football Federation and on Wednesday by Belgian Amrouche, who told Reuters he was frustrated by working conditions with the team. The 50-year-old, who was born […]
Senegal will host the next edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will be the first African nation to host the event. Four other African countries – Botswana, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia – were in the running to host the event, but […]
Cristiano Ronaldo, embroiled in rape allegations, scored for Juventus in Saturday’s Serie A game against Udinese. The Portuguese forward lashed in the second goal for the Italian champions after 37 minutes from the left following a cross from Croatia’s Mario Mandzukic. It was his fourth this season for Juventus, with the 33-year-old celebrating wildly with […]
Lawyers representing Kathryn Mayorga, the woman accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her claim the Juventus striker spent around $1,000,000 on “personal reputation protection specialists”. And that she was gagged not to divulge the rape. The reputation specialists, the lawyers claimed, were employed by Ronaldo in the UK, US and Portugal to discredit Mayorga and her […]