Crystal Palace have confirmed that Patrick Vieira has been sacked as the club’s first-team manager. The Arsenal FC legend was hired by the club on July 4, 2021, in a three-year contract following the departure of their previous manager, Roy Hodgson, who served the club since 2017. Following his recent ...
Leading the team list are captain Ahmed Musa, in-form forwards Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman. Nigeria and Guinea Bissau clash at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja from 5pm on Friday, March 24, and then make it a second date at the Estadio 24 de Setembro in Bissau on Monday, ...
Aruna defeated world number four Tomokazu Harimoto in the round of 16 of the men’s singles event at the Infinity Arena earlier today. The Nigerian outclassed Harimoto to end his losing streak against the tournament’s 4th seed at 3-0 (11-7, 13-11, 11-7). Aruna is the only surviving African in the ...
Sporting Lisbon eliminated Arsenal from the Europa League by winning 5-3 on penalties, following a remarkable equalizer by Pedro Goncalves in the second leg of the last 16. Goncalves scored from 46 yards out, which was similar to David Beckham's famous chip for Manchester United in 1996. The game went ...
World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan has revealed the secrets behind her successful stink on the track last year. The 25-year-old hurdler had a triumphant outing in 2022 and became the first Nigerian world champion in an athletics event, when she won the 2022 World Championships 100m ...
Lionel Messi is reportedly set to be offered a deal worth £194m-a-season to move to Saudi Arabia after his father was spotted in Riyadh earlier this week. The 35-year-old’s PSG contract is due to expire this summer, and he will become a free agent if he does not agree an extension before then. ...
The 28-year-old forward joined Borussia Dortmund in July from Ajax and only managed a few training sessions after which the cancer was detected. He underwent two operations and four cycles of chemotherapy before resuming training in January. He began playing again on January 22 and scored his first goal after ...
Nigerian forward Gift Orban is in the news again after he scored the fastest hat-trick in the Europa Conference League, in Gent’s 4-1 win at Turkish Süper Lig Istanbul Basaksehir in their Round of 16 clash on Wednesday. The win ended Gent’s run of seven matches in Europe away from ...
Nigerian international, Victor Osimhen, scored twice as Napoli cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time with a 3-0 (5-0 aggregate) comfortable win over German Bundesliga ‘s Eintracht Frankfurt. The two goals pushed Osimhen’s goal haul to 23 from 28 games for Napoli this season. With Luciano Spalletti’s ...
As Napoli take on Eintracht Frankfurt in a UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg fixture tonight at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, midfielder Stanislav Lobotka believes that the Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, is one of the best strikers in the world following the Nigerian’s exploits this season. The ...
