Super Eagles failed to break their 13 friendlies without a win as Jose Peseiro’s side fell 4-0 to 2016 Euro champions Portugal at the 50,000-capacity Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon on Thursday night. The European giants scored the first goal in the 9th minute through Bruno Fernandes and the midfielder added ...
Nigeria international Victor Osimhen has emerged as the best young player of the year 2022, winning the glamorous 2022 Globe Soccer Awards for his excellent performance this season. “Congratulations to Victor Osimhen on winning the 2022 #GlobeSoccer Award for POWER HORSE EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR” according to a statement from ...
FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has called on Russia and Ukraine to enter into a one month ceasefire during the World Cup in Qatar.Infantino told leaders at a summit of the G20 group of major economies in Indonesia that the World Cup provided a “unique platform” for peace and unity because ...
Nigeria’s World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan has made the five finalists for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year 2022 Award, according to a statement released by the World Athletics on Monday. The names of the five finalists for Women’s World Athlete of the Year were ...
The build-up to this year's World Cup has been dogged by concerns about the suffering of low-paid migrant workers to build the infrastructure in the tiny Gulf nation and discriminatory laws that criminalise same-sex relations. Blatter, 86, was the boss of FIFA in 2010 when its executive committee controversially voted ...
One of Nigeria’s representatives in this year’s CAF Confederation Cup competition, Rivers United, were in mercurial form, yesterday, when they thrashed visiting Al NASR 5-0 in the first leg of their group stage qualifying tie. The Rivers boys, who dropped down to the Confederation Cup from the more prestigious Champions ...
The Lagos State Table Tennis League will serve off November 6 at Eko Club in Surulere, Lagos as teams battle for places in the grand finale, The PUNCH reports. Each team is expectedT’tennis: Lagos league kicks off Nov. 6 to be made up of five players and a coach while ...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has appointed World Champion, Oluwatobi Amusan, as the State's Youth Ambassador and gifted her N5 million and a house. Abiodun announced this on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday, as he shared photos from their meeting saying, “I announced her appointment as Youth Ambassador in ...
Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Friday becomes the 40th President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Gusau was elected as the new NFF President at NFF’s 78th Elective Congress in Benin, the Edo State capital. He polled 21 votes to defeat his closet challenger, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, who got 12. The second ...
Super Eagles striker, Sadiq Umar scored his second consecutive goal for Almeria in their 2-1 victory over Sevilla to help Almeria move up to 9th on the La Liga table. He scored last week in Almeria’s draw at Elche and continued that fine form as Almeria got their first win ...
