Tag: Football
The FIFA global ranking for February has slipped Nigeria to 36th position dropping the team by one point as they formerly held the 35th position.
In the African ranking, the Super Eagles ranks the fifth best country as Senegal retains the No.1 spot,...
Former Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, in an interview with "RAC 1" last weekend noted that he will do everything to retain Lionel Messi as he spawns one-third of Barca's income.
Joan Laporta, who is seeking to regain his presidency post has noted that...
Chelsea Football Club today sacked Frank Lampard after a run of activities, leaving them decimated.In a statement released by the club, their decision was very difficult but was what the club presently needed.
"We are grateful to Frank for what he achieved in...
Stephen Soetan, aka Surplus a fresh graduate of computer science from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, (Mapoly) and an upcoming rapper reportedly slumped and died while playing football.
The incident happened on Thursday evening last week at Oluwo, Abeokuta...
The week 10 matches in the English Premier League
turned out a bag of mixed fortunes for Nigerian players plying their trade in
the most exciting league in the world.
We bring you a
wrap up of the matches involving Nigerian stars as played on Saturday, November
2.
After five months in the doldrums, the Nigeria
Professional Football Leagues (NPFL) resumes today, November 3, with matches
across the country.
However, there is one pertinent question on the lips
of football fans which is what club will be crowned champions at the end of the
38 games...
In the past two days, Golden Eaglets ‘golden boy’, Ibrahim
Said has dominated the front and back pages of Nigerian newspapers following
his heroics by netting a hat trick against Ecuador in the ongoing FIFA U17
World Cup, with the team qualifying for the round of 16 with a game...
After being dropped from the Super Eagles squad for the two friendly matches between Ukraine and Brazil, South Africa based goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi leads the pack of returnee players to the squad for the double header AFCON 2021 qualifiers against Benin and Lesotho.
The...
Nigerian-born soccer star, John Mary, is about the
most prolific striker in the Chinese Super League as he has been named in
Whoscored.com's Chinese Super League Team of the Week for the latest round of
matches in the division.
Mary who is eligible to play for Nigeria,...
Nigerians have been over the moon with the display of Golden
Eaglets midfield maestro, Akinwunmi Amoo in their match against Hungary,
dubbing him the Next Best Thing to happen to Nigerian football.
The dazzling youngster was instrumental to the Eaglets
coming back twice to defeat the Europeans...
