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FC Barcelona striker Asisat Oshoala has been voted African Women’s Player of the Year for the fourth time. The Nigeria international beats competition from South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana and Ajara Nchout of Cameroon. According to CAF website, Asisat polled 351 votes, 30 more than Cameroonian counterpart Ajara Nchout while Thembi Kgatlana finished with 247 votes. […]
Nigerian star football players Asisat Oshoala, Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze are in the shortlist for honours at the 2019 CAF Awards ceremony scheduled for the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt on Tuesday night, January 7th, 2020. Winner of the gong in 2014, 2016 and 2017, and also among the final three in 2018, Super […]
The New Orleans Saints might have lost their Wild Card game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, but that didn’t take away from everyone loving Taysom Hill’s performance. The former BYU quarterback set social media on fire with his do-it-all play. Taysom Hill led the Saints in rushing with 50 yards on the ground, had […]
Former England football club Coach Jose Mourinho has been hired as the next head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, the English soccer club has announced. The Portuguese coach will replace Mauricio Pochettino, who was fired just six months after leading the London-based team to the Champions League final. In an official statement by the club, ‘we […]
Samuel Chukwueze then made it 1-0 for Nigeria in the 27th minute when he finished off a sleek move orchestrated by Ahmed Musa, and delivered onto the path of the Villarreal winger Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi. Congratulations @NGSuperEagles #NGARSA pic.twitter.com/duXh8wSwEB — Kayode Ogundamisi (@ogundamisi) July 10, 2019 Oghenekaro Etebo fouled Percy Tau at the edge of […]
Eden Hazard scored two goals and made another to help Chelsea thump London rivals Arsenal in Baku and win the Europa League. Victory gave Blues boss Maurizio Sarri the first trophy of his managerial career and ensured the Gunners will miss out on next season’s Champions League. With only about 5,000 fans from both sides […]
Barcelona incredibly threw away a three-goal first-leg lead against a depleted Liverpool to suffer one of the worst defeats in their history Barcelona did it again. The impossible. Throwing away a three-goal first-leg lead in the Champions League. Except this time it was worse. Worse than last season’s beating by Roma because they knew just […]
Sensational Nigerian singer, Teni Apata, popularly known as Teni Entertainer, on Tuesday, predicted Barcelona’s defeat ahead of its game with Liverpool. Teni in a post on her Instagram before the match on Tuesday predicted that Liverpool would score 4 goals to defeat Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final second leg encounter at Anfield. She wrote: “Victory […]
Tiger Woods clinched his fifth Masters and 15th major title to seal one of the greatest comeback stories in sport after overcoming career-threatening back problems. The 43-year-old muscled his way through a tightly packed leaderboard to win by one shot at Augusta for his first major title in 11 years and first Masters win since […]
The Nigeria Football Federation Awards which held on Monday, April 1 at the Eko Hotel and Suites saw Ahmed Musa and Onome Ebi take home major accolades. Musa winning the award was mostly due to his performance at the 2018 FIFA World cup where he became Nigeria’s all-time top scorer in the competition. Onome was […]
