•Super Falcons The Super Falcons of Nigeria defeated Ethiopia 4-0 (5-1 on aggregate) to advance to the third qualifying round for the 2024 Women’s Football Olympic Games, set to take place in Paris. Atletico Madrid star Rasheedat Ajibade scored a superb long-range strike to rescue a 1-1 draw for the Super Falcons of Nigeria in […]
•Victor Osimhen Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen was ranked number 8 in the 2023 Ballon d’Or award which was held in Paris, France last night. He thus becomes the first Nigerian to make the top ten of the Ballon d’Or, reports AFP. The Napoli forward became one of the few Nigerians to be nominated for the Ballon […]
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has won the 2023 Ballon d’Or, making it a record-extending award for the 2022 World Cup winner. The Inter Miami star was named the winner of the prestigious prize last night in the French city of Paris in what many see as a fitting reward for leading the Abiscelete to a […]
Spain’s World Cup-winning star Aitana Bonmati won the Women’s Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in Paris yesterday. Bonmati succeeds her international teammate Alexia Putellas as a winner of the prize after inspiring Spain to glory at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand earlier this year, reports AFP. The 25-year-old midfielder was name...
•Messi with the 7th Ballon d’Or Lionel Messi is the favourite to win the eighth Ballon d’Or of his remarkable career when this year’s ceremony to crown the planet’s best footballer takes place in Paris today, while Spain’s World Cup-winning star Aitana Bonmati is tipped to take the women’s prize. The prestigious award has been […]...
Calvert-Lewin on target as Everton sink West Ham Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored the only goal of the game as Everton beat West Ham 1-0 today to give themselves breathing space above the Premier League relegation zone. The England forward found the net early in the second half with an arrowing low shot from the edge of […]
•Luis Diaz The mother of Liverpool’s Colombian winger Luis Diaz was rescued from kidnappers yesterday but a search remains on for his father, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said yesterday. Petro posted on X, formerly known as twitter, that Diaz’s mother was rescued in Barrancas in the northern part of the country. “We continue in the [&hell...
•Son and Johnson Tottenham moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League as a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace yesterday continued a remarkable start under Ange Postecoglou. The Australian’s 26 points from his opening 10 games in charge is the best return of any new manager in Premier League history, reports AFP. […]
High-flying Tottenham Hotspur will face Crystal Palace in one of the London derbies this weekend. Ange Postecoglu’s side currently tops the Premier League table with 23 points, two more than second-place Manchester City, reports AFP. Alongside Arsenal, both teams remain the only unbeaten sides in the league this season. Crystal Palace, on the ...
•Clement Temile Former Super Eagles players and other football personalities in Nigeria will converge on Lagos on Saturday, October 28 as one of their colleagues, Clement Temile, unveils his Football Foundation. Speaking ahead of the event scheduled to be held at the National Institute for Sports (NIS) in Lagos, Temile said he wants to use [&h...

