Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a stoppage-time winner to ease the mounting pressure on Erik ten Hag with a 1-0 win at Fulham today. The Red Devils looked set to drop points for the sixth time in their opening 11 Premier League games after another performance lacking in invention at Craven Cottage, reports AFP. […]
European football governing body UEFA upheld a 500,000 euro fine ($537,000) on Spanish champions Barcelona on Friday for a breach of their financial control rules. UEFA’s club financial control body (CFCB) said in a statement the Catalan club wrongly reported profits “on the disposal of intangible assets” in the financial year 2022, reports AF...
•Matthijs de Ligt Bayern Munich’s understaffed defence has been dealt another setback, with the club confirming today centre-back Matthijs de Ligt will be missing “for the time being” with a knee injury. The club did not specify how long de Ligt would spend on the sidelines, saying he was “out for the time being” and […]
•Davido and Pinnick The organisers of the annual ‘Warri Again Concert’, Brownhill Investments Company Limited, have instituted a N2.3bn suit against hip-hop artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, over an alleged breach of agreement/contract entered into between them. Brownhill Investments Company Limited, owned by a former Presiden...
•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 […]

