Turkey’s football plunged into all-out crisis today following an on the pitch attack on a referee by a club president who was mentioned as a possible candidate for mayor of Ankara. The top-flight SuperLig indefinitely suspended matches and a court placed Ankaragucu club president Faruk Koca and two others in pre-trial detention for “injuring a...
•Nnadozie, Osimhen, and Oshoala The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has congratulated Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala on their emergence as the 2023 African Players of the Year, in the men and women categories respectively. The former Anambra State Governor also celebrated Chiamaka Nnadozie who bagged the 2023 Confederation o...
•CAF Men’s Player of The Year winners Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen yesterday Monday, December 11, won the CAF 2023 Men’s Player of The Year award. The Napoli striker beat Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Senegal’s Sadio Mane, and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, among others. He had a thunderous form in the last 2022/2023 football season, reports The Nation. He [&h...
•Osimhen (left) and Oshoala (right) Victor Osimhen has been named the African Player of the Year in the 2023 CAF awards held yesterday at the Palais des Congrès, Movenpick, Marrakech, Morocco. Despite going head-to-head for the 2023 CAF Africa Player of the Year award with Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, the Napoli striker became [&he...
•Zlatan Ibrahimovic Zlatan Ibrahimovic has returned to AC Milan as an advisor to the Serie A club’s management, owners RedBird Capital Partners confirmed today. In a statement, American investment firm RedBird said that the former Sweden striker, who won a host of trophies as a player in Italy, will “serve as a senior advisor to […]...
•Super Eagles Nigerian football legend and former national team captain, Christian Chukwu, has lamented the current condition of the Super Eagles, saying that the country does not have a team for now. Chukwu, who was a guest on Channels Television last night, also said that the Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, should be based in […]
•Manchester City’s midfielder Jack Grealish (rear) celebrates scoring Jack Grealish ensured Manchester City ended their four-game winless run as the Premier League champions survived a scare from Luton in their 2-1 victory today. With star striker Erling Haaland absent due to injury, Pep Guardiola’s side trailed to Elijah Adebayo’s goal late i...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has promised a partnership between the federal government and the sporting community in Agege to make the Obasa Cup football tournament a state-wide event. The Frontier reports that Olawande made the promise at the weekend at the Anwaru-Islam School venue of the final sporting even...
Aston Villa closed to within two points of the top of the Premier League as John McGinn’s goal beat title rivals Arsenal 1-0 yesterday. Unai Emery’s men have now won 15 consecutive Premier Leagues at Villa Park and back-to-back victories over Manchester City and the Gunners have sparked hopes of an unexpected challenge for their […]
•Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo marked the 1,200th professional match of his career by scoring one goal and assisting another for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr. The 38-year-old tapped in Sadio Mane’s cross and later set up team-mate Otavio in a 4-1 win over Al-Riyadh, reports BBC. Ronaldo thanked all those who have helped him reach the landmark [&hel...
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