Six football shirts worn by Argentine megastar Lionel Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been sold for $7.8 million at auction, the auction house told our correspondent yesterday. There were three bids in total on what auction house Sotheby’s described as “Lionel Messi’s match-worn iconic light blue and white, vertical striped Argentina...
•Welch and Allison The English Premier League has appointed Rebecca Welch as its first female referee. The Professional Game Match Officials Limited announced today via the league’s website. Her first official match as a central referee will be Fulham host Burnley on Saturday, December 23. Welch, a Washington native, became a career referee in...
•Super Eagles Basking from the euphoria of winning the CAF Footballer of the Year prize, Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen says the Nigerian side are in “high spirits” for the delayed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Osimhen broke a 24-year jinx to become the first Nigerian to win Africa’s most coveted individual prize since […]...
•Mikel Arteta Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will face no punishment from England’s Football Association following his complaints about refereeing standards after a defeat by Newcastle last month. The Gunners’ boss was furious at the decision to let Anthony Gordon’s goal stand in a 1-0 Premier League loss at St James’ Park on November 4, labelli...
•Osimhen Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has reached an agreement in principle with his current club Napoli on a contract extension amid interest from top European clubs. According to football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, the 24-year-old striker will sign a one-year extension to his current deal, taking it to 2026 with a new release...
•Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes Manchester United crashed out of Europe as a 1-0 home defeat to Bayern Munich yesterday rounded off a miserable Champions League campaign for the Red Devils. Kingsley Coman scored the only goal for the German champions, who had long since secured their place in the last 16, to leave United without […...
•Victor Osimhen Napoli reached the last 16 of the Champions League yesterday after seeing off Braga 2-0 and ending a home hoodoo which had stretched back two months. The Italian champions qualified second in Group C behind Real Madrid thanks to Serder Saatci’s clumsy own goal and Victor Osimhen’s first goal since early October, both […]...
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...