Liverpool’s Sheyi Ojo will likely make the Super Eagles squad for the AFCON 2019 Qualifiers tie against Seychelles in March next year after disclosing his readiness to dump England.
The winner of the 2018 Ballon d’Or will be revealed at a glittering ceremony in Paris on Monday evening, with Croatia’s Luka Modric and a host of French World Cup winners all hoping to finally end the 10-year duopoly of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Brian Idowu’s teammate at Lokomotiv Moscow Alexey Lomakin has died after a night out with a friend in Russia.
On-loan Chelsea forward Tammy Abraham and Villa teammate Alan Hutton have been nominated for the Championship PFA Player of the Month Award for November.
The Ballon d’Or award ceremony is scheduled for Monday evening in Paris. A 30-man shortlist has been drawn up for the prize based on performances in 2018, according to Marca.
Super Falcons Technical Thomas Dennerby admits that the Super Falcons’ position as number one in Africa is under threat and insists the team must work hard to maintain their position on the continent.
The 2018 Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best male footballer will be presented tonight and for the first time in more than ten years, the winner could be someone other than Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.
COS Abba Kyari was at the head of a Federal Government delegation and top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation that received the Super Falcons on arrival in Abuja on Sunday evening.
Reigning African champions, Super Falcons, flew into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport minutes before 4 pm from Accra and were received by Kyari, NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, the Honourable Minister for Women Affairs, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar as well as other officials of the NFF.
Kyari commended the girls for a job well done, praising them for their tenacity, energy, determination, and patriotic fervour.
“On behalf of Mr. President, who is not in the country at the moment, we say welcome and well done to you,” Kyari said during his address to the girls at the Starview Hotel in Abuja.
“We are proud of you and your representation of the country. In fact, as we were leaving the airport, two eminent Nigerians called and donated the sum of N50million and N25 million respectively to your team.
Please rest very well. We will get back to you with the activities lined up for you in the coming days.”
The Super Falcons edged a resilient South African Banyana Banyana side 4-3 on penalties after a scoreless 120 minutes, to lift the top African women football diadem for the third successive time and ninth time overall.
EPL Clubside, Southampton have parted company with manager Mark Hughes, the club have announced.
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