Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
Samuel Chukwueze and Santi Cazorla on the pitch together, will be looking to achieve great things this season with Villarreal, spotting new jersey numbers.
Tyronne Ebuehi’s road back from injury has been long and tedious, so has been his wait for a Super Eagles recall, which came on Wednesday.
Asisat Oshoala punished Arsenal, scoring a brace in a 5-2 pre-season win on Wednesday at Meadow Park, London.
Sadio Mane scored a brace in regulation time, Mohamed Salah converted Liverpool’s final penalty kick and in controversial circumstances, Eagles prospect Tammy Abraham saw his kick save by Liverpool’s goalkeeper Adrian to see the Reds crowned UEFA Super Cup winners on Wednesday.
Azubuike Okechukwu’s full debut for Basaksehir in a competitive match ended in a defeat as the Turkish Super Lig side were dumped out of this season’s UEFA Champions League campaign.
PAOK Thessaloníki and Nigerian midfielder Anderson Esiti will wait another full season to get a taste of Champions League action following the 5-4 aggregate defeat to Ajax in the third round qualifiers for the competition.
Al-Sadd Head Coach Xavi Hernandez rates Ahmed Musa and his Al-Nassr teammates highly, but also expects his side to edge past the Saudi Arabian champions to reach the AFC Champions League last four.
Ahmed Musa will relish the chance of facing a Barcelona Legend, Xavi Hernandez who is Manager of Al-Sadd min the quarter-final of the 2019 AFC Champions League.
Asisat Oshoala came off the bench in the second half of a pre-season game against Marseille to score as FC Barcelona Femeni ran off with a comfortable 5-0 win.
Sam Okwaraji on this day 30 years ago, slumped on the pitch during a world cup qualifier in Lagos and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
