Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
Mikel Obi scored his first goal for Middlesbrough and it was also just his second in English league football; coming 5 years since his first against Fulham in September 2013.
A loose ball falls gracefully to him unmarked inside the box and he accepted the invitation, striking it with much venom past a heap of bodies into the top of the net!
Chijioke Akuneto coolly dispatched a 5th minute spot kick in Sunday’s NPFL match against Rivers United to send MFM FC three points clear of fourth placed Lobi Stars and it was a welcome goal for the midfielder.
Mikel Obi equalled his best ever goal record in English football on Sunday when he scored Middlesbrough second goal in a 2-1 win over Rotherham in a EFL Championship fixture.
A second half slump, a lone goal from substitute Henry Offia and another defeat all capture the struggles of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles as the team lost 2-1 in a friendly against Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez put on a show on Saturday night in front of a friendly Cinco de Mayo weekend crowd, defeating Daniel Jacobs by a narrow unanimous decision in a world middleweight title unification bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The CAF Champions League final will surely be a match up when holders Esperance Tunis and Wydad Casablanca clash, but, more also because Nigerian duo Junior Lokosa and Babatunde Michael will be aiming to cap their respective campaigns with a silverware.
Egypt’s Mohamed Salah suffered a head injury in an all important Premier League title game on Saturday at St James’s Park, a major scare for fans of the Liverpool and also the Pharaohs.
Junior Lokosa could win his first major silverware since leaving Kano Pillars to join African Champions Esperance de Tunis as the Tunisian side reached the Champions League final on Saturday.
Super Falcons head Coach Thomas Dennerby has assured that more than half-a dozen home based players will get their chance at the World Cup in France, a news that will no doubt come as a cheerful for many.
