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Wilfred Ndidi put in another impressive performance for Leicester City in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final despite their 1-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night at the Estadio Vicente Calderón. 

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As Rivers United gear up for their preliminary round 1st leg game of the CAF Confederations Cup against Rayon Sports of Rwanda, captain of the team Festus Austin speaking with Brila Fm has stated that the onus is on them to restore the nation’s pride in the continental competition, adding that he believes anything is possible if they can get to the group phase of the competition. The club dropped to the playoff round of the competition after they failed to go past Sudanese club, Al Merreikh who pulled off one of the greatest comeback to progress on 4-3 aggregate…

An inspection team led by the Chairman of NFF Technical and Development Committee, Barrister Chris Green has expressed satisfaction with the current state of the playing turf of Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo for Nigeria’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa.

Nazom teaches us how to make her special seafood vegetable sauce. According to her, the beauty of meals such as this seafood vegetable sauce is that it can help to balance carb loaded meals and lighten up its impact on your waistline by adding more nutrient value to your meal due to the high nutrient content of the vegetables and the seafood. Sadly, part of being an adult is simply learning how to feed your body the right fuel using key natural foods.  You will need: 8 pcs of Titus fish steaks 10 pcs of prawns 1 handful scent leaf (chopped) 3…

Thierry Henry commands respect whether in France, England, Spain or recently in Belgium where 19-year-old KAS Eupen Striker, Henry Onyekuru idolizes the World Cup and Euro Championship winner.

Kante is joined by five other attackers in this year’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year. Kante,who was shortlisted last year for his part in Leicester’s remarkable season but did not make the top three, is the bookmakers’ favourite. The Chelsea midfield lynchpin is joined by teammate Eden Hazard who won the gong in 2015, Lukaku, Harry Kane, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexis Sanchez The Chelsea duo are joined by Manchester United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Tottenham striker Harry Kane, Everton’s Romelu Lukaku and Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez. Lukaku, the league’s leading scorer this term with 23 goals. Ibrahimovic has scored 17 goals…

At just 19, KAS Eupen Striker Henry Onyekuru is attracting some of Europe’s biggest clubs following an impressive season in the Belgian top flight.

Coach of current NPFL league leaders, Fidelis Ilechukwu has stated that despite been satisfied with his team’s (MFM) performance so far this season he admits that the team have done only done 70% of its work rate and they are getting better by the day. Ilechukwu is confident that MFM will be stronger in the second round. The coach believes the management of the club should also bring in a psychologist that will make the team improve mentally to increase their chances of remaining among those on top of the log and also go on to win it for the…

Former Super Eagles striker, Patrick Pascal has cited one of the major reasons home based players sometimes fail to get invites into the national team by team manager Gernot Rohr is the inability of the federation to secure visas for them readily. Last month’s friendly against Burkina Faso was called off due to the West African team finding it difficult to securing visas for their players to London. Meanwhile some members of the Super Eagles team also found themselves unable to travel, including defenders Kingsley Madu of Belgian side Zulte Waregem, and Musa Mohammed, who plays with Zeljeznicar Sarajevo. Patrick…