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Former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo has congratulated the President of NFF over his re-election back to the top seat at the Glasshouse. Speaking on Ifeanyi Udeze’s diary via Brila FM on Wednesday morning, Yobo hailed the peaceful conduct of the elections and opined that Pinnick continues with all the good job. Pinnick who is a member of the world football governing body became the first incumbent president to return back into office on the second term. “Yes, I have to congratulate Amaju Pinnick on his re-election, Yobo stated on Brila FM “He’s a great man…

Manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed Paul Pogba is no longer Manchester United’s vice-captain but insisted there has been no fall-out between the pair. Reports emerged ahead of United’s shock defeat to Derby in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night that Pogba had been informed in front of teammates that would not skipper the team again. And Mourinho confirmed the news after United’s defeat to Derby County in the third round of the Carabao Cup, although he stressed that a dispute between the two was not the reason behind the decision. He told Sky Sports: “The only truth is that I made…

Former Super Eagles and Everton Skipper Joseph Yobo has called on former Captains Sunday Oliseh and Austin Okocha to foster Unity and togetherness amongst the Ex-Internationals. Speaking via Brila Fm alongside Ifeanyi Udeze who is also a former Super Eagles defender, the former Everton defender said even though he is also a former Captain but he will call on his senior colleagues. During the programme, Joseph Yobo called on former Captain Sunday Oliseh and former Bolton Wanderers Captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha to bring back the unity amongst the former players. Yobo was capped 101 times and represented the Super…

Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho was the man on Tuesday night after scoring the winning penalty kick that gave the foxes a victory over fellow EPL campaigners Wolverhampton Wanderers. On the night, Danny Ward sent Huddersfield into the Premier League with back-to-back shootout wins and he was at it again for Leicester. Deputising for Kasper Schmeichel, the £12million summer signing from Liverpool made three superb penalty saves to knock out Wolves and take Leicester into the Carabao Cup fourth round. Ward, the Wales international, pushed away spot-kicks from Romain Saiss, Diogo Jota and, spectacularly, Adama Traore to enable Kelechi Iheanacho to convert the…

Former Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo says the biggest moment of his international career was hoisting the Africa Cup of Nations trophy in 2013, “it meant everything to me.”

D’Tigress are chasing a solid legacy for the names on the front and back of their jerseys at the FIBA Women’s World Cup and feel no pressure about facing Greece in the quarter-final qualifications according to Evelyn Akhator.

Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia striker, Ahmed Musa is banking on back-to-back home matches with his club to help them go top of the league table. Musa was ecstatic after a 1-0 win at home on Monday took them joint-level with Saudi Super League leaders, Al-Taawoun, and he believes they can go three points ahead with another home victory against Al-Hazm next week. Al-Nassr maintained a perfect start to the season by beating the visiting Al Taawoun and moved level with Al-Hilal on 12 points from four matches. Musa’s club’s next league game will be at home against…

Super Eagles forward Isaac Success insists Watford will not get carried away with their strong start to the season and is keen to guard against complacency. A 1-1 draw against Fulham on Saturday, which saw Aleksandar Mitrovic cancel out Andre Gray’s early opener, kept Watford fourth in the table after six Premier League games. Success replaced Gray to play the final 10 minutes at Craven Cottage and has repeatedly been used from the bench by Javi Gracia this season. The 22-year-old Nigerian has spoken of the importance of Watford keeping their feet on the ground if they…

NFF Boss Amaju Pinnick has disclosed the reason for inviting the duo of Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola to be part of the FIFA award in London on Monday night. Amaju who spoke to reporters in London said the duo of Dangote and Otedola were very impressed after the FIFA awards night where Modric was crowned the World Best. “I m happy the two captains of Nigeria’s private sector accepted my invitation. They left the venue very impressed with the quality of people running football in the world and how the leadership of FIFA appreciates Nigeria. This…

Cameroon legend Samuel Eto’o released a statement describing his former FC Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi as the greatest player of all-time. Messi, who was absent at the ceremony, was not in the top three for FIFA’s Best Men’s Player award but made the FIFPro World XI. Luka Modric, of Real Madrid and Croatia, won the flagship accolade ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah, who won the Puskas Award for best goal. “Leo, for us, will always be the best player in the world ever,” Eto’o said. “The human beings have to choose and they chose those three players, who…