Author: Joan Igbava
Former IBF champion Nigerian-born female boxer, Helen Joseph, popularly known as “The Iron Lady” has challenged her counterparts in the United States to a fight, saying she is ready to knock out her competitors.
Enugu Rangers and 18/19 CAF confederations cup current top scorer, Godwin Aguda said he was happy and still grateful to God for scoring the number of goals he got on the continent as ‘goal scoring is the dream of every striker’.
Sevilla head coach Joaquin Caparros revealed that he is battling with chronic leukemia. The 63-year-old was diagnosed few weeks ago and the club have tried to be wary to his situation, but Caparros is less bothered of his condition and wants to focus on his job.
Christian Wade will have a shot at the American dream after he was signed by the Buffalo Bills NFL side six months after sensationally quitting rugby.
Ivory Coast forward and Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha was handed a philanthropist award at the Football for the Peace initiative.
Barcelona dressed to impressed in their £4,200 suits as they made their way to Manchester ahead of their quarter-final first leg clash with United. Barcelona are expected to train at Old Trafford this evening before facing the Red Devils on Wednesday night. The likes of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho donned matching three-piece suits. Meanwhile, Former Barcelona and Manchester United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes the battle between Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba will decide the winner as his two exes meet on Wednesday night.
As fans continue to mock Choupo-Moting after the Paris Saint-Germain striker’s miss in the draw against Strasbourg something that has been described as the ‘worst miss of all time’, Kylian Mbappe has reached out to console his team-mate saying he had missed more goals than him.
Super Eagles player and Udinese defender William Troost-Ekong have stated that choosing to represent Nigeria ahead of the Netherlands is his best career decision.
Teemu Pukki was named as the 2019 Championship’s Player of the Season after he joined Norwich on a free transfer in 2018 with relatively little fanfare surrounding his arrival, after a mixed time in Scotland and underwhelming stints at Sevilla and Schalke.
Manchester United forward Juan Mata who approaches the last two months of his contract at the club wants to focus on the remaining months left with United but has an individual goal of his own, he hopes to return to the Spanish national team for the first time since 2016.
