Author: Seyi Alao
Nigeria striker Stephen Odey find the back of the net for his Swiss side FC Zurich in their 2-1 win over Xamax in the Swiss Super League encounter on Sunday. Odey has endured a torrid time in front of goal in recent weeks as he had failed to score in previous five games for his Club. The former MFM FC striker ended his goal drought in style as scored the winner in the 76th minutes for FC Zurich who came from behind to beat Xamax 2-1. The goal was Odey’s 13th of the current campaign across all…
Rangers International FC Of Enugu crashed out of the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup after suffering a 0-1 defeat in Enugu in the hands of visiting Club Sportive Sfaxien of Tunisia. The Flying Antelopes wasted so many opportunities to take lead and were punished by Nassim Hnid who scored the only goal of the game in the 73rd minute to hand the Tunisians the victory. The win sealed the passage of CS Sfaxien into the next round alongside Etoile du Sahel, while Rangers FC and Salitas FC of Burkina-Faso kisses the competition goodbye. Speaking after the match, Rangers…
Akwa United defeated Heartland FC of Owerri 2-1 in the matchday 11 of Nigeria Professional Football League in Okigwe on Sunday. The Rafael Everton side raced into an early lead courtesy of Super Eagles invitees Effiong Ndifreke who scored in the 4th minutes of the encounter. The first half ended with no further goal but the home side restored parity in the second half through Chidebere Ajoku in the 56th minutes of the game. However Akwa United had the last laugh as the league leading scorer, Mfon Udoh got his name on the score sheet with eighteen minutes remaining. It…
Katsina United will hope to humble Kwara United when both teams face-off Sunday in one of the NPFL matchday 11 fixtures at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina. ‘The Changi Boys who lost 1 – 0 to Rivers United in their last game in Port Harcourt, will hope to return to winning ways when they host ‘The Harmony Boys’. Katsina United remain unbeaten at home since they gained promotion back to the Nigeria Elite League in 2017 and they will throw everything into this game to ensure that they keep their home record alive. While Kwara United will bank on…
Nigerian side Lobi Stars failed to advance to knock out stage of the 2019 CAF Champions League, despite a 2-0 home win over ASEC Mimosas of Cote d’Ivoire at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu on Saturday. The Pride of Benue finished third in the Group A with seven points from six games, but with a better goal difference than Saturday’s opponents Asec Mimosas who ended their campaign bottom of the Group with seven points too. Star Sikiru Alimi scored both goals for the Nigerians in the first half, the second half witnessed no goal as both sides bowed out. However, it…
Nigeria forward Anthony Nwaekeme was on target for Trabzonspor who defeated BB Erzurumspor 1-0 away from home in their Turkish Super Lig clash at the Kazim Karabikir Stadium on Saturday. Nwaekeme who has been capped once at the Senior National teamlevel for Nigeria scored the winner in the 64th minute to help his side to another three points in the league. The goal was the former Hapoel Be’er Sheva of Israel forward fifth in his last four games for the club and his eighth in 19 league appearances this season. Trabzonspor are fourth on the Turkish Super Lig table with…
Board member of Nigeria Basketball Federations Afolabi Oni has revealed the plans of the Federations to help the D’Tigers prepare adequately for upcoming FIBA World Cup in China. Afolabi Oni who’s also the media manager of the Federations says the World Cup will clash with the 2019 African games where the Country is also expected to compete. Afolabi added that the Federations has a lot of issues on their plate, with one of them the 2019 Nigerian basketball season, 2019 FIBA World Cup and the African games and the African games. However, he’s optimistic the Federations will…
The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament will take place in Windhoek, Namibia, over the next week, with a high standard of cricket anticipated. Teams have arrived, and there is an air of anticipation for the first continental event of 2019. The tournament is expected to be a fiercely contested affair, thanks to some very good talent coming through the African structures. Several of the players involved in the week have recently been involved in a placement programme in South Africa, plying their trade for various club sides. The upshot off that were some fine…
The Super Falcons will take on Spanish Women National team in a high profile international friendly as part of preparation towards the Women’s World Cup in France. The Super Falcons who had already engaged in pre World Cup tournaments will clash with the Spaniards between April 2nd and 9th. The Nigeria Football Federation and it’s Spanish counterparts previously reached an agreement for the game to hold sometime last year, but it was called off due to some other engagements and both Federations now believe the time is right for it to hold. The Falcons will be going…
Nigeria’s D’Tigers are likely to face tough oppositions at the group stage of the FIBA men’s World Cup after been drawn in pot seven alongside Senegal, New Zealand, and Angola ahead of the FIBA Men’s World Cup. The draw proper comes upon Saturday, March 16, at Shenzhen Bay Arena in China where teams will know their opponents for the World Cup which will hold between the 31st of August and 15th of September. Here are Guidelines for the draw. Thirty-two (32) teams have qualified to play in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. They have been…
