Author: Seyi Alao
Sand Eagles head coach, Audu Adamu is confident that the team will not let Nigerians down at the forthcoming African Beach Soccer Cup in Egypt.
Enugu Rangers manager, Gbenga Ogunbote says his side will come back from Ethiopia with the qualification ticket into the next preliminary phase of CAF Confederations Cup in their pockets.
Though most of the attention will go to Croatian star Luka Modric, who won the Ballon d’Or award for the first time, breaking up a stranglehold that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have held on the prestigious trophy for the last 10 years, the real breakthrough came from Norway’s Ada Hegerberg.
Segun Alebiosu is confident Kwara Utd can fight for the Nigeria Professional Football League title this coming season but warned his side must work hard.
Go Round’ s Captain Nelson Esor has decided against joining Enyimba of Aba and he’s now closing on a move to Rivers United ahead of next season Nigeria professional football league. Esor trained with the Aba Elephants for few weeks but he’s on the verge of Joining Stanley Eguma side after he revealed he has agreed personal terms with the Club. “I have left Enyimba and I am now with Rivers United,” Esor told the media. “There are some difficult decisions one has to take for his career and I am happy that I took that decision because I don’t want to…
Nigeria legend Victor Ikpeba believes the Super Falcons were lucky to win the just concluded 11th AWCON in Ghana , but added that the commitment of the players can’t be faulted. The African women power-house needed penalty shootout to beat Cameroon and South Africa on their way to a historic ninth title after both semi-final games ended stalemate after 120 minutes. “You can’t fault the commitment of the girls but it saddens me that with the quality of players that we have, we can’t match Cameroon or South Africa. We needed penalties to defeat them. Even against Zambia and Equatorial…
Nigeria Table Tennis Start Aruna Quadri Will end 2018 in the top after dropping three places to 26th in the latest International Table Tennis Federation’s ranking released on Monday. 2018 was an eventful year for the Oyo state born Quadri whoremains as Africa’s number one , he won the Nigeria open and stars in this year’s commonwealth games in Gold Coast. The Portuguese based Quadri started the year in top 30, and has never look back as the Conntinent’s best player since he replaced Egyptian Omar Assar who who moved from 53rd to 47th in the world and will also…
Rangers International of Enugu will depart Nigeria for Addis Ababa on Tuesday to keep a date with Defence Force for the second leg of the Caf Confederation Cup preliminary round fixture scheduled for Wednesday. Godwin Aguda’s two second half penalties was enough to hand the Flying Antelopes 2-0 victors in the first leg played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu in November . However, Midfielder Chiamaka Madu revealed that the team will leave the shore of Nigeria on Tuesday(today) via a connecting flightto East Africa from Akanu Ibiam Airport. “We are leaving for Addis Ababa on Tuesday and it is…
Former Cameroon international Patrick Mboma has branded CAF’s decision to take the hosting right of 2019 African Cup of Nationsfrom Cameroon as a disgrace. Cameroon saw their hope of the hosting the African biggest football fiesta dashed last week, following CAF executive committee decision to strip them off the hosting right , amidst security and infrastructure reasons. However, the news wasn’t well received across the country and former African footballer of the year, Mboma’s position on the issuewasn’t different. “Me, who was thinking June 15, 2019 was in 197 days. It’s a tough one for us. I feel battered.…
Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze played the entire duration, but couldn’t save his side Villarreal from suffering 2-0 defeat in the hands of Catalan giants Barcelona at Camp Nou on Sunday. Chukwueze was deployed on the left side of the attacking midfield for the yellow submarine and given the task of tracking the Barcelona left full back Jordi Alba, a job he did perfectly. Goals in each half from Gerard Pique and Carles Alena condemned the Chukwueze and his teammates to their sixth loss of the season. However, in spite of the defeat the Nigerian international was rated as best performer…
