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August, 2022

  • 25 August

    Exposed ! Ordeals of Falconets @ Turkey beyond sleeping at airport

    Facts have emerged that the Falconets predicament in Turkey goes beyond sleeping at the airport. We have unearthed several other difficulties the young female players encountered pre-tournament and at the tournament proper. Such range from Incomplete kits to allowances denied. It was learnt that prior to the tournament, that the players allegedly bought their sneakers themselves, after kits supplier Nike ...

  • 24 August

    Super Falconets Sleep At Turkish Airport after World Cup defeat

    Nigeria’s Super Falconets have been pictured sleeping on chairs and the floors of the airport in Istanbul, Turkey, on their way back home. The team was knocked out of the quarter finals of the 2022 Under-20 Women’s World Cup by Netherlands on Sunday. The Super Eagles former media officer, Colin Udoh, who shared the photos on his social media pages ...

  • 23 August

    Access Bank Lagos City Marathon names Dapo Sotuminu Media Director

    The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has named top flight Sports Journalist, Mr. Dapo Sotuminu, as the new Director of Media for the marathon event. The announcement was made at the weekend by the Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Chief Bukola Olopade. Nilayo Sports are the owners of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. Olopade noted that, ...

  • 19 August

    Elon Musk Makes U-Turn About Buying Man U

    Musk’s u-turn on twitter came after Manchester United ‘s Historic loss to Brentford, the seventh defeat in a row and their worst run since 1936. The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has made a U-turn after tweeting hours earlier about his intention to buy Manchester United Football Club. Musk said that he was joking when he tweeted earlier that he ...

  • 8 August

    Brume Shatters CWG Record, Wins Nigeria’s 12th Gold

    Long Jumper Ese Brume broke the Commonwealth Games record to win Team Nigeria’s 12th gold medal at the ongoing event in Birmingham. Brume put herself in a commanding position for the gold medal after her fourth attempt gave her a new Commonwealth Games record of 6.99m. The 26-year-old broke the Games record again a few minutes later with her last ...

July, 2022

  • 31 July

    Liverpool crushes Man City in thrilling game

    England’s FA Cup champions Liverpool on Saturday evening beat arch-rivals and reigning Premier League champions Manchester City 3-1 to win the 2022 Community Shield which traditionally ushers in the new league season. The thrilling game saw Liverpool take the lead through Alexander-Arnold on 21 minutes. Man City equalised via Álvarez on 70 minutes but new signing Darwin Nunez made the ...

  • 31 July

    Darwin Nunez leads Liverpool to 1st FA Community Shield win in 16 yrs

    Liverpool scored two late goals to defeat Manchester City 3-1 and claim the FA Community Shield at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. In the 100th edition of English football’s curtain raiser for a new season, it was Liverpool, denied the EPL title on the final day by Man City, who gained revenge thanks to goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed ...

  • 29 July

    Opinion : Why Tears rolled down Tobi Amusan’s eyes,with gold on neck !

    When Tobi Amusan climbed the stage of the 2022 World Athletics Championships to pick up the Gold medal.. she had no tears streaming down her eyes...Then the national anthem of Nigeria was played.. Tears rolled down her eyes!.Tobi Amusan remembered how a country that refused to sponsor it’s athletes were enjoying stolen heroism.. How criminal politicians will steal her personal ...

  • 24 July

    Arsenal thrashes Chelsea 4-0 in a friendly in Florida

    Jesus, who only joined Arsenal from Manchester City earlier this month, took his goal tally to four goals in three games for his new club in a clinical win for the Gunners in front of 63,811 fans at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. It was another encouraging performance for Mikel Arteta’s side, who took control of the game with two first ...

June, 2022

  • 21 June

    ETO’O ESCAPES JAIL SENTENCE
    •Pleads Guilty • Pays €1.8m Fine

    FECAFOOT President and former Cameroon football star Samuel Eto’O has pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion and agreed a deal with Spanish prosecutors to avoid going to jail. Eto’O commited the tax fraud while playing for Barcelona, a court in the city announced Monday. Eto’o, who played for Barcelona from 2004 to 2009, received a fine and a 22-month ...