Sports

27 May

Zidane resigns as Real Madrid coach

Zinedine Zidane has resigned as Real Madrid manager with immediate effect, according to media reports, just days after the club were beaten to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid. The Frenchman’s reported departure comes at the end of a disappointing campaign for the 13-time European champions, who also lost to Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals as they failed ...

25 May

Rohr set for Cameroon clash, picks Iheanacho, Osimhen, 22 others

Is it a crack team?.. Coach Gernot Rohr has selected Captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong and home boys John Noble and Anayo Iwuala among the 24 Super Eagles who will do battle with five-time African champions Cameroon in a prestige friendly in Austria on Friday next week. The list also has goalkeepers Maduka Okoye and Francis Uzoho, defenders ...

23 May

LaLiga: Suarez Seals Victory As Atletico dethrone Real Madrid

Atletico Madrid have emerged as the LaLiga champions for the 2020/21 season after a dramatic final day in Spain on Saturday. Diego Someone’s men had to come from behind to beat Valladolid 2-1 thanks to goals from Angel Correa and Luis Suarez before they were crowned 2020/21 LaLiga Santander champions. The defeat meant Valladolid had their relegation to the Segunda ...

20 May

Iheanacho Makes Premier League History With Leicester City Strike Vs Chelsea

Super Eagles and Leicester City superstar, Kelechi Iheanacho made history on Tuesday night, May 18, as the first Premier League striker to score on all seven days of the week in a single season. The striker was on target for Leicester City as they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea in Tuesday’s league encounter. With the hosts taking a two-goal ...

20 May

Eagles to play Mexico July 3

Super Eagles will play their Mexican counterparts in an international friendly at the 77,500-capacity Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, California, United States of America on July 3, The PUNCH reports. This was disclosed in a statement by the Communications Department of the Nigwria Football Federation, which was made available to our correspondent on Wednesday. NFF’s FIFA match agent, Jairo Pachon of ...

17 May

Oshoala shines, wins UCL as Barca finished Chelsea in final

Nigerian striker Asisat Oshoala was a late substitute as Barceloca produced an emphatic display to brush aside Chelsea 4-0 in the Women’s Champions League final on Sunday. It was the Spanish side’s first title and they did it in style at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, thumping the English champions. Oshoala, who had been out of action with injury, ...

13 May

Champions League Final Moved from Turkey to Portugal

The 2021 UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea has been moved from Istanbul Turkey to Porto in Portugal by the European Football Governing Body .The change in venue was due to the travel ban placed on Turkey by England as a result of the global Corona Virus pandemic.“We accept that the decision of the British Government to ...

12 May

Manchester City win Premier League title after Manchester United lose to Leicester

Manchester City have won a third Premier League title in four years after closest challengers Manchester United were beaten by Leicester City. Pep Guardiola’s side are now 10 points ahead of second-placed United, who have just three games remaining. It is the seventh time City have finished top of the English football pyramid and the fifth in nine years. “This ...

8 May

Man City vs Chelsea: Marcos Alonso scores stoppage-time winner as Blues go 3rd

Two Premier League heavyweights face off at the Etihad this evening in a small preview ahead of the Champions League final later this month. Chelsea’s mouth-watering Premier League clash with Manchester City, a dress rehearsal for the Champions League final later this month. While focus on the European showpiece in Istanbul is far away at the moment, City could wrap ...