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Nigeria To Face Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions In AFCON’s Round Of 16

– Super Eagles in action By Steve Taiwo The Nigeria Super Eagles will be facing the Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions in the Round of 16 of the African Cup of Nations on Saturday. The fixture was confirmed after the Cameroonians rounded off the group stage with a pulsating 3-2 victory over the Gambia on Tuesday night. By the win, they finished group C with four points… []

Reason Manchester United May Be Banned From Champions League

– Manchester United logo By Steven Taiwo  Manchester United face the embarrassing scenario of being barred from the Champions League due to Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s stake in the club, which is close to being confirmed, reports dailystar.co.uk. Ratcliffe’s long-running pursuit of a stake in United is on the verge of being rubberstamped, with the Ineos billionaire set to take a 25 per cent portion of… []

AFCON: Group Calls On NFF To Sack Peseiro To Avert Future Disaster

– Super Eagles Coach, Jose Paseiro By Steven Taiwo  The Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN) has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to sack Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, with immediate effect, if it wants the country to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Nigeria failed to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup on the away goals rule after drawing goalless away to… []

Real Madrid’s Xabi Alonso Supports Nathan Tella For Super Eagles

– Nathan Tella By Adeola Idris  Real Madrid’s legendary midfielder Xabi Alonso has backed Nathan Tella to shine for the Super Eagles as the World Cup qualifiers take centre stage this week. Nathan Tella was handed a maiden call-up to the Super Eagles ahead of the double-header slated against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. It would be interesting to see how it happens with the Nigerian side… []

Anthony Joshua Relives Fight With ‘six guys’ Who Attacked Him In The Street

  – Anthony Joshua By Steven Taiwo  The British heavyweight appears on the 7 November episode of Louis Theroux Interviews. Anthony Joshua told Louis Theroux about a “massive” fight he had with “six guys” in the street, showing the journalist his scars in the process. Joshua, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, is the subject of the 7 November episode of Louis Theroux Interviews, in… []

Divorce Verdict: How Ghanaian Football Star, Asamoah Gyan Lost $multi-million Spintex Houses, Cars, Petrol Station To Ex Wife

– Ex wife, Gifty, Asamoah Gyan  By Steven Taiwo Former Ghanaian footballer, Asamoah Gyan has been told to pay compensation to his ex-wife after it was confirmed that he is the biological father of their three children. The former Ghana captain and his ex-wife, Gifty, have been embroiled in a legal battle that involved allegations of infidelity and paternity doubts for three years. The 37-year-old… []

‘Continue With The Unbeaten Mentality’ – Arteta Instructs Arsenal Players

– Mikel Arteta By Steven Taiwo  Mikel Arteta of Arsenal has urged his team to continue with their unbeaten mentality irrespective of whatever challenges they might face. The Gunners have made an unbeaten start to the season in all competitions since lifting the Community Shield in August. They are four points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City, amassing four wins and two draws in the… []

“I’m Sorry, I Don’t Mean To Be Offensive” – Italian Journalist Begs Osimhen, Nigerians

– Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen and Italian journalist, Marika Fruscio By Steven Taiwo  Italian journalist Marika Fruscio Pleads With Nigerians, after her post knocking Osimhen. ❗ Fruscio, in a social media post on Wednesday, has pleaded with Nigerians over her statement knocking Nigerian-born footballer Victor Osimhen. The Super Eagles striker had deleted Napoli-related posts following a now-deleted TikTok video shared by the club mocking his… []

AC Milan To Move From San Siro To New Stadium

Of – Iconic San Siro Stadium By Steven Taiwo  AC Milan announced on Wednesday their plans to move from their iconic San Siro home to a new 70,000-seater stadium that they intend to build in the southern part of the city. The club has taken preliminary steps to relocate by submitting proposals to the city council in the suburb of San Donato. Milan were the… []

Kane Becomes Bayern’s Record Holder For Most Goals In Five Matches

– Harry Kane By Steven Taiwo England captain Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich’s 7-0 demolition of VfL Bochum on Saturday. It takes his league goal tally to seven and makes him the club record holder for most goals by a player in his first five Bundesliga matches. Kane struck his first goal after benefiting from a loose ball in the 13th minute… []

Manchester United Remains Interested In Signing Barcelona Midfielder, Frenkie de Jong

– Frenkie de Jong By Bunmi Onakan  A report from Fichajes claims that the 26-year-old Dutch international is a target for Manchester United and manager Erik ten Hag has insisted on his arrival for the next season. Barcelona signed the former Ajax midfielder for a fee of around €85 million and they will look to recoup most of that if they were forced to sell… []

“I Didn’t Like His Behaviour”-Handanvic Criticizes Man- U’s Keeper, Andre Onana

– Man-U goalkeeper, Andre Onana By Femi Ojo  Former Inter Milan teammate, Samir Handanovic has criticised Manchester United goalkeeper, Andre Onana for his attitude at the Italian club. Onana signed for Inter on a free transfer from Dutch giants Ajax in 2022 but the Cameroonian did not play a single game in Serie A until October with club captain Handanovic keeping him on the bench…. []

FG Set To Rebuild National Stadium Lagos

– John Owan-Enoh, Minister of Sports Development – By Taiwo Steven Sports Development Minister, John Owan-Enoh, has said that the Federal Government might pull down the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, to rebuild and bring it to a functional state. Own-Enoh, who had earlier said he would go ahead with the planned concession of the facility, noted that the government would only take the path… []

Transfer: FC Barcelona Confirms Signing Oriol Romeu From Girona

— Oriol Romeu — By Taiwo Steven Defensive midfielder, Oriol Romeu has left Girona for FC Barcelona, this was confirmed by the club (Barcelona). Since Sergio Busquets exited the club this summer following the expiration of his contract, the Catalan Giants have been on the lookout for a suitable replacement. Romeu, a former La Masia graduate, seemed to tick the box for the Barca management… []

World Record Holder, Tobi Amusan, Set A New Record, Wins 100m Hurdles At Silesia Diamond League

– Tobi Amusan – By Taiwo Steven 

Why Dusan Vlahovic Is A Must For PSG

— Dusan Vlahovic — By Taiwo Steven PSG continue to be linked with a number of big-name strikers, but there’s a lot to consider in all this. Firstly, the future of Kylian Mbappe will be key and at this moment in time it still seems unlikely that Real Madrid and PSG will be able to agree a deal for Mbappe this summer, but we’ll see… []

Barcelona President, Laporta Says “Vitor Roque’s Deal Is Done; Now We Need Three More”

– Barcelona President, Joan Laporta – By Taiwo Steven  The young attacker is arriving from Athletico Paranaense. Laporta said: “Inigo Martinez and Ilkay Gundogan are two players wanted by Xavi. For Victor Roque we can say that it’s done. We lack a right-back and we’re working on it. And then we want to reinforce the midfield with a couple of items” Laporta says they’re able… []

Three More Players To Leave Arsenal After Arteta Signs Rice, Timber

  – Arsenal players – By Taiwo Steven Three more players may leave Arsenal after the club agreed deals for West Ham captain, Declan Rice and Ajax’s Jurrien Timber. This was revealed by football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, while speaking on Caught Offside. According to Romano, the likes of Nicolas Pepe, Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey, are facing the exit door. “I expect now will… []

Pulisic Goes To AC Milan, Aubameyang To Middle East As Chelsea Set To Sell Seven Players [See full list]

– Chelsea Team – By Taiwo Steven  Chelsea Football club are reportedly interested in selling another seven of its players this summer window, with the likes of Christian Pulisic and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on that list. According to Standard Sport, the Blues are already looking at over £200 million in sales this summer and are keen to sell the likes of Pulisic, who could soon be… []

Brighton Demands £100m As Man- U And Chelsea Jostle For Moises Caicedo

– Moises Caicedo – By Taiwo Steven  Brighton have set an increased asking price of £100million for Chelsea and Manchester United target Moises Caicedo. The Ecuador international is expected to leave the club this summer, with the Seagulls publicly announcing that he’s available for transfer. Brighton rejected two bids of around £70m from Arsenal for Caicedo in January and fees in the summer window are… []