Month: January 2018
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Nigeria Football
Lagos to host 2nd edition of African Football Forum
Africa’s premier football business event, the Football Africa Forum (FAF) will stage its second edition in Lagos, Nigeria on 19-20…
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Football
Chelsea recall Palmer and a Nigerian striker from loan
Chelsea have decided to recall both Kasey Palmer and Ike Ugbo at the start of the January transfer window. Both…
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EPL
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger describes decision to award Chelsea penalty “farcical”
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has aired his frustrations about Chelsea being awarded a penalty during Wednesday night’s Premier League clash…
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Football
Cristiano Ronaldo to get £600,000 per week at Real Madrid?
Real Madrid have reportedly decided to give Cristiano Ronaldo a wage packet of £600,000 per week. During the first half…
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EPL
Manchester United board fear Jose Mourinho will resign before next season
Manchester United’s board fear that Jose Mourinho will not be their manager beyond this season as their campaign continues to…
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EPL
MoM Eden Hazard blames Alvaro Morata misses for Chelsea’s draw against Arsenal
The man of the match Eden Hazard says Chelsea should have beaten Arsenal in Wednesday’s thrilling Premier League clash but…
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EPL
Wasteful Alvaro Morata sets new record in Chelsea’s draw with Arsenal
Alvaro Morata set an unwanted Premier League record as Chelsea and Arsenal played out a 2-2 draw on Wednesday evening.…
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La Liga
Atletico to assess Diego Costa injury after goalscoring return
Atletico Madrid are to determine on Thursday if Diego Costa will require medical examinations to the right knee he injured…
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Boxing
Fury challenges champ Joshua to comeback fight
Tyson Fury has once again called out Anthony Joshua, challenging his domestic rival to be his first opponent since dethroning…
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EPL
United maintain 2nd place as Bellerin belter denies Chelsea in derby thriller
Chelsea failed to move back into second place in the Premier League after they were held to a 2-2 draw…
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Nigeria Football
CHAN 2018: Ezenwa says Eagles are ready to take on Africa
Nigeria’s Super Eagles B squad has been involved indifferent phases of preparation for the 5th African Nations Championship taking place…
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EPL
Manchester City 3 Watford 1: Sterling inspires leaders back to winning ways
Raheem Sterling scored the fastest Premier League goal of the season to help Manchester City to a 3-1 win over…
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Football
€105m Dembele to start first Barca game after three and a half months injury
Ousmane Dembele has been cleared to make his Barcelona return after spending three and a half months out through injury,…
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Football
Hazard with more than double De Bruyne’s vote wins Belgian player of the year 2017
Chelsea’s Eden Hazard has beaten Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne to the Devil of the Year award for his…
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Nigeria Football
NNL: Super 4 Tournament, AGA and 2017-2018 Draw To Hold In Lagos, as board praises Bet9ja for sponsorship
The end of season Super four (4) Tournament to determine the overall champions for the season in the Bet9ja Nigeria…
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Nigeria Football
CHAN 2018: Salisu picks Ezenwa, Ali, Okpotu, 20 others
Head Coach Salisu Yusuf on Tuesday released his final squad of the Super Eagles B for the 5th African Nations…
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Basketball
Aminu shoots Trailblazers past Bulls, eyes Lebron’s scalp
D’Tigers’ Al Farouq Aminu was on different level as he dropped 24 points to help Portland Trailblazers to a 124-120…
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Nigeria Football
Ex 3SC & Super Eagles Goalkeeper Raymond King is dead
A former goalkeeper of the IICC Shooting Stars now 3SC, Raymond King is dead. King, who also manned the post…
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Opinion
Why Africa’s young people are the real winners at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards
Almost nowhere on earth is football followed as passionately as in Africa. It is loved by Africans from all walks…
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EPL
Mourinho: Great player Scholes a bad pundit who only criticises
Jose Mourinho has suggested Paul Scholes’ recent criticism of Manchester United’s Paul Pogba could be due to jealousy over the…
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EPL
Burnley 1 Liverpool 2: Klavan the unlikely last-gasp hero without Coutinho or Salah
Ragnar Klavan proved Liverpool’s saviour as his stoppage-time header capped a dramatic finale to secure a 2-1 win at Burnley…
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Tennis
Murray planning lighter 2018 schedule
Andy Murray will follow the lead set by Roger Federer in 2017 and have a lighter schedule this year to…
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EPL
Everton 0 Manchester United 2: Martial and Lingard stunners decisive in Lukaku´s absence
Anthony Martial helped make the difference in place of the injured Romelu Lukaku as Manchester United beat Everton 2-0 at…
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Nigeria Football
Pinnick: 2017 was great, but 2018 will be more glorious
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has expressed the satisfaction of the Federation with on-field and…
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Nigeria Football
NPFL: Dayo Ojo extends contract at Sunshine Stars
Sunshine Stars FC communicates that the player Ekundayo Ojo will continue to defend the Orange and Blue colour after signing…
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Tennis
Sharapova shines in Shenzhen
Maria Sharapova made a winning start to 2018 as she cruised to a 6-3 6-0 victory over Mihaela Buzarnescu in…
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Basketball
NBA Round Up: Rockets pull off double-OT win over Lakers, Harden leaves injured
The Houston Rockets overcame the Los Angeles Lakers in a New Year’s Eve thriller in the NBA on Sunday. After…
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