Month: April 2019
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Champions League
Ajax stop Tottenham 20-game streak as Van de Beek strike puts Dutch side in charge
Ajax took a big step towards reaching their first Champions League final since 1996 as Donny van de Beek’s early…
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Nigeria Football
Ahmed Musa labelled ‘bad apple’ in Saudi, Al-Nassr set to ship him out?
Super Eagles attacker and stand-in captain Ahmed Musa could be shipped out of by his Saudi club according to reports.…
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Nigeria Football
Kenneth Omeruo named alongside Lionel Messi in La Liga player of the week
Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo was named in the La Liga player of the week 35 after impressing in the…
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Nigeria Football
Jerome Akor rescues Flying Eagles against SC Freiburg U23s
Jerome Akor came off the bench to score the equaliser in the Flying Eagles thrilling 3-3 draw with SC Freiburg…
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Nigeria Football
Our focus now is to win FIFA U17 World Cup – Tijani
After finishing fourth at the 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania, Samson Tijani, the captain of the Golden…
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Nigeria Football
France 2019: Dons advise Super Falcons on hard work, focus and patriotism
A trio of university dons on Tuesday challenged players of the Super Falcons and the Golden Eaglets to make hard…
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Nigeria Football
AFCON 2019: NFF appoints Okocha, Kanu, Babangida as scouts, motivational figures
The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former Super Eagles’ captains Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu, as well as…
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Nigeria Football
Nigeria to host ITTF continental championships
The Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium will host the tournaments in August 2019. Following the successful staging of…
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Nigeria Football
Flying Eagles play first test game against SC Freiburg today
The Flying Eagles have hit the ground running in Germany and so will today take on the SC Freiburg second…
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Nigeria Football
Nigerian women players abroad: Oshoala sets Afrcan record, Ohale stuns Okobi and Ayinde in Sweden
Nigerian players were in action for their clubs in Europe. Asisat Oshoala became the first African woman to help her…
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Nigeria Football
Team Nigeria win 9 gold medals at the 2019 African Weightlifting Championship in Egypt
Nigerian weightlifters were efficient at the just concluded Africa Weightlifting Championship held in Egypt. Nigeria travelled to the championship with…
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Nigeria Football
Paul Onuachu scores all the goals in Midtjylland comeback win against Nordsjaelland
Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu scored all the goals as Midtjylland came from a goal down to secure a 2-1…
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Nigeria Football
Sylvester Igboun overtakes Dmitry Golubov to become Ufa all-time top scorer
Super Eagles forward Sylvester Igboun has become the all-time highest goal scorer at the Russian club Ufa FC after beating…
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Nigeria Football
Heerenveen’s Hamdi Akujobi first of the invited 8-foreign pros to arrive as Flying Eagles begin training in Germany
Of the eight invited foreign-based players for the U20 World Cup camp, SC Heerenveen midfielder Hamdi Akujobi was the first…
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Nigeria Football
Wilfred Ndidi sets best record in Europe top five league
Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has set an incredible record after playing for just 45 minutes in Leicester City 3-0…
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Nigeria Football
Four European clubs fights for John Ogu’s signature
Four European clubs are reportedly interested in the signature of Nigerian midfielder John Ogu. The former Academica midfielder who will…
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Champions League
Lyon set up Women´s Champions League final against Barcelona
Lyon booked their place in the Women’s Champions League final with a 1-1 draw away to Chelsea on Sunday, triumphing…
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Bundesliga
Nurnberg 1 Bayern Munich 1: Champions spared by late penalty miss
Tim Leibold hit the post with a last-gasp penalty as Bayern Munich escaped with a dramatic 1-1 draw at Nurnberg on Sunday.…
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EPL
Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1: Another De Gea howler hands Sarri´s side top-four advantage
Chelsea ensured the race for a place in the Premier League’s top four remains in their hands after a 1-1…
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Serie A
Torino 2 AC Milan 0: Rossoneri implode as pressure grows on Gattuso
Andrea Belotti and Alex Berenguer were on target as Torino piled the pressure on Gennaro Gattuso with a 2-0 win…
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La Liga
Rayo Vallecano 1 Real Madrid 0: Benzema missed as Los Blancos humbled by LaLiga strugglers
Karim Benzema’s absence was felt by Real Madrid as Zinedine Zidane’s side slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat at LaLiga…
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EPL
Manchester City and Liverpool break Premier League ground
Manchester City and Liverpool have set a new Premier League record as the gripping title race continues. City’s 1-0 win…
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Tennis
Thiem too strong for Medvedev in Barcelona final
Dominic Thiem rounded out an impressive week at the Barcelona Open with a straight-sets victory over Daniil Medvedev in Sunday’s final. Having knocked…
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F1
Mercedes make history as Bottas leads Hamilton home in Baku
Mercedes became the first team to start a Formula One season with four successive one-twos after Valtteri Bottas led Lewis…
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Cricket
Capitals beat Kohli´s RCB to seal play-off place
Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer blasted half-centuries as Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 16 runs to seal an Indian Premier…
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La Liga
Kenneth Omeruo saves a sure goal, named Man of the Match in Leganes-Celta goalless draw
Leganes have Kenneth Omeruo to thank for not losing at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque in their LaLiga clash on…
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La Liga
Comparing Messi previous title winning seasons from scoring 1 in 2004-05 to 34 goals for now… in 2018-19 season
Barcelona are LaLiga champions for the eight time in 11 seasons after completing a 1-0 victory over Levante and there…
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Tennis
Dominic Thiem beats Rafael Nadal again to book Barcelona Open final
Dominic Thiem clinched a fourth clay-court win over Rafael Nadal to reach the Barcelona Open final at the expense of…
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Serie A
Break-down of Cristiano Ronaldo’s 600 club goals
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the 600th goal of his storied club career. The Juventus star struck the equaliser in a…
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Serie A
Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to 600 club goals
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 600th goal of his incredible club career against Inter on Saturday, beating rival Lionel Messi to his latest…
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