Kelechi Iheanacho is nearing a transfer to Turkish Super Lig club Samsunspor, DAILY POST reports. According to reports emanating from Turkey, Iheanacho has agreed to join Samsunspor on a permanent transfer. The Red Lightning are currently in discussions with Sevilla to finalise the details of the contract. Iheanacho will earn up to €1.2m per year,…
Super Eagles defender, Ola Aina, could find his Nottingham Forest spot under threat next season after the Premier League club made a £25 million bid for Manchester City’s Rico Lewis. A ruling from the Court of Arbitration, CAS, this week confirmed Forest will play in the UEFA Europa League. Ahead of a busy campaign, they…
Nigeria winger Chidera Ejuke has returned to full training ahead of Sevilla’s opening LaLiga game of the season against Athletico Bilbao. Ejuke sustained a thigh injury in training last month. The 27-year-old, according to eldesmarque.com, returned to full training with his teammates on Wednesday. The pacy winger is now in contention for Sevilla’s trip to…
Bayelsa Queens have been drawn in Group B of the WAFU B Women’s Champions League. The Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, champions will face Ghana’s Police Ladies, Togo’s ASKO, and Sam Nelly of Benin Republic. Bayelsa Queens will be making their second appearance at the competition. The Prosperity Girls won the title on their maiden…
Former Manchester United defender, Wes Brown, has added his voice to one of football’s most debated topics – whether Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi could play together in the same team. Ronaldo and Messi are still very much in the game, playing for Saudi Pro League, SPL, and Major League Soccer, MLS, sides. While Messi…
The Federal Court of Canada has upheld a ruling that classified Nigeria’s two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as terrorist organisations, while denying asylum to a former member, Douglas Egharevba, over his decade-long affiliation with both parties. In a judgment delivered on June 17, 2025, Justice…
Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen has returned to full training with Galatasaray, as he hopes to make his much-awaited second debut against Fatih Karagümrük S.K. on Friday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen rejoined the club permanently in a high-profile €75m deal from Napoli, after enjoying a successful loan spell at the club last season. After ending the…
Paris Saint-Germain will be hoping a severely curtailed summer break does not come back to bite them as the Ligue 1 season begins this weekend, headlined by the newly-crowned European champions and featuring the return to France of Paul Pogba. It is just the second time that the French top flight has boasted the Champions…
Nigeria opened their Davis Cup Africa Group III qualifying campaign in Harare, Zimbabwe, on a winning note, rallying from behind to edge Algeria 2-1 in their first match of the tournament on Wednesday. The Nigerian side did not begin well, as Michael Emmanuel lost the first singles rubber 6-1, 6-0 against Algeria’s Toufik Sahtali as…
Super Falcons captain and forward, Rasheedat Ajibade, has expressed frustration over the delay in the payment of promised allowances and bonuses to the team. She made this known during an appearance on the forthcoming episode of ‘With Chude’ hosted by popular on-air personality, Chude Jideonwo. Ajibade said the players had yet to receive the pledged…
