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…
Jose Mourinho and his Fenerbahce side have qualified for the Champions League qualifying playoffs, after overturning a two-goal deficit against Robin van Persie-coached Feyenoord on Tuesday. The Turkish giants were beaten 2-1 in the Netherlands last week. In the second leg of the third qualifying round clash, they conceded again after Tsuyoshi Watanabe opened the…
About ten teams qualified for this season’s UEFA Champions League play-off stage after the third qualifying round second-leg fixtures played on Tuesday. Fenerbahçe won 5-2 against Feyenoord at home to progress to the play-off stage on a 6-4 aggregate victory. Pafos also advance to the play-off stage on a 3-0 aggregate win after beating Dynamo…
Sudan coach Kwesi Appiah has urged Super Eagles gaffer Eric Chelle to do some polishing in his attacking line after his side defeated the home-based Nigeria national team 4-0 at the ongoing African Nations Championship, CHAN, on Tuesday. Appiah watched as Sudan thrashed the Super Eagles B team to send Nigeria out from the competition….
Marcus Rashford decried Manchester United’s lack of strategy as leaving the English giants in “no man’s land” after joining Barcelona on loan. The 27-year-old, who played 426 times for United after coming through the club’s academy, left Old Trafford in January for a loan spell at Aston Villa after falling out of favour with new…
Nigeria’s campaign at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) came to a crushing end after suffering a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Sudan in their second group match. The home-based Super Eagles thought they had taken the lead in the 22nd minute when Anthony Ijoma slotted home from a swift counterattack, but the goal was ruled out…
Super Eagles forward Umar Sadiq has completed the takeover of Nigeria National League, NNL, club Ranchers Bees. Sadiq, who currently plays for Spanish club Real Sociedad, bought the Kaduna club along with top politician Bello El-Rufai. Nura Abdullahi, a former teammate of the striker, has been named the new president of the club. Ranchers Bees…
Chelsea are not looking to sign Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain this summer. The Premier League club are happy with the goalkeepers they currently have in their squad. Donnarumma’s relationship with PSG is broken and the Ligue 1 champions have already signed Lucas Chevalier from Lille. Chevalier is expected to be Luis Enrique’s first-choice goalkeeper…
Manchester United defender, Harry Maguire, has said that he thought the club would win the Premier League title when Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphael Varane joined the club. The England international said this while sharing his thoughts on Ronaldo’s second stint at Old Trafford and detailing the circumstances that led to the 40-year-old’s sad end at…
