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…
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…
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…
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….
Reigning African Player of The Year, Ademola Lookman, could be forced to stay at Atalanta due to no suitable offers to persuade the Bergamo club to sell, while his only suitor, Inter Milan, have also identified an alternative. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Atalanta have set €50m as the official asking price for Lookman but have…
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…
Julien Alfred is in good health and good spirits, but will miss her next two scheduled meets to fine-tune her preparations for the end of the season. The Olympic 100m champion has shut down claims that she is injured, telling the St Lucia Times that she is currently training and “working on things in preparation for…
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…
