The Nigerian football great has told the Lille forward to up his game to stand a chance of shattering the iconic forward’s goal-scoring record Victor Osimhen is being backed by former Ajax star Tijani Babangida to challenge Rashidi Yekini’s Nigeria record. Yekini is the Super Eagles’ leading goalscorer with 37 strikes from 58 international appearances, with Segun Odegbami (23 goals) […]
There can be no hiding the fact that a number of Premier League clubs have a number of talented Nigeria-eligible youngsters on their books, ones which will, in no distant time, take the league by storm. Shift your thoughts away from the raging pandemic swiftly tearing it’s way through sports and football, and spare a […]
A former Nigerian international, Garba Lawal has expressed shock over the report which quoted his former team mate, Daniel Amokachi as naming John Mikel Obi as the greatest Nigerian football player. Completesports.com yesterday quoted Amokachi as saying he considers Mikel to be the country’s standout player based on his achievements. “Mikel is the greatest player,” […]
The Super Falcons are nine-time African champions but are yet to make a significant impact on the global stage after eight outings Chinaza Uchendu believes Nigeria‘s below-par performance at the 2019 Women’s World Cup is due to a lack of team cohesion. In the build-up to the showpiece event last year, Nigeria played 14 warm-up games […]
With no professional football taking place until at least April 30th, following an announcement by the EFl last week, we’re set for a fairly lengthy wait until the Championship makes its eagerly-awaited return. For now, here’s all the latest news and transfer rumours from the Championship: Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has revealed that he attempted […]
Former Nigeria international Odion Ighalo would have to make up his mind if he likes to continue chasing his dream at Manchester United or he would return to China to rejoin his team Shanghai Shenhua. The Chinese big spenders are offering Ighalo a new bumper £400,000 (about N180m) per week deal, Sky Sports reported Thursday. It is […]
Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo is on loan at the great Manchester United. That deal is expected to come to an end on May 31 but with the Coronavirus pandemic adversely affecting football which culminated in postponement of most tournaments and some cancellations, the loan deal may be extended. Ighalo’s move to the Red […]
Since England’s game in Sofia the London-born midfielder has been racially abused by fans, including of his club CSKA Sofia When Viv Solomon-Otabor stepped off the plane after returning from his first international call-up, his phone would not stop buzzing. The messages were not ones of congratulations for being part of the Nigeria squad that […]
Nigeria Football Federation target Jordan Torunarigha has been ranked the top player in terms of percentage of aerial duels won over the course of the 2019-2020 season, the official website of the German Bundesliga has reported. To be eligible to be included in the ranking, a player must have contested at least twenty aerial duels. Hertha […]
talian Serie A club Torino are not planning to part company with Chelsea Academy product Ola Aina in the next transfer window, according to reports. Turin based sports daily Tuttosport writes on its print edition that Torino will find it difficult to sell two players Ola Aina and Soualiho Meïté because they are young and with […]