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Arsenal chief speaks to Wenger about a possible return

Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe Dec 07, 2020

The chief executive of Arsenal football club, Vinai Venkatesham is trying to convince Arsene Wenger to make a return back to the emirates. According to reports, Venkatesham paid a visit to the former Gunners manager to tell him about it. Arsene Wenger spent 22 yrs at Arsenal before resigning in  2018; he helped the club […]

Kano Pillars crash out of Confederation Cup 

Stanley Ugagbe Dec 06, 2020

Nigeria’s Kano Pillars have crashed out of the CAF Confederation Cup after a disappointing 3-1 aggregate defeat to Senegal’s ASC Diaraf in the preliminary round. Recall that Goals from Assane Mbodj, Junior Sambou and Makhtar N’Diaye had condemned the Nigerian giants to a 3-1 defeat in the first leg staged at the Stade Lat-Dior, Thies. The […]

Napoli renames stadium after late club legend

Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe Dec 05, 2020

Italian club Napoli has finally renamed their stadium which would now be called the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. This step was taken to honour the late Diego Maradona who died at the age of 60 in November. Napoli signed Maradona for a record fee from Barcelona in 1984 and he led the team to win […]

Ligue 1 club sacks Arsenal legend after poor run of form

Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe Dec 04, 2020

Ligue 1 club, Nice have sacked manager Patrick Vieira after a poor run of form in five consecutive matches in which they’ve suffered defeat in all, including their exit from the UEFA Europa League. The French side are 11th in the league table after 11 games and they also lost 3-2 to Bayer Leverkusen on […]

Ronaldo wins Golden foot award

Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe Dec 02, 2020

Juventus and Portugal star, Cristiano Ronaldo has been announced the winner of the Golden football award. Ronaldo won the 18th edition of the Award which took place in monaco on Tuesday. The award is slated for players from the age of 28 and above; and the award can only be won once in a player’s […]

Troy Deeney wants more than a 3-match ban for Edison Cavani

Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe Nov 30, 2020

Watford striker Troy Deeney has said that Edison Cavani deserves more than a three-game ban following the issue of his offensive racial post on social media. Edison Cavani is likely to be investigated after resharing and responding with an offensive racial comment on his Instagram story, after his impressive performance in Manchester United’s 3-2 win […]

D’Tigers makes it 3 wins in 3 matches

Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe Nov 30, 2020

Nigeria men basketball team D’Tigers continues their impressive run of forms ahead of the 2021 FIBA afrobasket tournament. D’Tigers defeated Mali in the ongoing afrobasket qualifier going on in Kigali; they exercised their win over Mali with a 23 points gap, with D’Tigers having 91 points and Mali 68 points. Mali had first won the […]

Cavani’s social media post may call for investigation

Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe Nov 30, 2020

Manchester United striker Edison Cavani may be investigated by the FA after sharing an offensive racial post on social media. Cavani scored 2 goals for United and also gave an assist which saw united came from behind to win 3-2, against Southampton on Sunday. In response to his excellent performance against Southampton, a fan shared […]

Nigeria drop three places on latest FIFA ranking

Stanley Ugagbe Nov 28, 2020

Following the abysmal performances of the Super Eagles against Sierra Leone in their 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures, Nigeria has slipped to 35th position on the latest FIFA global rankings for November. Following the development, the nation currently rank fourth best country in Africa with Senegal retaining the no. 1 spot, followed by Tunisia and […]

Klopp should stop “moaning” and get on with it – Murphy

Stanley Ugagbe Nov 28, 2020

Former Liverpool midfielder, Danny Murphy has stated that the club’s manager, Jurgen Klopp needs to stop “moaning” about Liverpool’s schedule, noting that no one on the Red’s playing staff will be winging about the hectic fixture list.  Murphy noted that the German manager has allowed injury frustration to get the better of him. This is […]

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