Slides

Nigeria’s youth national team, Flying Eagles had their goalkeeper to thank for picking a ticket into the final of this year’s Africa Games’ soccer event on Tuesday, as Detan Ogundare stood out to be counted during a long, nerve-racking penalties’ shoot-out contest with Mali. The game between both rivals and …

Female national team, Super Falcons midfielder, Osarenoma Igbinovia has declared that she and her colleagues in the squad will give their very best home and away against Algeria, because they want to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. With Nigeria having failed to reach the past two …

Nigeria’s female youth national team, Falconets’ coach, Christopher Danjuma has admitted that his side will be playing for more than gold in Thursday’s Africa Games final against Cameroon, as he acknowledged it will be a case of seeking bragging rights against a team they battled to a 2-02 draw in …

Officials from Paris St-Germain and Barcelona met in Paris on Tuesday to discuss a possible deal for Neymar to return to the Spanish champions. According to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Guillem Balague, both clubs say the talks were “positive” but there is “still lots of work to do”. Brazil forward …

Chelsea of England striker, Tammy Abraham is basking in his double-strike of the past weekend, and declared that he always believed in his ability to make hay when the chips come down. After netting twice in The Blues’ 3-2 victory away to Norwich City on Saturday, Abraham is standing tall …

Everton of England new signing, Alex Iwobi has been tipped to start playing ahead of The Toffees’ Brazilian winger, Bernard in subsequent matches this season, following the Super Eagles’ star’s performance in Friday’s 2-0 loss away to Aston Villa. Although Everton lost in Iwobi’s first match since arriving on the …

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) secretary-general, Dr Mouhammed Sanusi has led the way in mourning the death of female national team, Super Falcons’ former winger, Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine, who he described as a naturally gifted player. Sanusi said everyone at The Glasshouse was terribly saddened to hear the news of Chiejine’s …

Nigeria’s female youth national team, Falconets’ attacker, Folashade Ijamilusi has revealed that the squad’s 2-2 draw with Cameroon in their second match of the Africa Games in Morocco taught all the players a huge lesson about that helped them get a 3-0 win against Algeria in the semi-finals on Monday. …

Real Betis of Spain new arrival, Lukman Zakari has given a high level of thanks to his manager and his parents for helping him successfully seal a summer transfer from Metta FC of Latvia to the modest La Liga outfit. The Chile 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning central defender declared …

A handful of Nigerian-born youngsters were on song with goals across Europe last weekend, as Ike Ugbo scored one in Holland, while Malcolm Ebiowei, Ovie Ejaria, Dillon Hoogerwerf and Eberechi Eze all hit bulls’ eyes at various levels of league action in England. In Holland, Ugbo, who is on his …