Football

Lille forward Victor Osimhen has emerged French Ligue 1 player for the month of September 2019. The Super Eagles striker claimed 45% of total votes to emerge tops ahead of Monaco’s Islam Slimani (37%) second and Nantes’ Nicolas Pallois (18%) on third spot. The former Golden Eaglets ace will now takes over from Rennes midfielder […]

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted midfield star Paul Pogba will miss Sunday’s Premier League clash with bitter rivals Liverpool while goalkeeper David De Gea is also a major injury doubt. French World Cup winner Pogba, 26, has failed to recover from an ankle problem while De Gea was forced off in Spain’s […]

Barcelona captain Leo Messi received his sixth Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the European leagues on Wednesday. Messi won the trophy for a third straight year after scoring 36 goals, three more than his closest challenger, Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain. Messi’s sons Thiago and Mateo, presented their father with the trophy supervised […]

According to Chukwueze, the current Super Eagles squad are good and committed. He, however, admitted that Nigeria’s clash against the Selecao will be tough. Nigeria head to the game following a 2-2 draw with Ukraine in their last friendly. “That’s a big game (between Nigeria and Brazil) to look forward to in Singapore and I […]

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris will “almost certainly” be out of action for the rest of the year after his horror injury at the weekend, France coach Didier Deschamps said on Monday. “It is difficult to say exactly how long he will not be available,” said Deschamps as France players gathered for their next Euro […]

African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria have been eliminated from the race to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics women’s football tournament on Monday after forcing the Les Elephantes of Cote d’Ivoire to a 1-1 draw at the Agege Stadium in Lagos. Last week Thursday, both teams had settled for a scoreless draw in Abidjan and […]

David de Gea apologised to Manchester United supporters after his troubled side slumped to a dismal 1-0 defeat at Newcastle on Sunday. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side sit just two points above the relegation zone and have not won away since March after Matty Longstaff’s second-half winner for Newcastle. United goalkeeper De Gea admitted this is […]

UEFA Champions League results on Wednesday: Group E At Genk, Belgium Genk (BEL) 0 Napoli (ITA) 0 At Liverpool, England Liverpool (ENG) 4 (Mane 9, Robertson 25, Salah 36, 69) Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) 3 (Hwang Hee-Chan 39, Minamino 56, Haaland 60) Group F At Prague Slavia Prague (CZE) 0 Borussia Dortmund (GER) 2 (Hakimi […]

Serge Gnabry scored four second-half goals as Bayern Munich embarrassed Tottenham 7-2 on Tuesday, meaning last season’s Champions League finalists face an uphill task to reach the knockout phase. Spurs started brightly in London and took the lead through the lively Son Heung-min but were pegged back by fine strikes from Joshua Kimmich and Robert […]