Author: Gibson Ogunkunle
Shooting Stars’ camp commandant, Auwal Mohammed, has been suspended by the Interim Management Committee, IMC, for bringing the game to disrepute. Mohammed was pictured urinating in the center circle before Shooting Stars’ matchday nine clashes against Akwa United in Ibadan on Sunday. The official was suspended from all NPFL-related activities for one year, effective immediately. […]
Borussia Dortmund forward, Karim Adeyemi, seems to be in constant touch with his Nigerian heritage despite being a German footballer, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The origin of the 21-year-old has become a subject of interest again following his comments after Dortmund’s 1-0 win over Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League first leg round of 16 game […]
Before the start of the 2022/2023 NBA season, many basketball journalists and pundits predicted the worse season for the Lakers. The prediction from respected journalists and pundits were not witch-hunting or wishing the worst for one of the most respected sports franchises in the world. The reality on the ground, at least as it was then, […]
Kane’s towering close-range header from Ivan Perisic’s cross was the first time Spurs had led 1-0 in a game since 15 October. They had conceded the first goal in all 10 games in between. He then drilled a low second into the bottom corner from Bryan Gil’s pass. The England captain has now scored 264 […]
An unconvincing Juventus battled to a 3-2 win at Spezia on Wednesday to claim their first Serie A victory of the season.Moise Kean opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark, shimmying to the right and finishing past Jeroen Zoet to get his first Juventus goal since rejoining from Everton.Only five minutes later, Ghanaian attacker […]
Hansi Flick: “It all went surprisingly quickly for me with the signature, but I am very happy to be able to work as national coach from autumn onwards…I’m really looking forward to it because I can see the great quality of the players, especially the young players in Germany.” Germany have confirmed that Hansi Flick […]
Nigerian Striker Paul Onuachu has emerged as the highest goal scorer and won the Jupiler Pro League Professional Footballer of the Year award. Paul Onuachu, who plays for Belgian top-flight side KRC Genk, scored 33 goals and provided five assists in 38 league appearances to pick the Golden Shoe Award. Onuachu ended the Belgian league […]
Sergio Ramos has been left out of Spain‘s European Championship 2020 squad by coach Luis Enrique. The 35-year-old is his country’s most-capped player, with 180 appearances for Spain since making his debut in March 2005. Luis Enrique confirmed on Monday that defenders Pau Torres, Aymeric Laporte, Eric Garcia, Diego Llorente and Cesar Azpilicueta had been chosen instead. Sources told ESPN that people close to Ramos had […]
Atletico Madrid pipped city rivals Real Madrid to the La Liga title on Saturday after Luis Suarez fired them to a 2-1 comeback win at Real Valladolid. Valladolid took a shock lead in the 18th minute when Oscar Plano slotted past Jan Oblak to complete a sweeping counter-attack after Yannick Carrasco had lost control of the ball following an Atletico corner. Just as they had […]
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will clash with Mexico in a friendly at the famous Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the State of California, United States of America on Saturday, July 3, 2021. This was announced on Wednesday through a press statement issued by Ademola Olajiri, director of communication, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The match will be the sixth confrontation between […]
