Napoli hotshot Victor Osimhen has clinched the Best African International Player prize at the Ghana Football Awards. The Nigerian international pulled the highest number of votes ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Manchester City winger, Riyad Mahrez and Yassine Bounou of Morocco. It was the ...

By  Peter Akinbo English Premier League giants, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are set to begin negotiations with Napoli over the signing of Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 2022/23 campaign saw success return to Old Trafford after years of concern, ...

By Ifreke Inyang Manchester United are considering giving Alejandro Garnacho their iconic no.7 shirt, according to the Manchester Evening News. The 18-year-old winger made his first-team debut against Chelsea in April last year. Since then, Garnacho has become a regular under manager Erik ten ...

Paris Saint Germain are preparing an offer of up to £ 128 million for Napoli ace Victor Osimhen, according to the Italian press. The French giants have identified the 24-year-old as their ‘main target’ up front and intend to propose an initial £102m-£107m plus add-ons. It comes in spite of ...

By  Ifreke Inyang Former Al-Hilal striker, Odion Ighalo, has said the aftermath of Nigeria’s elimination from the 2018 World Cup and their defeat to Ghana in the 2022 World Cup qualifying play-offs were two of his worst moments. Ighalo retired from international football after the Super ...

Manchester United forward, Mason Greenwood has returned to training on a football pitch for the first time since his arrest last year. The 21-year-old was photographed in a training session with a private coach, in images published by The Sun. He took to a public sports centre to work through ...

John Owen Nwachukwu The Super Falcons of Nigeria are in the Group B of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia. The FIFA Women World Cup is scheduled to take place over a period of one month, starting from 20 July to 20 August 2023. This is the first ...

By Ifreke Inyang Guinea have become the latest team to qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. They booked their spot without playing on Tuesday, while Mauritania are poised to join them after a win over Sudan. A 0-0 draw between Ethiopia and Malawi eliminated both teams and cleared ...

By Don Silas Senegal on Tuesday night made history after beating Brazil in a friendly match at Lisbon. The defending African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Champions came from behind to beat Brazil 4-2. A brace from Sadio Mane and a goal from Habib Diallo, and an own goal from Brazilian ...

By Ifreke Inyang Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has become the first men’s footballer to play 200 international matches, by featuring in their European Championship qualifier away to Iceland on Tuesday. Ronaldo made his international debut in 2003. The 38-year-old is also the leading ...

By Ifreke Inyang Kai Havertz will earn £210,000 per week if he completes a move from Chelsea to Arsenal this summer, according to MailSport. The German forward has agreed on a five-year contract in principle with the Gunners. All that is left is for the two London clubs to strike a ...

By  John Owen Former Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich is reportedly refusing to sign off on the £2.3 billion meant to be sent to Ukraine after the sale of the west London-based football club. Recall that the Russian oligarch was forced out of the club and compelled to sell it off in 2022. ...

By Ifreke Inyang Paris Saint-Germain are set to appoint Luis Enrique as their new manager. According to transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, the Ligue 1 champions are in “advanced talks” to appoint the former Barcelona boss. Enrique will replace Christophe Galtier, who only spent one season at the ...

By Mike Oyebola Victor Osimhen scored twice as the Super Eagles sealed a place at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after the Super Eagles defeated Sierra Leone 3-2 in Monrovia. Osimhen has scored seven goals in five games in the qualifiers. The visitors started the game on the front foot, pinning ...

Mike Oyebola Ahead of Sunday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Sierra and Nigeria, DAILY POST lists five Leone Stars who could hurt the Super Eagles in the encounter Steven Caulker The centre-back is the most experienced player in the Leone Stars squad. Caulker battled injury to ...

By Racheal Ayodele A Nigerian referee was killed by lightning on Tuesday during a friendly football match in Madalla, Niger State. The deceased, popularly known as Mustafa Coach 02 among football fans and a member of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) met his tragic death during a match ...

By Ifreke Inyang Former Real Madrid defender, Jonathan Woodgate has said Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Inter Milan in this year’s Champions League final, confirms Pep Guardiola as the greatest manager ever. Guardiola, who has won the trophy twice with Barcelona, led the Premier ...

By Racheal Ayodele Famous Nigerian afrobeat singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly called Burna Boy, on Saturday performed at the UEFA Champions League final. The 2023 UEFA Champions League final football match between Manchester City and Inter Milan took place at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium ...

FT 1 - 0 Manchester City's long quest to win the Champions League finally ended in triumph against Inter Milan in Istanbul as Pep Guardiola's side completed the Treble. After winning the Premier League and FA Cup, City emulated Manchester United's triple trophy haul in 1999 as they became ...

By  Ifreke Inyang Mason Greenwood would be welcomed back by manager Erik ten Hag and “most” of his Manchester United team-mates, according to the UK Sun. It is believed a decision is imminent on Greenwood’s future with the Premier League side. The 21-year-old is currently on suspension ...

Don Silas Paris Saint-Germain are attempting to hijack Manchester United’s pursuit of Napoli’s Kim Min-jae. Man United have long been interested in Min-jae, who has been one of the best defenders in Europe this season and part of the Napoli team that won the Serie A title. The South Korea ...

The Champions League final is right upon us and the embassy in Turkey must be busy welcoming football enthusiasts, pundits and fans to the streets of Istanbul.  It is the biggest European football competition and only time will tell when which team will parade the UCL trophy before their elated ...

By  Ebenezer Bajela After being conferred with the National Award of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by former President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has received yet another honour from the world football body, FIFA, PUNCH Sports Extra ...

By Don Silas Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano has confirmed the names of about six players Manchester United plan to sell this summer. According to Romano, Man United plans to let the likes of Harry Maguire, Wout Weghorst, Eric Bailey, Alex Telles, Dean Henderson and Donny Van de ...

By Ifreke Inyang Nigeria have been eliminated from this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup, following a 1-0 defeat to Korea Republic on Sunday. The Flying Eagles failed to score in over 120 minutes of the encounter. However, the Koreans grabbed the winner in the 95th minute through C. Seok-Hyun, after ...

By Ifreke Inyang Real Madrid have announced their captain, Karim Benzema, is leaving the club. Benzema has decided to leave the LaLiga giants after 14 years. The 35-year-old is now expected to join Al-Ittihad in a lucrative deal. “Real Madrid and our captain Karim Benzema have agreed to put an ...

Arsenal forward, Bukayo Saka has broken silence after his meeting with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Saturday. According to Saka, his experience with Sanwo-Olu was great. Recall that the England international recently met with Sanwo-Olu at the Lagos House, Marina. The duo ...

By  Ifreke Inyang Real Madrid have terminated Eden Hazard’s contract with the club. The two parties mutually agreed to terminate the contract on Saturday. In a statement posted on the club website, Real said: “Real Madrid CF and Eden Hazard have reached an agreement whereby the player will be ...

Agency Report Lionel Messi is leaving Paris Saint-Germain after their final match of the season on Saturday, the Ligue 1 champions said on social media. “After two seasons in the capital, Leo Messi’s adventure with Paris Saint-Germain will conclude at the end of the 2022-23 season,” the club ...

Manchester City remain on course for the Treble after Ilkay Gundogan scored twice to give them victory over Manchester United in the FA Cup final at Wembley. Having already won the Premier League title, City now go into next Saturday's Champions League final against Inter Milan in ...

By Mike Oyebola Napoli forward Victor Osimhen has been named the best striker in the Italian top flight for the 2022–23 season. The organiser of the Italian topflight, Lega Serie A, made the announcement on their Twitter handle on Friday. Osimhen beat AC Milan ...

The Arsenal FC Star was spotted somewhere in Lagos yesterday as posted by this twitter user https://twitter.com/alakowee/status/1664332462279761921?t=qzGcRljRT2APOzMlPZjzsw&s=19

Soccer legend, Lionel Messi, 35, is set to play his final game for Paris Saint-Germain against Clermont Foot on Saturday as club coach, Christophe Galtier, confirms the Argentine's exit. Galtier confirmed this on Thursday in a press conference, saying, "Clermont Foot will be Messi’s final game ...

By Ifreke Inyang Roma manager, Jose Mourinho threw his runners-up medal into the crowd after they lost 4-1 to Sevilla in the Europa League final on Wednesday night. This was the first time Mourinho was losing a European final, winning all the previous five his teams have featured in. The ...

By Ifreke Inyang Nigeria’s U-20 team are through to the quarter-finals of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The Flying Eagles stunned Argentina 2-0 on Wednesday night to win their Round of 16 clash. Ibrahim Muhammad scored the first goal for Ladan Bosso’s men in the 61st minute. Deep into stoppage ...

By  Anthony Nlebem ANTHONY NLEBEM chronicles Odion Ighalo’s childhood from a Lagos ghetto, after the striker recently added the Saudi King’s Cup gold medal to his silverware Who would have thought that a kid born and raised in Lagos ghetto Ajegunle, would one day become one of Africa’s ...

Don Silas Manchester United’s annual awards were conducted on Monday. The Red Devils celebrated the 2022/23 campaign for their senior and Academy sides. After a standout season so far, Man United striker Marcus Rashford was crowned the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year, becoming ...

By  Rotimi Agbana At least five of the eight Round of 16 fixtures at the ongoing U-20 FIFA World Cup have been confirmed as at Sunday night. The first game will see the USA take on New Zealand on Tuesday by 6.30pm. Uzbekistan faces Israel in another last-16 clash on the same day by 10pm. ...

Newcastle United and Chelsea played out an entertaining draw to bring down a contrasting season for both sides at Stamford Bridge. Anthony Gordon opened his account for the Magpies before Kieran Trippier put through his own net to level it up. The result means Champions League-bound ...

By Ifreke Inyang The Super Eagles duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi have been relegated with Leicester City in the Premier League. The Foxes needed Everton to drop points against Bournemouth at Goodison Park. But the Toffees pulled off a 1-0 win, thanks to Abdoulaye Doucoure’s stunning ...

Manchester United wrapped up third place in the Premier League as they came from behind to beat Fulham at Old Trafford. The visitors took the lead early in the first half when Kenny Tete headed in Willian's corner at the near post, and they could have gone 2-0 up but Aleksandar Mitrovic saw ...

Arsenal recorded a thumping win over Wolves to end a fine Premier League season with a flourish at Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta's side, who were already assured of second place, ended the campaign on 84 points - the Gunners' highest points tally since the ...

Brentford missed out on a place in next season's Europa Conference League despite Ethan Pinnock's late goal earning the Bees a narrow victory that ended Premier League champions Manchester City's 25-match unbeaten run. The Bees needed to win and hope that Aston Villa and Tottenham both dropped ...

By Ifreke Inyang Mauricio Pochettino has signed a three-year contract to become Chelsea’s manager next season, the Daily Mail reports. The former Tottenham boss had reached a verbal agreement weeks ago to take over from Frank Lampard at Stamford Bridge. But Pochettino has only just put pen to ...

Mike Oyebola Flying Eagles captain Daniel Bameyi has vowed that the team will bounce back from their disappointing defeat to the Young Selecao of Brazil. The Nigerian boys fell to a 2-0 defeat against the Brazilians in their last group game at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in La Plata on ...

Luton completed a fairytale journey to the Premier League after beating Coventry on penalties in the Championship playoff final at Wembley on Saturday. The Hatters secured a fourth promotion in 10 seasons 6-5 in the shootout after the sides were tied at 1-1 after 120 minutes. Financial ...

Bayern Munich won an 11th consecutive Bundesliga title as they beat Cologne to overtake Borussia Dortmund on a thrilling final day. Dortmund would have won their first title since 2011-12 had they beaten Mainz, but a 2-2 draw opened the door for Bayern. They took advantage thanks to Jamal ...

By Ifreke Inyang Real Madrid and Barcelona have been banned from using the iconic term ‘El Clasico’ when describing their fixtures. A legal ruling has now denied the two LaLiga giants from promoting their matches against each other with the term. Relevo reports that neither club will be ...

Don Silas At least a total of eight countries have qualified for the Round of 16 stage of the ongoing 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina. Uzbekistan and Ecuador were the two latest teams to qualify for the Round of 16 on Friday. Ecuador thrashed Fiji 9-0 in their final Group B stage ...

Don Silas The English Premier League, EPL, enters its final day (38th match day) this weekend with the expectation of more drama. The final Premier League matches will take place on Sunday evening across England, and the matches will be played simultaneously. Manchester City are already ...