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Chukwudi hails the Super Eagles goaltender too. Heartland Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu recapitulates Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa’s position as the best safe hands in Nigeria Professional Football League presently. Ezenwa who is the skipper of the Naze Millionaires has featured in seven NPFL games without keeping any clean sheet this season, against Katsina United, Nasarawa United, Plateau […]
Dries Mertens has finally got an escape route in the English club, Arsenal. Arsenal are lining up a sensational move for Napoli striker, who may like to continue his career in the EPL. Sky Sports reported that the Gunners had been making a push to bring the 33-year-old striker to England at the end of […]
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets on Monday came close to producing a stunning comeback from three goals down before losing 2-3 to their Ivorian counterparts in the final of the WAFU U-17 Cup tournament in Lome, Togo. The impressive Baby Elephants, who had won all their previous three games in the tournament (1-0 over Nigeria; 3-1 over […]
Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time playing for Barcelona as Athletic Bilbao stunned the Catalans to win the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, a dramatic final finishing 3-2 after extra-time. Moments before Bilbao’s momentous triumph was confirmed, Messi threw an arm at Asier Villalibre, who had earlier scored a 90th-minute equaliser in normal time to deny […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday insisted Nigerian universities are not ready to re-open in the middle of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Universities Commission (NUC) had earlier directed universities to resume academic activities on January 18. But ASUU is asking the federal government to review the decision, as […]
Arsenal star Mesut Ozil says he does not regret moving to the North London side in spite of the recent controversies surrounding his stay at the Premier League team. “Of course – there have been many ups and downs so far, but all in all I’ve never regret my decision to join Arsenal,” the former […]
Gerard Houllier, the French coach who won the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup treble with Liverpool, has died aged 73. Two of the French clubs Houllier managed, Paris Saint-Germain and Lens, confirmed he had died. Houllier, who managed Liverpool from 1998 to 2004, died overnight Sunday to Monday after undergoing hart surgery. His […]
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French first division side Nantes have fired their coach Christian Gourcuff after a run of poor results, the Atlantic coast club said on Tuesday. The final straw was the 4-0 defeat to struggling Strasbourg at the weekend. Nantes stand 14th on 13 points, just three clear of the relegation zone. Gourcuff, a 65-year-old journeyman, was […]
Manchester United don’t need to take “silly risks” against RB Leipzig, according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who says the Champions League decider is a “test of character”. United are sitting top of Group H on nine points after five fixtures, having recorded comfortable home wins over Leipzig and Istanbul Basaksehir while also earning an impressive […]
