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Oshoala Recovers From COVID-19, Receives African Player Of The Year Trophy

14Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Sports

Oshoala Recovers From COVID-19, Receives African Player Of The Year Trophy

Asisat Oshoala has recovered from Covid-19. Barcelona Femeni posted a picture of the Nigerian striker training after recovering from the disease. She has also received her African Player of the Year trophy, more than a year after she won the award in January 2020. See Also: UEFA Nominates Oshoala for Player of the Year Award Oshoala is a 4-time African footballer of the year, having won the award in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019. Source: Nairaland

Super Eagles Drop Seven Spots In Latest FIFA World Ranking

13Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Super Eagles Drop Seven Spots In Latest FIFA World Ranking

Nigeria's Super Eagles are now ranked 34th in the FIFA world ranking. The latest FIFA world ranking, which saw the Super Eagles drop seven places, was released on Thursday and published on the football body's official website. Following their slide, the Eagles are now ranked number five in Africa. Senegal remain Africa’s top team and are now ranked 21st in the world after climbing three spots, followed by Tunisia who now occupy 28th on the global ranking, down two spots from their previous ranking. Algeria climbed 12 places to 30th in the world and third in Africa, while Morocco climbed nine spots and are now 32nd in the world and fourth in Africa. See Also: Mexico Thrash Super Eagles 4-0 in US Friendly Belgium remain the top ranked team in the world followed by Brazil, Fran...

NFF Congratulates, Dare, Sports Ministry

12Aug

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Nigeria, Sports

NFF Congratulates, Dare, Sports Ministry

The Nigeria Football Federation has felicitated with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and the person of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Sunday Dare on Nigeria’s outing at the 32nd Olympics which ended in Tokyo, Japan few days ago. Nigeria earned one silver and one bronze medals from the Games, with a slew of promising performances as a number of athletes reached the final of their events. For the first time since 1996, a Nigerian athlete was in the final of the glamour event of the Games – the men’s 100m sprint. Young hurdler Oluwatobiloba Amusan narrowly missed netting a medal as she finished fourth in the women’s high hurdles final. “The Nigeria contingent may not have returned with the harvest of medals that many hoped for, but there are bright lights all ...

Iheanacho Scores to Help Leicester City Fc Win Community Shield

8Aug

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News, Nigeria, Sports, Youths

Iheanacho Scores to Help Leicester City Fc Win Community Shield

Kelechi Iheanacho's 89th-minute penalty gave Leicester more Wembley glory as they beat Manchester City 1-0 in the 2021 Community Shield on Saturday. £100m Jack Grealish was center of attention when he came on for his Man City debut on 64 minutes but it was Leicester's sub Iheanacho who made the difference, forcing Nathan Ake into a mistake to win the spot-kick and then emphatically firing home against his former side in front of the Leicester fans, 84 days on from their FA Cup triumph at the same venue. See Also: Man City may re-sign Iheanacho – Paul Stewart Leicester had impressed throughout, with Harvey Barnes starring on his return to competitive action from a knee injury which had sidelined him since February, and the winger had been involved when Jamie Vardy's shot was kicked...

Siasia Sues FIFA, Demands Refund of $54k Fine

5Aug

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News, Nigeria, Sports

Siasia Sues FIFA, Demands Refund of $54k Fine

Samson Siasia, former Super Eagles player and coach, has sued FIFA over the federation’s earlier decision to hand him a life ban from all football-related activities. In 2019, FIFA had found Siasia “guilty of having accepted that he would receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches”. The world football governing body had said the offence violated its code of ethics while the ban was also accompanied by a 50,000 Swiss francs ($54,000) fine. On June 21, the sanction was however reduced to a five-year ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). The court had also ruled that the life ban handed to the Nigerian was “disproportionate” to the offence he was said to have committed. But in a dramatic twist, Siasia filed a suit at a federal court in New York on Monday, chall...

Osimhen Scores Twice As Napoli Crush Bayern Munich

1Aug

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News, Nigeria, Sports

Osimhen Scores Twice As Napoli Crush Bayern Munich

Victor Osimhen scored twice, as Napoli hammered Bayern Munich 3-0 in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. After scoring the winner against Serie C club Pro Vercelli last weekend, the Super Eagles striker led the Partenopei’s attack again in Munich. Osimhen netted his two goals within two second-half minutes. The first came in the 69th minute, as he combined nicely with Algeria midfielder, Adam Ounas. See Also: Super Eagles Goalie, Okoye Injured In Sparta Rotterdam’s Home Game With Ajax Zinedine Machach completed the rout for Napoli with five minutes left on the clock. Despite their comfortable win, Napoli suffered a late blow as Ounas was replaced 11 minutes later after he picked up an injury. Osimhen was replaced by Gennaro Tutino in the 80th minute. Source: The Goal

Eto’o Recalls Sydney 2000 Gold Medal Win

23Jul

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Cameroon, World Cup

Eto’o Recalls Sydney 2000 Gold Medal Win

Slightly over two decades after Cameroon followed Nigeria to win a back-to-back Olympic soccer gold medal for Africa, Samuel Eto’o Fils , the four-time African Footballer of the Year, has yet described his country’s conquest at Sydney 2000 as unforgettable. indeed Africa and the world was Cameroon’s oysters in 2000 after the Indomitable Lions stunned Nigeria to win the Africa Cup of Nations in Lagos and completed their amazing year with the soccer gold medal in Sydney. “It was an incredible feeling, especially because we had some difficulties during the tournament,” the Qatar 2022 World Cup Legacy Ambassador explained as all eyes are set on the ‘land of the rising sun’ for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He continued: “ I want to take this opportunity to...

Iheanacho Sets Goal Target For Leicester Ahead of New Season

19Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Iheanacho Sets Goal Target For Leicester Ahead of New Season

Leicester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho hopes to improve on his goal tally for his club in the upcoming season after catching the eye with series of impressive performances that helped the Foxes lift the English FA Cup last season. The Super Eagles player finished last season with a productive goalscoring record with 19 goals in all competitions marking his best output in a season. Iheanacho is firmly focused on doing his bit to help the club go even further towards their ambitions in future. “Obviously, I scored goals last season,” he told LCTV. He added, “I think, this season, we really need to do more and focus on our games. I have a good feeling that, this season, it might fall for us and we’ll get what we want. “As I said before, we need to concentrate and focus on th...

Musa Set to Complete Turkey Transfer This Week

18Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Musa Set to Complete Turkey Transfer This Week

Nigerian winger, Ahmed Musa is expected to complete a move to Turkish club in the new week from Nigeria Professional Football League side Kano Pillars. Reports say a Turkish Super Lig club offered Musa a juicy one0year contract that is worth about €2.2m (1.05 billion naira). According to an American-based agent, Justus who failed to disclose the identity of the Turkish outfit, “the club first offered Musa €2m a year but he turned it down. “The president of the club said that they could not go above that amount due to the coronavirus-induced financial problems every club in Europe is facing,” Justus told CS. Read Also: 2022 WCQ: Enyimba’s Noble Replaces Uzoho In Nigeria Squad for Liberia, Cape Verde Games “However, the club’s president has said that they are desperate to have...

Chukwueze Resumes Training After Two-months Injury Sideline

16Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Chukwueze Resumes Training After Two-months Injury Sideline

Nigerian international Samuel Chukwueze has resumed training with Villareal spending being sidelined with injury towards the tail end of last season. The winger picked up the injury in the second leg of Villareal’s Europa League semi-final clash against English club side, Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in May. Chukwueze was forced to sit out the final as his team went on to beat English Premiership club, Manchester united. Read Also: WCQ: Cape Verde Arrives Nigeria, Set To Train At Teslim Balogun Stadium Villarreal later announced that he suffered muscle damage to the quadriceps in his left leg. The winger has taken to his social media handle to announce his recovery and return to training as Villareal prepare for the new campaign. “Work in progress,” he wrote on his Fac...