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Super Eagles striker Cyriel Dessers failed to add to his two Serie A goals, as he missed a penalty in Cremonese’s 1-0 home defeat to Sampdoria yesterday. Cremonese were awarded a penalty in the seventh minute following a foul on Nigerian forward David Okereke but Dessers saw his effort saved. The host continued to dominate possession and Dessers had another good chance, but his left-foot shot from a good position […]

English club Aston Villa has appointed Unai Emery as manager following the sacking of Steven Gerrard. Former Arsenal boss Emery, who had been in charge of Spanish club Villarreal, will take over at Villa on 1 November after Villa paid a 5.2million Pounds buyout fee to the Yellow Submarines for the 50-year-old. Caretaker Aaron Danks will again take charge at Newcastle this weekend after Gerrard was dismissed last week following a 3-0 […]

Manchester United produced arguably their finest performance under manager Erik Ten Hag as Tottenham was punished 2-0 in the Premier League at Old Trafford. The score line didn’t exactly do justice to the Red Devils’ dominance as only the brilliance of Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris denied them the truly emphatic victory they deserved. Lloris made five outstanding saves in the first half alone as United rained in 19 shots on […]

The Head coach of the U-23 National team, Salisu Yusuf has released the final list of 18 players that would play against the U23 team of Tanzania this weekend. The team’s last friendly match ended 1-1 against 3SC Football club of Ibadan yesterday, allowing the coaches ample opportunity to see the players in a competitive game. A few notable names that made the list included; Former Kwara United captain Isaiah […]

Ivorian forward Wilfried Zaha once again proved his class at Selhurst Park as his well-taken winner capped Crystal Palace's terrific turnaround against managerless Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traore's header earned the visitors a deserved half-time lead that was almost doubled when Ruben Neves hit the post right on the stroke of half-time but Palace never looked back once Nigerian-born midfielder Eberechi Eze nodded them level from Michael Olise's pinpoint cross just […]

The Confederation of African Football CAF yesterday released the draws for the playoffs round of the Confederation Cup, with the qualified teams set to go straight into the group stage of the competition. Teams who failed to make it to the group in the Champions League including Nigeria's representative Rivers United and Plateau United were among the teams that have been drawn. Rivers United who lost to the defending champions Wydad […]

The Flamingos of Nigeria will take on the United States of America in the quarter-finals of the U-17 women’s World Cup in India. The pairing was confirmed after the USA thrashed Morocco 4-0 in their final Group A game to finish top on Monday, while earlier yesterday the Flamingos booked their place in the last eight following a hard-fought 2-1 win against Chile in their last Group B tie. Goals […]

Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema has won the Ballon D'or for the first time after scoring 44 goals in 46 games as he helped Real win the Champions League and La Liga in 2021-22. Former Liverpool forward currently with Bayern Munich, Sadio Mane, was second ahead of Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne. Barcelona's Alexia Putellas retained the women's Ballon D'or, awarded to the best female footballer of 2022 with England […]

Four police officers were injured with two needing hospital treatment after Anderlecht fans ripped out seats and threw flares at the end of yesterday's Europa Conference League game against West Ham at the London Stadium. Trouble erupted near the end of the match in east London, which West Ham won 2-1, thanks to goals from Jarrod Bowen and Said Benrahma. One of the officers has a suspected broken wrist while […]