Football World Mourns The Death Of Maradona
Tributes from the world of football are flooding in after Diego Maradona died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday. The football legend had a heart attack at his home just two weeks after leaving hospital where he underwent surgery on a blot clot in his brain. READ ALSO: Football Icon Diego Maradona Is Dead Maradona, regarded...
Lewandowski Beats Ronaldo, Messi To Win FIFA Best Player Award
Bayern Munich forward, Robert Lewandowski, has won the award for The Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year for 2020. The Polish national team captain was named ahead of Barcelona and Juventus stars – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo – to win the coveted prize. He emerged the winner of the prize after he helped Bayern to win a treble –...
EPL: Everton Beat Arsenal To Reach 2nd Place
Everton on Saturday night recorded their third straight victory after beating Arsenal 2-1 at Goddison Park. The Gunners, without the injured Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, have now gone seven league games without a win after Yerry Mina’s header and Rob Holding’s own goal lifted Everton up to second. Rob Holding diverted the ball into his own net after a flick-on from Dominic Calvert-Lewin...
Enyimba FC Crash Out Of CAF Champions League
Enyimba International Football Club of Aba, Abia State on Wednesday crashed out of the 2020/2021 CAF Champions League in the second preliminary round. Their elimination was in spite of recording a 2-1 home win against Sudan’s Al Merreikh in their second leg clash in Aba. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Al Merreikh progressed into the group stage 4-2 on aggregate. Saif Terry’s...
Man United, Leicester & Everton Interested In Nigerian Winger, Chukwueze
Manchester United, Leicester and Everton have joined a growing list of clubs interested in Villarreal and Nigeria winger Samuel Chukwueze, a player who has already caught the attention of three other Premier League clubs and many more across Europe. Chukwueze only turned 21 earlier this year but has been part of the Villarreal first-team since 2018 after he was scouted...
Another Former Super Eagles Star Is Dead
The Team Manager of Lobi Stars football club of Makurdi, Barnabas Imenger, is dead. The former Super Eagles player died after a protracted illness in Abuja. He played for former Hawks FC of Makurdi, which later became BBC FC, Lobi Bank FC, and Lobi stars football club. ABN TV learnt his corpse was being conveyed from Abuja to Makurdi. A statement by management...
West Brom Beat Chelsea 5-2
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel suffered the first defeat of his reign as struggling West Bromwich Albion took advantage of Thiago Silva’s red card to earn a stunning 5-2 win on Saturday. Tuchel had overseen a 14-match unbeaten run in all competitions since replacing the sacked Frank Lampard in January. But that impressive start came to an embarrassing end as West Brom...
Ndidi, Iheanacho Make Records As Leicester Beat Chelsea To Win FA Cup
Leicester City won the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s 137-year history on Saturday as Youri Tielemans’s sensational strike beat Chelsea FC 1-0 in front of 22,000 fans at Wembley. With Leicester’s victory, Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi made the records of becoming the joint eighth Super Eagles players to win the FA cup. Seven other...
Manchester City Lift 2020/21 EPL Trophy [VIDEO]
Sergio Aguero signed off for Manchester City in style on Sunday, scoring twice in a 5-0 romp for the Premier League champions against Everton. Sergio Aguero signed off for Manchester City in style on Sunday, scoring twice in a 5-0 romp for the Premier League champions against Everton. City's record goalscorer, who is leaving the club after next week's Champions...
Chelsea Wins UEFA Champions League
Chelsea FC won the Champions League for the second time after beating Manchester City in a thrilling final in Porto. Chelsea have defeated Manchester City 1-0 to win the Champions League in Porto on Saturday. Kai Havertz scored the decisive goal just before half-time, running on to Mason Mount’s excellent ball before knocking it past Ederson and then rolling into the...
