Super Eagles’ Victory Over Blue Sharks A Demonstration Of Expertise — Sen. Kalu
Former Governor of Abia State and Pillar of Sports in Africa, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu has described as a demonstration of football expertise the victory of Nigeria's Super Eagles against Blue Sharks of Cape Verde in the FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifying fixture. The Senate Chief Whip while applauding the Super Eagles noted that the victory is well-deserved and timely. Kalu,...
BREAKING! Luis Suárez Joins Atletico Madrid From Barcelona
FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player Luis Suárez. The Madrid club will pay FC Barcelona 6 million euros in variables. FC Barcelona would like to publicly express their gratitude to Luis Suárez for his commitment and dedication and wishes him all the best for the future. On Thursday 24 September from 12.30pm...
Ex-Eagles Defender Yisa Sofoluwe Is Dead
Former Super defender Yisa Sofoluwe died on Tuesday evening at the Intensive Care Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. The PUNCH broke the news of Sofoluwe’s ill-health on Friday after the Maroc ’88 Africa Cup of Nations star was diagnosed with mild cerebral atrophy, a brain disease. According to healthgrades.com, cerebral atrophy is the progressive loss of brain cells over...
Transfer: Hazard becomes Real Madrid’s highest-paid player [See top 6]
Eden Hazard will become the highest-paid player at Real Madrid, when he completes his £130million move from Chelsea in the coming days, the Evening Standard reports. Hazard’s salary will be doubled to £400,000, automatically making him one of the highest earners with the Spanish giants. The 28-year-old will leapfrog some of the big names, who have been part of the Los...
Villarreal Hail Samuel Chukwueze As ‘UNSTOPPABLE’ After Netting First Goal Of Season
Nigeria international, Samuel Chukwueze has been labelled an ‘unstoppable player’ by Villarreal with the LaLiga side appearing to be impressed with Chukwueze finally putting an end to his La Liga Santander goal drought as the Yellow Submarine overpowered Real Valladolid 2-0 in a game at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Monday night. The 21-year-old had gone on a twelve-month...
Belgium Beat Denmark To Qualify For Euro 2020 Round Of 16
Kevin De Bruyne scored the winner as Belgium beat Denmark 2-1 in Copenhagen on Thursday to reach the knockout stage of Euro 2020, as fans and players at the Parken Stadium showed their support for Christian Eriksen. Yussuf Poulsen gave the hosts a second-minute lead, but De Bruyne came off the bench at half-time to make his first appearance of...
Liverpool Beat Leipzig 2-0 In Champions League Last-16 First Leg
Liverpool FC seized the initiative against RB Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash by cruising to a 2-0 win in a chilly Budapest on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Argentina World Cup Winner Leopoldo Luque, Dies At 71 Clinical early second-half strikes from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, both courtesy of dreadful defensive errors, proved decisive and leave...
Transfer: Manchester United officially announce £18m deal for Daniel James
Manchester United have announced that they have agreed to a deal in principle with Swansea for Daniel James. James becomes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first signing at Old Trafford. Wales manager, Ryan Giggs, gave the 21-year-old permission to leave their training camp Thursday morning to undergo a medical at Carrington after weeks of advanced talks. “Manchester United is delighted to announce that it...
Nigeria Name Ndidi, Osimhen, Musa 25 Others In 28-Man AFCON Final List
Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has named his 28-final list of the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2022. Former Nigeria captain Eguavoen, who coached the Super Eagles to a third-place finish at the finals in Egypt 15 years ago, has selected four goalkeepers, nine defenders,...
Robert Lewandowski Named UEFA Men’s Player Of The Year
Robert Lewandowski was named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year on Thursday following a superb season in which he won the treble with Bayern Munich. Lewandowski was at UEFA headquarters in Nyon in Switzerland to receive the award at the draw for the Champions League group stage, just weeks after Bayern won the 2019/20 edition of the competition. The Poland striker scored 55 goals...
