Sergio Aguero opened the scoring for the hosts before Jermain Defoe levelled as the Spaniard took three points from his opening game and left goalkeeper Joe Hart on the bench. Jermain Defoe cancelled out an early Sergio Aguero penalty, but David Moyes’ side were denied a share of the spoils as debutant Paddy McNair turned…
Lionel Messi has sensationally returned to Argentine National team after holding talks with new coach Edgardo Bauza. Messi, 29, who is Argentina’s all-time leading scorer with 55 goals in 113 appearances, quit after Argentina’s Copa America final defeat by Chile in June in which he cried and told media reporters after the match that he…
Kalim and Nazim Amokachi, sons of Nigerian football legend,Daniel Amokachi, have been signed to top Turkish football club, BJK Besiktas. Congrats to them
Nigeria’s Basketball team at the Rio Olympics, D’Tigers despite putting up a brave and hard fought tactical battle lost 87-96 to World number 2, Spain. In the match which started in the late hours of Thursday night and ended on Friday morning, Spain started brightly and ended the first quarter 25-11 ahead of Nigeria, Nigeria…
John Mikel Obi paid $4000 to free the Olympic football squad after the team was held to ransom by hotel officials in Sao Paulo over bills incurred by additional NFF officials according to reports. According to the report by African Football, the team is comprised of 25 players-18 players and 7 officials, but extra five…
20-year-old Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan crashed out of the Olympics in agony after he suffered a terrible elbow dislocation during the 77kg weightlifting event. Described as one of the favorites at the event, his left elbow gave way during a second attempt to lift 195kg (429lbs). Andranik had strode onto the stage with confidence and…
Manchester United has finally gotten their man. Four years since he left the club to join Juventus for £800k, France star Paul Pogba was pictured this afternoon arriving at Man U’s Carrington training base to undergo a medical after jetting in from New York ahead of a record breaking £110million move, that will make him…
23-year-old Chierika Okogu, who made history as the first rower to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Olympics Games, has advanced to the next round of events. Congrats to her!
Barcelona forward Neymar has said he has no problem admitting that the club is openly dependent on star player Lionel Messi. Neymar, who is set to play a similar role for Brazil at the Rio 2016 Olympics, says there’s nothing wrong with a team having a star player to depend on. “ I’ve never liked…
Despite it being just a preseason game for Man U, with about 11 of the club’s Euro 2016 participating players absent, Jose Mourinho couldn’t hide his emotions as his side made light work of Wigan in a 2-0 win courtesy of goals from Will Keane and Andreas Pereira. He seems really emotional and energetic in…