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Former Super Eagles midfielder and Lobi Stars team manager, Barnabas Imenger, is dead. His death was confirmed by Lobi Stars’ Media Officer, Austin Tyowua on Monday. According to Mr Tyowua, Imenger died at the National Hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Monday morning after a protracted illness. He described the demise of the […]
One of the great middleweights in boxing history, Hagler died Saturday at the age of 66. His wife, Kay, announced his death on the Facebook page for Hagler’s fans. “I am sorry to make a very sad announcement,” she wrote. “Today unfortunately my beloved husband Marvelous Marvin passed away unexpectedly at his home here […]
….Players to arrive in Lagos March 22 Nigeria will play its final two African Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Benin Republic and Lesotho on March 27 and 30 respectively, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed. According to the new dates, the Super Eagles will meet the Squirrels of Benin Republic at the […]
UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, retained his title with a third-round knockout win over challenger, Gilbert Burns, in UFC 258 in Las Vegas on Sunday. The win is Usman’s third title defence after previously dispatching Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Burns came out fast and hard, raining powerful shots […]
The Uruguay international moved further ahead of former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi with his exploits against Celta Luis Suarez’s excellent start to life at Atletico Madrid continued on Monday night as he broke a record set by Cristiano Ronaldo with his goals against Celta. The Uruguay international struck on the stroke of half-time at the […]
Manchester City ended an 18-year wait to beat Liverpool at Anfield in style with a 4-1 win on Sunday to take a firm grip on the Premier League title race. Ilkay Gundogan scored twice and missed a penalty as Pep Guardiola’s men moved five points clear of Manchester United, with a game in hand […]
Arsenal have been informed that the controversial red card shown to defender David Luiz against Wolves will stand, and the player will now undertake a suspension. Luiz was handed the straight-red dismissal following an apparent coming together with striker Willian Jose inside the area on Tuesday night, which saw the Wolves man left sprawling […]
Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, has provided the latest injury update on Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota ahead of his side’s Premier League clash with Manchester City on Sunday. Klopp said Mane might be available for Liverpool against Pep Guardiola’s men, while Jota may be out of action for four weeks. Mane and Jota missed Liverpool’s […]
Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi has completed his move to Schalke after terminating his contract at the Emirates. The German international returns to his homeland as a replacement for Ozan Kabak, who sealed a move to £1.5m loan move to Liverpool late on deadline day. Mustafi, who joined Arsenal from Valencia in 2016 for £35million, had […]
President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick says he is only aware of exciting Reading midfielder Ovie Ejaria’s clearance by FIFA to switch allegiance to Nigeria, amid reports in some local media that eight overseas-born players, including Ejaria, were granted permission by the world body to play for the Super Eagles. The other […]
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