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December 31, 2021 No Responses

Manchester United In Top Six After Beating Burnley

Manchester United scored three first-half goals for the first time in the Premier League since January as they swept Burnley aside at Old Trafford to move back into the top six. Scott McTominay’s eighth-minute curler from the edge of the...

December 30, 2021 No Responses

NFF Appoints Jose Peseiro As New Super Eagles’ Head Coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Jose Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles. A statement issued by NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, explained that the NFF Executive Commi...

December 29, 2021 No Responses

Ademola Lookman Scores As Leicester Beat Liverpool

Ademola Lookman scored the only goal as Leicester beat Liverpool to leave the Reds six points off the top of the Premier League table. BBC report that Liverpool’s biggest chances came in the first half when Mohamed Salah had a...

December 26, 2021 No Responses

AFCON 2021: Eguavoen Lists Osimhen, Ighalo, Musa In 28-Man Final List

Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has released his final list of Super Eagles players for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), with recuperating striker Victor Osimhen making the cut. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Fed...

December 24, 2021 No Responses

Covid: Liverpool vs Leeds, Wolves vs Watford Postponed

The Premier League has postponed Liverpool’s game against Leeds United and the match between Wolves and Watford because of coronavirus. Both games were at 12:30 GMT on Sunday, 26 December but have been called off after requests from Leeds and...

December 19, 2021 No Responses

Volleyball Premier: Customs Beats COAS Babes 3-0

The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) Babes has defeated COAS Babes 3-0 to continue their unbeatable race on matchday seven in the female category at the ongoing final phase of the 2021 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League in Abuja. The News Agency of...

December 6, 2021 No Responses

Lewis Hamilton Wins Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen in a chaotic and controversial Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to set up a winner-takes-all title finale in Abu Dhabi next weekend. In one of the most dramatic grands prix in years, the race was stopped...

November 23, 2021 No Responses

Winners Emerge In FirstBank 60th Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship

For Sade Opawunmi, winner in the female category of the 60th edition of the FirstBank of Nigeria Ltd. Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship, which ended on Sunday at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938, it was dream come true. ...

November 21, 2021 No Responses

Liverpool End Arsenal’s Unbeaten Run

Liverpool ended Arsenal’s 10-game unbeaten run in all competitions with a devastatingly routine victory at Anfield. Sadio Mane grabbed the opener when he headed in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s free-kick in the first half. Diogo Jota took ad...

November 19, 2021 No Responses

Super Eagles: Coach, Gernot Rohr, To know Fate Next Week

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, says the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will decide the fate of Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, next week. Dare stated this on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing organized by the...

November 11, 2021 No Responses

Lady Golfers Debut At 60th First Bank Lagos Golf Open

For the first time in 60 years, lady golfers will be participating in this year’s First Bank Lagos Golf Open scheduled to tee-off from November 18 to November 21 at Ikoyi Club 1938. Addressing Journalists on Wednesday in Lagos, First...

November 1, 2021 No Responses

Rubicon Wins FirstBank Georgian Polo Cup

Abuja Rubicon, a polo team, has returned to winning ways defeating defending Champions, El Amin, by 9 to 6-goals to win its third FirstBank sponsored Georgian Cup. The tournament, which held in Kaduna on Saturday paraded star players like Bashir...

October 27, 2021 No Responses

Arsenal Beat Leeds To Reach Last Eight

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says Eddie Nketiah has a future at the club after he scored to help the Gunners see off Leeds United and reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Substitute Calum Chambers’ header crept over the line seconds of...

October 25, 2021 No Responses

Liverpool Crush Manchester United At Home

Mohamed Salah scored a hat trick as Liverpool thrashed Manchester United 5-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday, putting pressure on United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United were four goals down by halftime — the largest margin ever in their history...