A Portugal side without their talismanic attacker Cristiano Ronaldo, was able to surmount France, the host of the Euro 2016 tournament to win the competition.It was former Swansea striker Eder, who replaced Renato Sanches, that picked up the ball 25 yards out from fellow sub Joao Moutinho, battling off the challenge of Koscielny before striking […]
Continue Reading34-year-old Serena Williams defeated Angelique Kerber, the world No 4, 7-5 6-3 to take home her 7th Wimbledon title and to equal Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam wins. Williams added a seventh Wimbledon title to her cabinet, having after a successful title defence. Germany’s Angelique Kerber had denied Williams a place in the […]
Continue ReadingLeicester City have completed the signing of Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa from CSKA Moscow for a club record deal worth around £15 million. The 23-year-old Nigerian forward signed a four-year contract with the English Premier League champions after passing a medical on Friday. Musa who has won multiple titles with Kano Pillars and with Russian […]
Continue ReadingArsenal and Czech Republic goalkeeper, Petr Cech, has announced his retirement from international football.The Czech Republic’s most-capped player made the announcement in Prague on Friday, as he collected the national team’s player of the year award. He retires with 124 caps, the last of them won in a 2-0 defeat to Turkey as the Czechs […]
Continue ReadingPep Guardiola was quick to downplay the soon-to-be-renewed rivalry with Jose Mourinho, insisting that such encounters have helped take his coaching to a new level. Jose and Pep endured a fierce relationship during their time at Barcelona and Real Madrid, with Barca always the subject of regular Mourinho. When confronted with the question, Manchester United’s […]
Continue ReadingCristiano Ronaldo’s thumping header, in the 50th minute of Portugal’s semifinal encounter with Wales, ensured that the former, defeated Wales 2-0 at the Stade De Lyon to get to the final of the Euro 2016 Championship, awaiting the winner between Germany and France. Ronaldo rose highest, to meet Guerreiro’s brilliant cross from the left, sending […]
Continue ReadingAce Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, has been given a 21-month jail sentence for tax evasion, as a Barcelona court found Messi and his father guilty of three counts of tax fraud. Messi and his father, Jorge, were served the same sentence but under Spanish law, a prison sentence less than two years for a first-time […]
Continue ReadingFormer Super Eagles player and Coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has ruled out the possibility of his return as coach of the country’s national football team, at least for now. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday, Eguaveon said although he ranked top among the indigenous coaches the country can boast of, he had other things to […]
Continue ReadingEngland manager, Roy Hodgson, has quit his job after an embarrassing UEFA Euro 2016 defeat at the hands of Iceland.“I’m extremely disappointed, of course, about tonight’s result and ultimately our exit from the competition,” Hodgson said. “We haven’t progressed as far as I thought we were capable of, and that’s obviously not acceptable. I am actually proud […]
Continue ReadingThe Super Eagles of Nigeria were on Friday placed alongside Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia in Group B for the Africa Zone Qualification Round 3 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was the outcome of the draw held at the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt. The News Agency of […]
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