Lead City Varsity Wins Football Gold, As NPUGA Ends
Published: December 19, 2015
As the 6th Nigerian Private University Games Association (NPUGA), hosted by Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, (ABUAD) ended over the weekend Lead City University Ibadan emerged champion in Football event.The Ibadan based private institution; Lead City defeated the football team of Alikmah University in the final game,...
Premier League Wrap : Mikel Comes Off Bench; Anichebe Benched; Alli Stars; Odemwingie & Onomah Missing
Published: December 19, 2015
Catch up on the performance of players of Nigerian descent in the English Premier League on Saturday evening.Chelsea got back to winning ways in their first game following the sacking of Jose Mourinho. It ended 3 - 1 at Stamford Bridge, with Nigeria international John Obi Mikel involved in action for the last 19 minute...
Derick Ogbu Mulling Over His Future At Liaoning Whowin
Published: December 19, 2015
Derick Chuka Ogbu has kept Chinese Super League club Liaoning Whowin waiting over a contract extension, with his current deal set to expire at the end of this month.The ex OH Leuven hero has been one of the standout players for Liaoning Whowin since he arrived the club from CFR Cluj in the summer of 2014, scoring 16 go...
Iheanacho, Simon Miss Out On Golden Boy Award
Published: December 19, 2015
Super Eagles strikers Moses Simon (Gent) and Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) have both missed out on the prestigious 2015 Golden Boy award for the best player in Europe under the age of 21 years.Manchester United’s France international Anthony Martial was crowned the winner of the award following his blisteri...
Solomon Kwambe Coy Over Sunshine Stars Future
Published: December 19, 2015
Super Eagles defender Solomon Kwambe remains coy over his future with Sunshine Stars, with his deal with Warri Wolves running out at the end of the 2015 season.Injuries, to a large extent, limited his appearances for club and country over the course of the season but the right - back has revealed that he’s now in...
Dominic Solanke Pleased To Be Back Among The Goals For Vitesse
Published: December 19, 2015
England youth - teamer Dominic Solanke was back among the goals as Vitesse Arnhem thrashed Twente 5 - 1 in their final game of 2015 before the winter break, to take his tally to 5 goals from 15 games.The Chelsea loanee had been searching for his first goal in the Eredivisie since he found the net in Vitesse’s 3 -...
Osayamen Osawe Continues To Sparkle For Hallescher FC
Published: December 19, 2015
Blackburn Rovers product Osayamen Osawe netted his ninth goal of this season in the German 3 Liga in Hallescher FC’s 4 - 0 rout of Holstein Kiel in the latest round of matches played in the third tier on Friday night. Selim Aydemir opened scoring in the 32nd minute and from that point the visitors were in comple...
Pelican Stars Players Appeal To Governor To Pay Their Nine-Month Salaries
Published: December 19, 2015
Pelican Stars players have cried out for help and have also appealed to the sports loving Governor of Cross Rivers State, His Excellency Benedict Ayade to come to their rescue and pay their salaries and sign on fees.The players of the Nigeria Women Premier League outfit are owed 100 percent of the sign on fees from las...
Etebu Officially Declares Plan To Run For NWFL Hot Seat
Published: December 19, 2015
Bayelsa Queens Secretary, Mrs Ruth Etebu has formally declared her intention to run for the next Nigeria Women Football League election.With the Annual General Congress of the Nigeria Football Federation taking place on Wednesday 16th December, election guidelines are expected to be made available in the coming days.Th...
Victor Moses Not Fit To Face Swansea City, To Spend Two More Weeks On Sidelines
Published: December 18, 2015
Victor Moses is on the road to recovery according to the medical report from West Ham ahead of their Premier League clash against Swansea City on Sunday at the Liberty Stadium .Based on earlier estimations by club medics,  Moses is due to return to action in the new year following a hamstring injury he picked up a...
Okocha, Kanu & Mikel Make List Of Top Ten Richest African Players
Published: December 18, 2015
Retired Nigeria internationals Austin Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu as well as Chelsea star John Obi Mikel are among the ten richest African footballers.French publication Footendirect has claimed that former Bolton Wanderers skipper Okocha has a personal fortune of $150 million and is the fourth richest player from the dark...
Michael Tukura Shines In 16th Game For Hapoel Ramat Gan
Published: December 18, 2015
Former Rubin Kazan defensive midfielder Michael Tukura assisted Hapoel Ramat Gan beat Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon 2 - 0 in the Israeli Liga Leumit on Friday.With the game goalless at the end of the first half, the Nigerian scored 13 minutes out of intermission for his second goal of this season.Tukura’s last goal f...
Anthony Ujah Convinced Werder Bremen Will Beat Bayer Leverkusen
Published: December 18, 2015
Werder Bremen star Anthony Ujah has reacted to the draw of the DFB Pokal quarterfinals that will see his side tackling Bayer Leverkusen in February 2016.The River Islanders qualified for the last eight of the competition for the first time in five years following their hard fought 4 - 3 victory over Borussia Mönch...
Super Falcons End 2015 As Best Team In Africa
Published: December 18, 2015
African champions, the Falcons of Nigeria, have climbed one spot in the year end Fifa ranking for women released on Friday morning.Compared to their ranking the previous quarter, Nigeria are in the 37th position in the global ranking, garnering 1602 points in total.The Falcons are the top team in Africa followed by Cam...
Giwa FC Is Not For Sale
Published: December 18, 2015
The management of Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, outfit, Giwa FC of Jos has come out with a statement debunking rumours making the rounds that the owner of the Club, Chris Giwa has put the Club up for sale.In a statement released by the Club through its Media Officer, David King, the Club said Giwa FC of J...