Victor Osimhen has been tipped to become a world class striker like Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane, Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku, Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski and Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland. Respected Italian-born ESPN pundit Gabriele Marcotti believes the Nigeria international is showing all the attributes to become a world-class striker. There is no…
Products of the previous edition of National Youth Games, Isaac Okeke, Goodness Ekunke and Deborah Quickpen yesterday showed shade of their respective talents on the continent when they emerged champions at the just concluded African junior chess event in Accra, Ghana. Aside from the trio who were products of the Youth games, another Nigerian, Olanrewaju…
Plateau United FC have unveiled 12 new players recently signed from different clubs across the country after former Heartland FC Chief coach Fidelis Ilechukwu was unveiled on Monday as the new Technical Adviser ahead of the 2021-2022 campaign.Toping the list of the newly recruited players are Suraj Ayeleso (Kano Pillars), Reuben Bala (Enyimba) and Samuel…
Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti is delighted with performance of Victor Osimhen, but suggests the striker has to improve. Osimhen scored the first goal in the Azzurri’s win against Udinese to take his tally to three in all competitions.Assessing the performance of the Nigeria in Partenopei’s 4-0 win away at Udinese, Spalleti said Osimhen’s performance makes…
Nigerian star Victor Osimhen looks a lot like Ivorian legend Didier Drogba according to legendary Italian striker Giuseppe Signori. This comes after Osimhen grabbed two goals to help his Italian club SSC Napoli hold English side Leicester City to a 2-2 draw in the UEFA Europa League game on Thursday. The 22-year-old striker has previously…
Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare says his ministry will ensure fairness and a level playing field for all those aspiring to get into the boards of national sports federations later this month. National sports federations elections are usually battlegrounds and hot spots for bitter rivalries and agitations oftentimes leading to long drawn feuds…
The third edition of the annual NFF-Aiteo Football Awards took the City of Lagos by storm on Monday night, with the country’s First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Aisha Buhari, as well as four-time African Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala, home-based professional Gift Monday and the Super Falcons’ class of 1999 the star attraction at the…
Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has once again ignored the fine form of Watford forward Emmanuel Dennis in his list of players for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers game against Central Africa Republic (CAR).Dennis was recently crowned the player of the month at the newly promoted English Premier League side…
Rivers United striker Daniel Barnabas says they are not afraid of Al-Hilal of Sudan and they are ready to surprise people. Rivers United will lock trade tackles with the Sudanese giants in the round two of the CAF Champions League next month. The Pride of Rivers secured second round belt after beating Young Africans of…
