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Super Eagles striker Iheanacho, named EPL player of the month
Super Eagles and Leicester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho has been named the English Premier League (EPL) player of the month for March. The news about his award was broken on through the Premier League website on Friday while also presenting the striker with the award at Leicester’s training ground. The 24-year-old Super Eagles forward has …
AFCON QUALIFIER: LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU CHARGES SUPER EAGLES TO BEAT BENIN, LESOTHO
•Gives Atlanta 96 Gold Medalist, Pascal Three-Bedroom Apartment •We Won’t Disappoint Nigeria, Rohr, Musa Assure Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged Super Eagles of Nigeria to beat the Squirrels of Benin Republic and Crocodiles of Lesotho in the crucial 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who promised to support the …
BREAKING: Adesanya looses bid to join heavyweight class in first career defeat to Blachowicz
Nigerian UFC fighter, Isreal Adesanya suffered his first career defeat to Jan Blachowicz in a bid to join the light heavyweight rank. Israel Adesanya’s bid to burnish the legend as he aimed to become the fifth fighter in UFC history to become a two-weight champion simultaneously. The Nigerian had stepped into the octagon against Jan …
We need to attack more to defeat Chelsea in the second leg -Diego Simeone
Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, has admitted his side will have a lot of work to do ahead of their second leg clash with Chelsea in the Champions League. The LaLiga leaders lost 1-0 to Thomas Tuchel’s side on Tuesday night with Olivier Giroud scoring the only goal of the match in the second half. …
Neil Lenon resigns as Celtic Manager
Celtic manager, Niel Lennon, who returned to manage the club for a second time after Brendan Rodgers moved to Leicester in February 2019, has resigned. The ex Scotland international has been under pressure all season but had previously maintained he would not resign.He apologized for “letting fans down again” after the 1-0 defeat by Ross …
Serena breezes past Halep to make Australian Open semi-finals
Serena Williams looks unstoppable as she reaches her 40th Grand Slam semi-final Tuesday, overpowering second seed Simona Halep to book an Australian Open last-four showdown with Naomi Osaka. The clinical seven-time champion, in her 20th Australianp Open and 77th Grand Slam, was simply too intense in beating the Romanian 6-3, 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena. …
D’Tigress Drawn Against USA, Japan in Tough Olympics Group
D’Tigress have been drawn against defending champions, the United States of America, hosts Japan, and France in Group B of the basketball event of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The basketball event of the 2020 summer Olympics will hold from July 26 to August 8 at the Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.According to the latest …
Bendel Insurance FC Chief Coach Resigns
The Chief Coach of Bendel Insurance FC, Baldwin Bazuaye, has resigned from his position at the club. The Media Officer of the Nigeria National League (NNL) club side, Kehinde Osagede, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Benin. Osagede said that no reason was given for Bazuaye’s resignation, but the club, however, wished him …
Tuchel replaces Lampard as Chelsea Head coach.
Former head coach of Paris Saint Germain PSG has been appointed as the new coach of Chelsea football. His appointment was made official through the official club website with a statement which read. “Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as the new Chelsea Head Coach. He moves to Stamford Bridge following a two-and-a-half year spell at …
Nigeria’s Ntia-Obong Wins 60m, 200m Races In Kansas
Mercy Ntia-Obong has emerged winner in the 60m and 200m races at the All-Kansas Invite, where she represented her school, Cloud County Community College, on Saturday.