The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Thursday confirmed Al- Shabab's striker Odion Ighalo will not be available for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. NFF made this disclosure in a statement issued on Thursday. In the statement, the federation said Ighalo won't be able to represent Nigeria at the upcoming AFCON competition because…
Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola and his assistant Juanma Lilo will not take charge the club's affairs from the touchline, when his side face Swindon Town in Friday’s FA Cup after testing positive for COVID-19. The Premier League champions confirmed this in a statement released on their official website on Thursday, January 6 2022.…
AFP-- Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic won a temporary reprieve in his deportation from Australia on Thursday but is set to spend the night in an immigration detention facility as he fights to remain in the country. The vaccine-sceptic Serb was detained at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport having failed to “provide appropriate evidence” of double…
AFP-- Liverpool closed their training ground on Wednesday after “multiple new” coronavirus cases including a positive test result for assistant manager Pep Lijnders, throwing their League Cup semi-final at Arsenal into further doubt. Manager Jurgen Klopp and three players — Alisson Becker, Joel Matip and Roberto Firmino — were already isolating before the latest wave…
Leicester City duo Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, William Troost-Ekong, Kenneth Omeruo, Alex Iwobi are among nine players who have arrived the Super Eagles Abuja camp for the 2021 AFCON. Also in camp are the quartet of Ola Aina, Frank Onyeka, Semi Ajayi and Kelechi Nwakali. With the current arrivals, 23 players are now in…
Reno Stars may be a newly promoted football team in the current Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) but their daring aspiration has kept the Sky Blue boys on top of the log without a loss in four games. The NPFL returnee came into the Nest of Champions with a wild ambition to pick three points…
Nigerian professional footballer Kelechi Iheanacho has implored players participating at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, to show the rest of the world how great football on the continent is. The build-up to the tournament, which kicks off on January 9, will see a number of teams in the Premier League and other top European…
Seven Nigerian players have arrived the Super Eagles Camp ahead of their 2022 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, opening game against Egypt on January 11. The seven players as announced are; Idozie Awaziem (Alayanspor, Turkey), Chidera Ejuke (CSKA Moscow, Russia), Daniel Akpeyi (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa), Sadiq Umar (UD Almeria, Spain), Olisa Ndah (Orlando Pirates,…
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says Romelu Lukaku’s comments during an interview in which the striker said he was unhappy with his role at the club “brings noise that we don’t need”. In an interview recorded several weeks ago but aired on Thursday, Lukaku said he would like to return to Inter Milan in the near…