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Galatasaray forward, Henry Onyekuru and six other invited Super Eagles players arrived the Elomaz Hotel in Asaba, Delta State on Monday ahead of Saturday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa in Johannesburg Onyekuru who ended his six-game goal drought in style scoring twice to help Galatasaray to a 3-0 win over Kayserispor […]
Lionel Messi scores twice in vain for Barcelona Barcelona suffered their first home defeat in La Liga for more than two years, the champions losing 4-3 to Real Betis despite Lionel Messi scoring twice on his return to action. First-half goals from Junior and Joaquín gave the visitors a 2-0 lead before Messi pulled one […]
The Argentine’s work as caretaker coach has pleased the club’s director Real Madrid director Emilio Butragueno praised Santiago Solari, saying the club were “very happy” with the caretaker coach. Solari guided Madrid to a fourth straight win since taking charge with a 4-2 victory over Celta Vigo in LaLiga on Sunday. With his temporary spell […]
On-loan AC Milan striker Gonzalo Higuain apologised for his meltdown in the 2-0 defeat to his parent club Juventus on Sunday which saw him sent off for screaming at the referee after earlier missing a penalty. On-loan AC Milan striker Gonzalo Higuain apologised for his meltdown in the 2-0 defeat to his parent club Juventus […]
The Super Eagles will on Monday open their training camp in Asaba, Delta State ahead of the all-important AFCON 2019 qualifying tie against South Africa at the FNB Stadium Johannesburg on the 17th of this month. The national team official Twitter handle: @NGSuperEagles, tweeted that only Wednesday’s training session is open, while the other sessions […]
Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri, has admitted he was not happy with how his side played in the first 45 minutes against BATE Borisov. Olivier Giroud scored his first Chelsea goal in 794 minutes, as the Blues progressed to the Europa League knockout stages, with a 1-0 win. Sarri was asked what the best aspect of […]
Arsenal Manager, Unai Emery has confirmed that Danny Welbeck has been taken to hospital to undergo further tests after suffering a leg injury in Arsenal’s Europa League clash against Sporting Lisbon. Speaking further, Emery said that Welbeck would have X-rays on his leg after appearing to break his ankle. The striker landed awkwardly after leaping […]
Henry Onyekuru is expected to stake a claim for a starting spot in the Super Eagles following the injury to Chanchung Yatai forward Odion Ighalo. Here are five things to know about Henry Onyekuru 1. Henry Onyekuru is 21-years-old Born in Onitsha, Anambra Nigeria on June, 5 1997 Henry Chukwuemeka Onyekuru is 21-years-old. 2. Previous […]
Real Madrid interim coach, Santi Solari, has said his players deserved all the praise, after Wednesday’s 5-0 Champions League Group A win at Viktoria Plzen. The result keeps the Champions League holders on course to make the last-16 of this year’s competition. Solari is also the first Madrid manager since the 1950s to win each […]
Manchester United have been plagued by inconsistency this season and must put together a complete 90-minute performance to get anything from their Champions League game at Juventus later on Wednesday, Ryan Giggs has said. United were comprehensively outplayed in a 1-0 defeat to the Italian champions at Old Trafford last month and while they have […]
