Ashleigh Plumptre: Curiosity for my heritage made me switch England for Nigeria The world offers us vast stories of how various men and women have risen right from their immediate communities to taking the world by a storm, forging histories that can never be forgotten for generations to come. For these individuals, success was not […]
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The Super Falcons may have lost their opening Group C game to Banyana Banyana on Monday, but they will be facing off against arguably one of the trickiest team in the group when they take on debutants Botswana at the Prince Moulay Al-Hassan Stadium on Thursday (today), PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Botswana registered one of […]
Continue ReadingAgency Report 6 June 2022 Kindly share this story: Liverpool have been informed by Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis that a €100m bid would land them Victor Osimhen. A month ago, Victor Osimhen was declared as being open to a move to the Premier League. The Nigerian’s agents were “given the green light” to market him […]
Continue Reading26 May 2022 Kindly share this story: Real Madrid remain Europe’s most valuable football club despite the ever-increasing dominance of the English Premier League, according to a report published Thursday by analysts Football Benchmark. The report ranks Europe’s 32 most prominent clubs, calculating their value based on their annual financial statements and assessing squad values. […]
Continue ReadingEbenezer Bajela 18 May 2022 Kindly share this story:  A section of Nigerians has hit out at the Nigeria Football Federation over the appointment of Portuguese Jose Peseiro as the head coach of the Super Eagles. Five months after the sacking of Gernot Rohr, the football body announced on Sunday the appointment of the […]
Continue ReadingEbenezer Bajela 16 May 2022 Kindly share this story:  Despite a season blighted by injuries, Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala fended off competition from Real Madrid’s Geyse to claim the 2021/22 Women’s Spanish Primera Division Pichichi award for the league’s top scorer, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Oshoala scored 20 goals to finish as the league’s leading scorer ahead […]
Continue ReadingAgency Report 18 March 2022 Kindly share this story:  Everton manager Frank Lampard broke his hand amidst wild celebrations of Alex Iwobi’s 99th-minute strike to beat Newcastle 1-0 and lift the 10-man Toffees three points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. A second-half interruption caused by a protestor tying himself to a goal […]
Continue ReadingKindly share this story: Agency Report24 February 2022The billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, has been barred from living in the United Kingdom, local media reports. This followed a revelation by Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, that he’s one of the 35 oligarchs who are enablers of President Vladimir Putin. According to reports, […]
Continue ReadingAgency Report 8 February 2022 Kindly share this story: Senegal’s President Macky Sall awarded the national football team cash prizes and plots of land on Tuesday, AFP reporters said, following the squad’s weekend victory in the African Cup of Nations. In a ceremony in the presidential palace in the capital Dakar, he also appointed team […]
Continue ReadingAgency Report 20 January 2022 Kindly share this story: Interim coach Austin Eguavoen will be entitled to only win bonuses as the Super Eagles gaffer at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Cameroon, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Eguavoen was appointed on a short term deal after the Nigeria Football Federation sacked Gernot Rohr in […]
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