Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has named Lionel Messi as the greatest player he has gone against in his football career. Ronaldo revealed this in an interview with former CNN host, Piers Morgan. Over the international break, the 36-year-old became the men’s leading international goalscorer of all time, following his match-winning brace against Ireland. The…
A clash is happening between the Super Eagles and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over match bonuses following their 2-0 win over Liberia last Friday. Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice in the first half as Gernot Rohr’s began their World Cup qualifying series with a victory. After the game, the NFF informed the players their bonuses…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s jersey has become the biggest selling ever in a 24-hours period on the online shop run by Fanatics, the Mirror reports. This is just in a matter of hours after the No.7 shirt went on sale and Manchester United has had the biggest day of online sales ever on a single sports merchandise…
Team Nigeria pulled a total of 10 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic games, a feat that saw them ranked 3rd best in Africa. The team went with just 22 athletes to the games, and they did a fantastic job of getting four gold, one silver, and five bronze medals. Flora Ugunnwa threw 18.39 meters…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez has landed a Netflix documentary about her life with the superstar footballer. The show, titled: ‘I Am Georgina’, details how the Spanish model went from being an au-pair in Bristol to become the love of the player’s life and mum to their three-year-old Alana Martina, as well as to the…
Liverpool winger, Mohammed Salah wants the club to pay him £500,000-a-week so he can become the highest earner in the Premier League, the UK Mirror reports. Reds’ boss, Jurgen Klopp has already confirmed the club is in talks to extend Salah’s contract. The Egyptian’s current deal has less than two years left to run. The…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Friday night, September 3, kicked off their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over the Lone Star of Liberia at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Lagos. The result means Nigeria tops Group C after the first round of matches. Kelechi Iheanacho scored two goals for the…
The Croatian has announced his retirement from professional football after 17 years at the top. Former Bayern Munich, Juventus and Atletico Madrid striker, Mario Mandzukic has announced his retirement from football at the age of 35. Mandzukic has decided to bring down the curtain on a glittering career which has seen him stay top for…
A Visually impaired runner got a ring after a 200-meter women’s race at the Tokyo Paralympics. Keula Nidreia Pereira Semedo of Cape Verde finished fourth in her qualifying heat, but she ended up with something even better than a gold medal. Following the race, her guide, Manuel Antonio Vaz da Vega, grasped her right hand,…
Record breaker, Cristiano Ronaldo has thanked his Manchester United teammate Edinson Cavani after receiving the No 7 shirt at the club. Ronaldo praised Cavani for the “incredible gesture” of handing over the No 7 shirt as the Portuguese forward returned early from the international break. Ronaldo, 36, rejoined United from Juventus this summer, returning to…
Superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo has posed with his Guinness World Record certificate after becoming the first footballer to score 111 international goals. He achieved this feat in Portugal vs Ireland’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday, September 1, where he scored two goals for his country. His Guinness world record of the highest number of goals…
A Mexican boxer has tragically passed away at the age of 18 after a knockout left her in critical condition. Jeanette Zacarias Zapata was knocked out in the fourth round against Marie Pier Houle at the GVM Gala International in Montreal last week. The 18-year-old appeared to have a seizure after a left uppercut and…
Manchester United has confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo will wear the iconic No 7 jersey after sealing an emotional return to Old Trafford. Striker Edinson Cavani, who had worn the shirt last season, will now switch to the No 21 shirt vacated by Dan James, who joined Leeds in a £30m move last week. The club confirmed…
Chelsea’s loan signing Saul Niguez has been unveiled after making the switch from Atletico Madrid. The midfielder completed a temporary move to the Blues on Tuesday, August 31, just three minutes before the transfer window closed. After landing in England, he posed for some photos with the club’s home shirt having arrived at the club’s…
Akwa United manager, Kennedy Boboye, has warned the Super Eagles not to underestimate Liberia who they host on Friday in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying encounter in Lagos. Nigeria has previously played the Lone Stars 14 times across all competitions, winning nine times. The last time Nigeria lost to Liberia was in July 2000…
The Chelsea midfielder has revealed that critics pushed him yo want to be better. Jorginho has opened up on some of the criticism he received when he first joined Chelsea under Maurizio Sarri. The 29-year old revealed that being called “Sarri’s son” made him so angry, but he was only pushed to prove his doubters…
A former Nigerian footballer, Thompson Usiyan is dead. Watch his Story: The former player was a prolific striker during his brief spell with the national team before he went to the US for academic pursuit. According to information gathered, Usiyan died, aged 65, at his Lamset Redonda beach home in California, United States. In the…
The Spanish football club, Barcelona has handed Ansu Fati the number 10 shirt which was recently worn by former captain Lionel Messi. The shirt became vacant after Messi left the club to continue his career with Paris St-Germain. A short clip shared by Barcelona on Twitter shows Ansu Fati wearing the shirt. It was captioned,…
Manchester United has posted pictures of Cristiano Ronaldo wearing the club’s kit for the first time since he returned to the club. The 36-year-old looked set to leave Juventus for United’s bitter rivals Manchester City. But the Red Devils stepped in last Friday to complete a stunning swoop. United will pay an initial fee of…
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe, will seal a free transfer to Real Madrid next summer after the Spanish club failed with a last-ditch attempt to land him this year. Mbappe has just one year left on his current contract with PSG. The 22-year-old has been strongly linked with a move to Madrid, having failed to…
