The home-based Super Eagles on Friday defeated their Libyan counterparts 1-0 in the ongoing African Nations Championship, keeping hopes of progressing to the next round alive. The Eagles got the winner in the 79th minute courtesy a Sunday Faleye’s goal. Nigeria temporarily move to the top of
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Brazilian football legend Pele is recuperating in a hospital after collapsing from exhaustion on Thursday. Pele was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner held in his honour by the Football Writers Association. The FWA in a statement said the football legend has “undergone a series of tests which appear to point […]
Resurgent Barcelona were given a fresh boost Thursday when key defender Gerard Pique signed a contract extension until 2022. Having recently lost Brazilian superstar Neymar in an aggressive contract buy out by Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona have put a 500 million euros ($611 million) buy out clause in Pique’s new contract. “The club and the player […]
Real Madrid’s Portuguese superstar has reportedly told his bosses at the Santiago Bernabeu to pay him as much as his arch-rival, Lionel Messi earns at Barcelona or he will leave. According to reports from Europe, the 32-year-old talisman is demanding a whopping £17m pay rise that will increase his earnings at the La Liga and […]
The Nigeria Football Federation and Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited on Wednesday in Lagos signed a partnership that made the beverage company the ‘Official Soft Drink and Co-Sponsor of Nigeria National Teams’. The Head of Strategic Marketing (Sparkling) at Coca-Cola’s West Africa Business Unit, Cletus Onyebuoha, said: “We are proud and excited to partner with the Nigeria
The Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday in Lagos announced its 2018 FIFA World Cup program for the Super Eagles. In the announcement, the NFF revealed venues and dates for the six pre-World Cup friendly matches, kit launch, camping programmes and venues, the team base camp, sponsors’ event and how the team will travel during the […]
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