Super Falcons’ Coach accuses NFF of misappropriating FIFA’s $960,000 grant
As series of accusations continue to surface in the row between the Nigeria's football body and the female national team, the Super Falcons, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has said that it will “manage the situation for now” after Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum, alleged that the body misappropriated FIFA’s $960,000 grant meant to prepare the team for the World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand. It was the second scathing attack on the NFF in as many weeks by Waldrum. The first was their war of words over issues ranging from the team list for the 2023 FIFA Women’s
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on the win in Stockholm
By Miracle Ogunde Nigeria’s record-breaking athlete, Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100 metres hurdles at the Stockholm Diamond League. Amusan won with an impressive time of 12.52s after beating Sarah Lavin who clocked a personal best of 12.73s for 2nd and Pia Skrzyszowska in 12.78s in 3rd place. She finished in second position in the 100 metres hurdles event at the Lausanne Diamond League on Friday after Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won the race with a time of 12.40s. The Nigerian-born athlete clocked also a time of 12.47s equaling her personal best for the season, while the third position
Grass To Grace: Odion Ighalo’s Journey from Ghetto to Football King in Saudi
ANTHONY NLEBEM chronicles Odion Ighalo’s childhood from a Lagos ghetto, after the striker recently added the Saudi King’s Cup gold medal to his silverware Who would have thought that a kid born and raised in Lagos ghetto Ajegunle, would one day become one of Africa’s biggest footballers globally? Well, that’s the case of Odion Ighalo, one of Nigeria’s most successful footballers of the last decade. The striker currently features for Saudi Arabian giants and Asia’s most decorated club Al Hilal after a career in Europe that saw him playing topflight football for clubs in Norway, Italy, Spain and England, as
U-20 World Cup: CAF congratulates Nigeria’s Flying Eagles after win against Italy
Confederation of African Football (CAF) has congratulated Nigeria’s Flying Eagles following their 2-0 win against Italy in their second Group D game at the U-20 World Cup in Argentina. Second half goals from Salim Fago and Jude Sunday secured the win for the Flying Eagles which also seals qualification to round 16. It is now back-to-back wins for the Flying Eagles who defeated debutant Dominican Republic 2-1 in their first game. “The knockout stages await ????,” CAF wrote on Twitter. “What a win for Nigeria last night in the #U20WC that sealed their place in the round of 16???? “Keep
BREAKING: Manchester City win Premier League for third successive season
Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions for the third successive season after title rivals Arsenal lost at Nottingham Forest. The Gunners, top for the majority of the campaign, are four points behind City with only one game left to play after being beaten 1-0 on Saturday. Pep Guardiola's side have won the title in five of the past six campaigns. They also have a chance to claim the Treble, with the FA Cup and Champions League finals to come next month. Only Manchester United, in 1998-99, have previously achieved that feat - and it is their derby rivals
Tottenham woes continue in 3-1 home defeat to Brentford
Tottenham’s season-to-forget hit a new low with a 3-1 home defeat against Brentford on Saturday, while Arsenal look to delay the Premier League title party for champions-elect Manchester City. An Arsenal defeat at Nottingham Forest in Saturday’s late match would hand City their fifth title in six seasons. Even if the second-placed Gunners win in Nottingham, City will still clinch a third successive title if they beat Chelsea on Sunday or defeat Brighton or Brentford in their final two games next week. Elsewhere on Saturday, the race to qualify for the Champions League via a top four finish heats up
Players forced to run for cover as raging bull creates havoc at a rugby league match in France
Chaos ensued before a rugby league match between the Catalans Dragons and St Helens on Friday when a bull escaped from a pre-match parade and rampaged around the field. Television cameras showed the bull breaking free of its handler, dragging him along the ground, and charging around the field. Scattering players dropped rugby balls as they ran for cover, while some players even jumped over the barriers into the crowd. Eventually, after about 30 seconds, the bull made its way back to its handlers and the other animals standing beside the field at the Gilbert Brutus stadium in Perpignan, France.
PSG set to end ‘relationship’ with Messi over unauthorised trip
Paris Saint-Germain’s relationship with Lionel Messi is set to end after two underwhelming years following the French champions’ decision to suspend the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia. Greeted as a hero by adoring supporters when he arrived in Paris from Barcelona in August 2021, Messi was supposed to be the man to deliver PSG elusive Champions League success. It has not worked out and some of those fans had recently turned against a player they see as a symbol of all the club have done wrong in focusing on superstar signings while
Football Legend, ‘Pele’, enters dictionary as adjective for ‘unique’
Pele, arguably the greatest footballer ever, is now an adjective synonymous to ‘exceptional, outstanding, unique’ Popular Portuguese-language Michaelis dictionary in Brazil added “pelé” as a new adjective to its online edition. This development comes after a campaign by the Pelé Foundation, the sports channel SporTV and the Sao Paulo football club Santos to honour the football star pooled more than 125,000 signatures For the world’s 265 million-odd Portuguese speakers, “pele” can now be used to denote something or someone extraordinary — the sense in which it is already employed informally in Brazil. The expression already used to refer to someone
Nigeria loses to Bulgaria at IHF Championship opening games
Nigeria’s under-24 male handball team on Wednesday lost their opening game to hosts Bulgaria at the fourth International Handball Federation Emerging Nations Championship. The game played at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna saw the hosts beat their African rivals 23-19 to make it their second win in the tournament. They had earlier defeated Azerbaijan. Nigeria managed to stay close in the game and exerted some pressure on Bulgaria, especially with the first half ending 11-13 in favour of the hosts. The Europeans however showed they wanted the win more, beating the Nigerian team being coached by Solomon
