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Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen has expressed confidence in his team to break down the resolute defending of the Blacks Stars led by Leicester City’s Daniel Amartey, when both teams clash in the second leg of their Qatar 2022 World Cup play-off on Tuesday. Amartey was outstanding for the Black Stars in the first leg of the tie at the Baba Yara Stadium last Friday shackling the Eagles attack line […]

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says it “hurts” to leave Arsenal “without a real goodbye” after he left the club by mutual consent ahead of his move to Barcelona on a free transfer. Aubameyang trained with his new Barcelona team-mates on Tuesday after agreeing to a dramatic Deadline Day move to the Spanish giants from the Gunners. The 32-year-old leaves Arsenal after four years at the club, having joined from Borussia Dortmund in […]

The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed that it had received an in-depth technical report on the Super Eagles’ outing at the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon from the team’s technical crew led by Austin Eguavoen. Nigeria won all three group phase matches against Egypt, Sudan and Guinea Bissau in Garoua, and emerged the only team in the tournament to claim a maximum nine points from three matches. […]

Pep Guardiola has warned Kevin De Bruyne that he faces a fight to win back a regular place in the Manchester City side after a campaign marred by injuries and a coronavirus infection. The Belgium midfielder returned to action as a substitute against Watford on Saturday but has been told he will start Tuesday’s Champions League match in Leipzig, City’s final fixture in Group A. The 30-year-old suffered ankle ligament […]

Vladimir Petković, manager of French Ligue 1 side Girondins Bordeaux has explained why he continued to snub Nigerian duo Samuel Kalu and Josh Maja despite the struggles of his regulars. Kalu and Maja, despite not suffering from any injury, were left out of the matchday squad against Lyon on Sunday by Petkovic with the manager relying on his underperforming players. Bordeaux ended up playing a 2-2 draw to make it […]

Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has joined a host of injured Super Eagles players as the country prepares for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon in January. Okoye suffered a shoulder injury in Sparta Rotterdam’s 1-0 loss to Ajax in Sunday’s Eredivisie encounter. The 22-year-old was replaced in the 24th minute after he collided with an injury. The extent of the injury remains unknown until the club’s assessment of […]

Anthony Joshua says he would consider stepping aside to let Oleksandr Usyk fight the unified heavyweight world champion, Tyson Fury. Joshua will fight Usyk for a second time next spring after losing his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts on a unanimous points decision in front of a sell-out crowd at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September. However, Fury has called for his fellow countryman to step aside to allow […]

Napoli returned to the top of Serie A on Sunday after Nigeria international Victor Osimhen scored the only goal in a hard-fought 1-0 win against Torino.AC Milan had moved to the top of the table after battling back from two goals down to beat Hellas Verona 3-2 at the San Siro on Saturday.But Napoli moved back to the summit after Osimhen, who had scored for his country in a 2-0 […]