Some hoodlums armed with dangerous weapons attacked the entourage of Kano Pillars Football Club on Thursday. Five players of the club were injured by the gunmen in the incident. It was gathered that the team was travelling for a league game in Owerri, Imo State against Heartland, when the club’s bus was attacked by armed…
Portuguese striker, Christiano Ronaldo, has been announced as winner of the 2014 FIFA World Footballer of Year. The Real Madrid player picked the coveted individual award in football on Monday night at a ceremony held in Zurich, Switzerland. He beat Barcelona and Argentine player, Lionel Messi, and Manuel Neuer, a Bayern Munich and German goalkeeper,…
Ivorian footballer, Yaya Toure, has emerged 2014 African Footballer of Year for the fourth time in a row. The Manchester City FC of England midfielder defeated two other nominees to grab the coveted award in the African football. He was named at the Glo/CAF award ceremony held in Lagos on Thursday night. The two other…
*Gets Olympic Sports Personality Award Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said the country needs to look towards having a long term planning system for the development of sports. Uduaghan made this observation while declaring the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, open in Asaba, Delta State capital, on Thursday. The…
Super Eagles of Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations holding in January in Equatorial Guinea. The Eagles played a 2-2 draw at home against a 10-man South Africa on Wednesday at the newly-built stadium in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom. The South Africans were two goals up before Sone Aluko’s brace ensured that…
Nigeria’s senior national football team defeated Congo 2-0 on Saturday evening in a 2015 AFCON qualifying match played at the Stade Municipal in Pointe-Noire, Congo. Ikechukwu Uche, who was making his way back to the Super Eagles, put Nigeria ahead from the spot. Aaron Samuel scored the second goal for the Eagles at about the…
Confederation of African Football, CAF, has disclosed that it would announce a new host for the 2015 African Nations Cup within the next three days. The football governing body in Africa had withdrawn the hosting right from Morocco after the country asked CAF to extend the kick-off day of the competition over fears of the…
Manchester United defeated Crystal Palace on Saturday in a Barclays Premiere League match played at Old Trafford. Juan Mata, who has made only eight appearances for United this season, came from the bench to hand his club their first win in four games, after a slim loss to Manchester City last week at the Etihad…
Super Falcons of Nigeria, on Saturday, defeated their Cameroonian counterpart to lift the 2014 African Women Championship cup for the 7th time since the competition’s inception in 1998. The Nigerian team had beaten South Africa by 2-1 in the semi-finals of the tournament hosted by Namibia to book a place in the final with Cameroon.…
Former Barcelona shot-stopper, Victor Valdes, has met with Manchester United coach, Louis van Gaal, over a possible move to the club. The Spanish goalkeeper hopes to team up with his countryman, David De Gea, who is United’s first choice goalkeeper. Valdes played about 535 games for Barca over a period of 12 years and failed…