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Super Eagles Head Coach, Augustine Eguavoen has named his 28-final list of the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Cameroon 9th January – 6th February 2022. The former Nigeria captain Eguavoen, who coached the Super Eagles to third-place finish at the finals in Egypt 15 years ago, has selected four goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders …

English Premier League football club, Newcastle are reportedly set to bring back former Manchester United and Super Eagles forward, Odion Ighalo back to the Premier League. Currently plying his trade for Saudi Arabian outfit Al Shabab Riyadh after a stint in the Chinese Super League with Shanghai Shenhua, the Nigerian international is said to be keen on a return to …

British Formula One star, Lewis Hamilton has recently unfollowed everyone on his Instagram page following his formula one title loss to Max Verstappen this month. The seven-time world champion has maintained his silence since the final race. It is not the first time Hamilton has taken this action, having done so in 2019. Hamilton’s only public sighting since the race …

The three-time African champions, Nigeria amassed a total of 1478.78 points to stay as the fifth-best team on the continent behind Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The Nigerian Super Eagles currently sit 36th in the last FIFA world ranking for the year 2021. The Super Eagles remain unmoved in December’s ranking published by FIFA on Thursday. Belgium finished number one …

Super Eagle’s and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen has disclosed that he will be available and fit for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament next year. Osimhen’s participation was in doubt, after he suffered a facial injury in their Serie A clash against Inter Milan last November. However, Osimhen has made a quick return ahead of schedule, resuming individual training …

UEFA have officially confirmed that the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League will be redone at 14:00 GMT, after a technical mistake. Manchester United’s name was pulled out in error as opponents for Villarreal, but the Reds are not eligible to face the Spanish club after playing them in the group stage. Ralf Rangnick’s men were then …

The group stage fixtures of the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League campaign ended on Wednesday night, December 8, 2021. The night saw some of the big European clubs relegated from the revered UEFA Champions League to the Europa League. One of the biggest club that will play in the Europa League in the new year is LaLiga giant FC Barcelona. The …

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, well known as Pele has been hospitalized again. The three-time World Cup winner had surgery to remove a colon tumour in September, with the hospital saying at the time that he would also need to have chemotherapy. Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein said the 81-year-old was in a stable condition and would be …

French international and Paris Saint-Germain’s forward, Kylian Mbappe has broken Lionel Messi’s UEFA Champions League record in the club victory over Club Brugge. Mbappe scored his 30th Champions League goal making him the youngest player to reach that land mark. Mbappe is 22 years and 352 days old while Messi achieved that feat when he 23 years and 131 days …

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal football club manager has shown his displeasure at his players after his team’s loss to Everton in their Premier League encounter on Monday, December 6. Mikel Arteta, has hit out his players for being “inconsistent”. Arteta, speaking to Sky Sports after the game, said: “In the first half, we were very inconsistent with the ball. I didn’t …