Solape Lawal-Solarin Fikayo Tomori has made the Premier League Team of the Week after his standout display against Brighton. The Chelsea academy graduate alongside Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount are the glowing lights of positivity at Stamford Bridge under Frank Lampard. The Blues legend took the reign after Maurizio Sarri’s exit and has been saddled […]

Kelvin Ekerete Wilfred Ndidi’s performance and goal against Newcastle United on Sunday has raised online comparisons between the player and former Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi on who the better midfielder is in their prime. A cross-section of Twitter users had declared that Ndidi’s exploits since joining Leicester City has shown that he is way […]

Anna Okon Car dealers across Lagos State, whose sales outlets were shut down by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service in search of cars smuggled via the land borders, have condemned what they describe as harassment and attempt by the NCS to label them as smugglers.  The dealers condemned the Gestapo style the shutdown was […]

Ebenezer Bajela The stock of Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, continues to rise in Ligue 1 despite just joining Lille last summer for the departed Nicolas Pepe, who moved to Arsenal. The forward has only played eight games for the Les Dogues in the league but he is already becoming a fans favourite after helping […]

Sodiq Oyeleke Blessing Okagbare was on Monday disqualified again at the ongoing World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Okagbare, who was earlier disqualified for pulling out of the 100m events at the competition, faced another disqualification in her women’s 200m heat for lane infringement. On Saturday, the IAAF had disqualified Okagbare and Divine Oduduru for running […]

In this interview monitored by SODIQ OYELEKE, Divine  Oduduru, who faced a disqualification scare before he crashed out at the 2019 Doha World Championships talks about his experiences at the meet You were disqualified from the World Championships on Saturday, before you were reinstated after an appeal. How was the issue resolved? They worked on […]

Solape Lawal-Solarin David Okereke is adamant that Club Brugge will play without fear when they file out against 13-time European Champions, Real Madrid, at the Bernabeau on Tuesday (tonight). Brugge held Galatasaray to a goalless draw in their Champions League Group A opener at the Jan Breydel Stadium while Los Blanchos were outgun 3-0 at […]

Kelvin Ekerete Enugu Rangers coach, Benedict Ugwu, says he had no doubt his team will turn things around in their CAF Confederation Cup tie against Pelican FC of Gabon at the NnamdiAzikiwe Stadium in Enugu on Sunday. The Flying Antelope came from a goal down to beat Pelican 3-1 and qualify 4-3 on aggregate after […]

Solape Lawal-Solarin  Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist, Sadiq Umar, says he is happy with his goal-scoring form and prays it doesn’t stop. The Roma player, on loan at Partizan Belgrade, has been quite impressive so far this season, bagging five goals and two assists in eight league appearances for the capital based outfit. He grabbed […]

Sodiq Oyeleke After being stripped of  the Super Falcons captaincy, Desire Oparanozie was not invited for the senior women Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifier match against Ivory Coast on Thursday. A statement from the Nigeria Football Federation on Monday said the team would fly to Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast on Tuesday, (today) ahead of […]

’Tosin Oluwalowo The Super Falcons depart for Abidjan on Tuesday (today) for the first leg second round of the 2020 Olympics qualifiers against Ivory Coast, without head coach, Thomas Dennerby, who has been at loggerheads with the Nigeria Football Federation. The match is scheduled for Thursday. According to a statement by the NFF, Dennerby’s assistant, […]

The 20th edition of the popular boxing show, GOtv Boxing Night, may be postponed, The PUNCH has reliably learnt. The likely shift in date, our correspondent gathered, was because of an injury suffered by one of the boxers scheduled to fight for the African Boxing Union lightweight title in the headline encounter of the eight-bout […]

Johnny Edward Leicester City legend, Matt Elliott, has praised Wilfred Ndidi following his sterling performance in the Foxes’ 5-0 thumping of Newcastle United in a Premier League game on Sunday, Sports Extra reports. Ndidi scored his second goal of the season for Leicester, who showed potential to secure a top-four finish, by recording their biggest […]