Arsenal today defeated Chelsea at the Wembley Stadium to win the 2019/2020 season English FA Cup title. A spot kick from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the 28th minute and his superb finish in the 67th minute were enough to earn Arsenal a sweet FA Cup final victory. Though Chelsea took the lead in the 5th minute […]
Napoli confirm signing of Osimhen from Lille
Victor Osimhen has officially signed for Napoli, President Aurelio De Laurentiis announced this afternoon, after completing the deal with Lille. The Super Eagles star put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Stadio San Paolo side. Osimhen first moved to Europe in 2017 with Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga, before moving to Charleroi in […]
Expect new innovations and transformation – Club Owners tell football stakeholders
The Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria (Club Owners) have urged the football stakeholders in Nigeria to expect new innovations and uncommon transformation ahead of the new season, as they mark the Eid- el- Kabir celebrationsIn a Sallah message jointly signed by the Chairman, Barrister Isaac Danladi and the Executive Secretary, Alloy Chukwuemeka to the […]
Pacquiao fighting Garcia will make Spence go rouge
Errol Spence may have secured a fight but it’s Manny Pacquiao he really wants. Though it’s been widely reported Spence will be facing former two-division world champion Danny Garcia in November, the unified welterweight champion got mad after seeing a photo of MP (Manny Pacquiao) Promotions president Sean Gibbons with Keith Thurman on his left […]
Arsenal must back Arteta if he delivers FA Cup success -Seaman
David Seaman says the Arsenal board must back Mikel Arteta in the transfer market if he delivers FA Cup success. The Gunners handed a former captain the managerial reins at Emirates Stadium in December after sacking Unai Emery the previous month. Emery was punished for a poor start to the 2019-20 campaign, and Arteta was […]
World No.1, Barty pulls out of US Open
World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty pulled out of the US Open on Thursday (July 30) over fears about the coronavirus pandemic in a major blow for the Grand Slam, which is scheduled to start in New York on August 31. The Australian is the biggest name so far to withdraw from the tournament, with her […]
SJF Holds Maiden Interactive Health Session For Journalists
While sports journalists in the country are pre-occupied with the latest transfer news, who is scoring and who is not; among many other things, recent occurrences have shown that most people in the profession pay less attention to their health. It is in this light that the Sports Journalists Forum (SJF) decided to blaze the […]
Sports Ministry assures policy will accelerate investments, value to athletes
A new dawn beckons for Nigerian sports, with the presentation of the new Sports Industry policy, as the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare assuring that the policy would accelerate sports development. He also said that it will add value to the talents of sports men and women. Speaking while receiving the […]
Ballon d’Or’ cancellation unfair on Lewandowski – Rummenigge
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge believes the decision for there to be no 2020 Ballon d’Or winner is “not very fair”, as he feels Robert Lewandowski could have claimed the award. France Football announced last week it would not select the world’s best player this year due to a “lack of sufficient fair conditions” amid […]
I need Wilder. I need Fury. I’m ready for them -Joshua
Two-time four heavyweight boxing titles holder, Anthony Joshua is desperate for ‘legacy’ fights against two main heavyweight rivals – Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Fury became WBC champion with a brutal destruction of Deontay Wilder. Now, Joshua wants to face Fury and Wilder in order to cement his legacy in the sport He has insisted […]