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It has been reported that Nigerian forward, Victor Osimhen is a more valuable and expensive player than Cristiano Ronaldo. According to the verdict of CIES Football Observatory which carried out an analysis on the most valuable players across the five major leagues in Europe, the Lille forward was valued at …

ABUJA: The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has placed the mother of late Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini, Alhaja Sikiratu, on a monthly stipend of N10,000. Mr. Olaitan Shittu, a representative of the Minister of Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare, disclosed this at Ijagbo, near Offa in Kwara on …

With the revitalised news of Prophet TB Joshua’s influence in the victory of the Ghanaian team at the Under 20 World Cup in 2009, let us cast a glance on his previous prophetic involvement in football. T.B. Joshua is no stranger when it comes to the fusion of spirituality and …

GHANA: Former Ghana U-20 midfielder, Gladson Awako, has revealed that Nigerian pastor, TB Joshua, contributed to Ghana’s 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup triumph in Egypt by offering the team prayers before each game and arranging the order of Ghana’s penalty takers in the final against Brazil. Ghana became the first …

Many Nigerians have complained about how the country forgets their own, especially those who have served their fatherland in one aspect or the other in times past, when they are faced with difficult moments. One of such victims is former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Fregene, who suffered a spinal cord …

By Israel Ayedun *Lazio are interested in signing Chelsea and France striker Olivier Giroud, 33.(Sky Sports) *Chelsea will make a late second bid to sign Napoli and Belgium forward Dries Mertens, 32, after their first approach was rejected.(Telegraph) *Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani, 32, will not leave Paris St-Germain during the …

By Israel Ayedun *Barcelona made a late bid to try to hijack Manchester United’s move for Sporting Lisbon’s Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, 24.(Mirror) *Barcelona had planned to sign Fernandes from Sporting and immediately loan him to Valencia in order to secure a deal for Valencia’s 28-year-old Spain striker Rodrigo – …

By AbuSatar Hamed LAGOS: With the 2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon fast approaching, the headline sponsor and Africa’s largest Bank in terms of retail size, Access Bank Plc has reiterated that its sponsorship of the race is geared towards improving the economic and social outlook of the state. While …

CALIFORNIA: Hakan Sukur, who scored what is still the fastest ever World Cup goal, just 11 seconds after kick-off against South Korea in 2002 has ended up driving taxis and selling books for a living in the US, in exile from his home country. Sukur is also Turkey’s greatest ever …

ABUJA: The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare is determined to take steps and measures to improve sports particularly football in the country. This is sequel to recent defeats suffered by Nigerian football teams in various competitions across the football world. Both the Flying Eagles and the Golden …