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Former Napoli defender Faouzi Ghoulam has praised Victor Osimhen following the striker’s impressive display for Napoli in the Italian topflight this season. The former Algeria international, in an interview with DAZN, made some interesting remarks about the Nigerian’s status in Europe, while describing him as a modern striker. Despite being convinced of Osimhen’s qualities as

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hailed Crystal Palace stars of Nigerian descent Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze, for their remarkable performances against the Premier League champions on Saturday. The 52-year-old Spanish tactician was full of praises for the Palace duo, who tormented City’s defence but were unlucky not to score in the tense encounter.

Flying Eagles defenders Augustine Njoku and Solomom Agbalaka have been named among the Best XI of the just-concluded CAF U-20 AFCON in Egypt. Nigeria finished the competition as the third best team thanks to a 4-0 win over Tunisia in the third-place playoff on Friday, while Senegal defeated Gambia 2-0 to lift the trophy for

Ferencvaros midfielder Anderson Esiti has expressed confidence his Hungarian side will overturn their first-leg Europa League defeat to progress to the quarter-finals of the competition. The Green Eagles, as they are fondly called, suffered a 2-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 tie last Thursday. The

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has charged the Flying Eagles to defy all odds and win the ongoing CAF U-20 AFCON in Egypt. Nigeria will face The Gambia on Monday (today) in the semifinals of the competition with a ticket to the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals already secured. Delivering Buhari’s message to

Robert Garcia has revealed that he almost didn’t go through with training Anthony Joshua for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. After being thoroughly outclassed by the Ukrainian in their first meeting, ‘AJ’ split with his longtime coach, Robert McCracken, for the contracted rematch and chance to win his unified heavyweight titles back. He linked up

English Premier League side, Everton, have blocked Alex Iwobi’s purported exit from the club after the midfielder was linked with a shock exit last week. The Nigerian was linked with a move to Turkey with Fenerbahce one of the favourites to land the player on an initial loan deal. As per a report from Turkish

Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick has praised Nigeria-eligible player Chuba Akpom for his exceptional goal record. Akpom scored twice in Middlesbrough’s 5-0 win over Readings in the English Championship fixture on Saturday at the RiverSide Stadium. The 27-year-old forward opened the scoring for the hosts from the spot in the 24th minute and added his second

Leicester City manager, Brendan Rodgers, refused to blame Nigerian striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, for missing goal-scoring chances in their 1-0 loss to Southampton on Saturday. The East Midlands side’s 2022/23 season campaign has not gone well as they have only won seven games this season and have lost an additional fifteen. Their attempt to claw back

Ahead of the IHF Trophy Intercontinental Championship scheduled to hold in San Jose, Costa Rica, Nigeria U-18 male head coach, Emeka Nnamani has released the final list of players that will be representing the country. The championship will begin March 7 with the opening match to be played between Nicaragua and Georgia. The national U-18