Nigeria’s Super Falcons is set to play friendly match with either Ghana or Cameroun before leaving for Canada. The reigning African champions have been in camp in Abuja, and were supposed to play Mali last weekend in an Olympic Games qualifier, before the Malians withdrew from the process. With no competitive game in sight to […]
John Fashanu, who is best known for his football and TV presenting in the UK has been making headlines for his messy and controversial divorce with his wife. The two have been trading accusations and blames on each other. Last Sunday being the 3rd of May, Fashanu granted an interview with Uk mirror […]
Reigning African Women’s Player of the Year and Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has called for solid friendly matches for the team as they continue preparations for this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. The Liverpool forward, who’s been Nigeria’s best player for the past year, says it is important for them to play […]
Ahead of this weekend’s 2016 Olympic Games qualifier against the Eagles of Mali, Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon, says they cannot afford to underestimate their opponents. Both teams faced each other last month over two legs in the All Africa Games qualifiers, which the Nigerians won 9-1 on aggregate, but Okon says that result cannot […]
Atletico Madrid full-back Jesus Gamez said he was delighted with the resilience shown by the whole team in the 1-0 win at Villarreal. A second-half goal from Fernando Torres proved enough to down the Yellow Submarine and the former Malaga defender admitted it had come at an opportune moment for Diego Simeone’s men. “First of […]
Former Real Madrid midfielder Freddy Rincon is wanted by Interpol for charges relating to drug crimes in Panama. The International Criminal Police Organisation has revealed they are pursuing the 48-year-old in co-ordination with the judicial authorities of Panama in a bid to arrest him over two alleged offences. The ex-Colombia star has responded to the […]
A legend of Nigerian football, former Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Augustine “Jay-Jay” Okocha was back in France for the 12th Match Against Poverty. Answering the call of Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo, the men behind this unique initiative, the 41-year-old lit up the star-studded event and showed he had lost none of his magical skills. Sitting down […]
Twenty-seven schools that emerged as champions from the state finals in the ongoing 17th edition of the NNPC-Shell Cup for Nigerian secondary schools sponsored by the Shell Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture are currently battling for honours at the zonal preliminaries. According to the Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF), organisers of the event, the state […]
World’s leading brand, NIKE, is to supply kits to the value of $750,000 to the various national teams of Nigeria in the first year of the contract recently signed with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Details of the contract, signed at The Soho Hotel, Richmond Mews, London, on Thursday showed that the products value would […]
Chief Marketing Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Francesco Angelone has expressed satisfaction with the level of the competition as well as the passion displayed by the teams at the just concluded Etisalat U-15 School Cup. Angelone told Extra Time that: “37 Secondary schools began with us at the preliminaries last year and eight regional teams emerged for […]
Celebrity Arsenal fan Piers Morgan has hit out at Aaron Ramsey following our 0-0 draw with Chelsea, lashing out because the Welshman refused to shake his hand. The journalist has been heavily critical of Ramsey in the past, and during the midfielder’s recovery from injury Morgan was one of those calling for his exit. With […]
Per Mertesacker regrets having rushed into a shot when he got the opportunity to score and put Arsenal ahead in the second half against Chelsea on Sunday. “I rushed myself. When you are a defender in that position, you still need to learn how to deal with those situations. I rushed a bit, nobody told […]
Arsenal full-back Hector Bellerin believes that his game has benefited from operating as a winger earlier in his career. Bellerin has often been trusted in the Gunners side by boss Arsene Wenger this season and he lined up for the club in 0-0 draw against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium. The Spaniard has consistently provided […]
The Juventus manager, Max Allegri, has claimed that ‘only a madman’ would take their kids to a football stadium in Italy after their Turin derby defeat over the weekend was blighted by yet more crowd trouble. Before Torino’s 2-1 victory at the Stadio Olimpico – their first Serie A win over Juventus for 20 years […]
Inter boss Roberto Mancini was in the stands at the Stadio Ennio Tardini during Parma’s home clash with Palermo on Sunday afternoon to watch a number of potential targets. The Nerazzurri coach is desperate to reinforce his squad for next season, and was on hand to run the rule over a number of players during […]
Liverpool Ladies forward Asisat Oshoala has been shortlisted for the 2015 BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. She said she is surprised and excited by to be nominated for the award. “I worked hard last year but I am surprised to be nominated and I feel much appreciated,” said Oshoala. The 20-year-old, who scored her […]
The Nigeria Football Federation has said they will not be making announcements on Stephen Keshi’s assistants just yet, as he begins work into his new 2-year contract to continue as the Super Eagles coach. Daniel Amokachi has been Keshi’s first assistant since he took over in November of 2011, and has taken charge of the […]
Newcastle’s player, John Carver, has said he’s not even thinking about the threat of a “disastrous” relegation – despite Newcastle United’s perilous position. The club is five points above third-from-bottom Sunderland with four games left to play after Saturday’s 3-2 home defeat to Swansea City. I’m not thinking about that disaster – let’s make that […]
Per Mertesacker has praised Arsenal’s medical team for helping him defy the odds and complete a full 90 minutes against Chelsea. The vice-captain was only given an outside chance of returning from the ankle injury he suffered during the FA Cup semi-final, but Mertesacker led the team out on Sunday and was outstanding at the […]
Dolphins coach Stanley Eguma was not happy that his team fell 2-0 at Akwa United over the weekend. He described Sunday’s game as good, but added that he will not blame his players for the penalty they conceded in the first half. “The loss of concentration cost is the game but I have to exonerate […]