The richest fight in boxing history is getting richer by the day, as new estimates show Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s payoff for fighting Manny Pacquiao could be $180 million. Pacquiao gets the short end of the purse, but even that is expected to be well over $100 million by the time everything is
After scoring two goals in two matches for Heartland, free-kick specialist, Ebere Odiche, is excited with his decision to return to the club from Warri Wolves. Odiche left Heartland for Wolves in 2014, but it turned out to be an unholy romance, which did not go beyond the first round of the season. “Wolves lured […]
Former AC Milan midfielder Kaka has named the 11 players who make up his Dream Team, accumulated through his 15-year illustrious career. Six Rossoneri from Kaka’s time with the club make the cut – Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, Dida, Cafu, Andrea Pirlo, and Ronaldinho, while former Juventus player Zinedine Zidane is the only other player […]
Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki has spoken about her heartbreak following her very public breakup with world no.1 golfer Rory McIlroy. In an interview, Wozniacki spoke of the hardship she suffered after McIlroy pulled the pin on their wedding. “In my head I had everything until that moment,” Wozniacki said. “I had a great career, I […]
South Africa’s Premier Soccer League side, Ajax Cape Town, is set to test Nigerian U-23 International, Chijioke Omeke. The up-and-coming Omeke was part of the Dream Team squad that played participated in the Super Six pre-season tournament, in Abuja. However, he was left out of the squad that played a goalless draw against Zambia in […]
Financial concerns mean that AC Milan are set to stick with current coach Filippo Inzaghi until the end of the season despite the team’s poor run of form. Inzaghi’s future has been in doubt for sometime with increasing pressure mounting upon the legendary Rossonero who has been unable to lift the struggling giants out […]
Keisuke Honda, the revelation of the early season for AC Milan, is gone! He hasn’t scored a goal for the Rossoneri since November. No assists, either. Coach Filippo Inzaghi has even played Honda in a more central position his preferred area of the pitch. Nothing has come of it. The mystery started at the Asian […]
Brown Ideye is hopeful of being fit for West Brom’s next Premier League game against QPR on Saturday. The striker missed the 3-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City last weekend because of a knee injury which also forced him to pull out of Nigeria’s squad. But he was in more positive mood when […]
A former Coach of the Cranes of Uganda, Harrison Okagbue, has advised the Super Eagles to expect a tough match in its friendly with the East Africans in Uyo on Wednesday. Okagbue, who coached the Cranes from 1999 and 2001, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday that the game would […]
Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom has laughed off comparisons with Thierry Henry. Alexis Sanchez has dubbed the youngster ‘Titi’ after the Gunners legend. “One day in training with the first team I scored a Henry-type goal, cutting inside and finishing,” Akpom told said. “I could see Sanchez jumping, he’s an enthusiastic guy at the best of […]
Corruption is one major problem that has continued to hinder the development of Nigerian football. From the administrators, referees, coaches and even the players, the story remains the same as this hydra-headed monster continues to torment and eat deep into the fabrics of our beautiful game. The most annoying aspect of this hydra-headed monster is […]
Nigeria U-23 team, Dream Team, must rue missed chances after Zambia on Sunday in Abuja held them to a goalless draw in a qualifying match for the 2015 All Africa Games qualifier. The overall winners after the return leg in Zambia will advance to the football event for the All Africa Games holding in Congo. […]
Arsenal are plotting another raid on Southampton – this time for promising midfielder Callum Slattery. Having already snapped up Callum Chambers and constantly linked with Morgan Schneiderlin in recent months, the Gunners are now keen on taking the England U-16 international to the Emirates, according to reports. This is on top of also plucking Theo […]
Arsenal’s 2-1 win at Newcastle United moved them to within four points of Premier League leaders Chelsea, but their manager Arsene Wenger believes that another statistic is equally relevant. Even after Chelsea complete their next match at Hull City on Sunday, Jose Mourinho’s team will still have played one match fewer than Arsenal and that […]
Ahead of Wednesday’s international friendly against the Super Eagles of Nigeria, the Cranes of Uganda will arrive Nigeria today, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed. Players and officials on the delegation are expected to fly into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja via Addis Ababa, and will then connect to Uyo aboard a […]
The Foshan Open will continue its growth as one of the premier events on the European Challenge Tour when the prize fund for this year’s event increases significantly, by US$150,000 to a total of US$500,000. Now in its third year, the Foshan Open has become one of the best attended events in the tour’s history, […]
Sunshine Stars head coach, Paul Ashworth, whose team’s pedigree will come under test when they play away against Giwa FC this Sunday has charged his players to keep working hard and pay attention to details as the season progresses. The Owena Waves have taken four points out of six in their opening two matches including […]
El-Kanemi Warriors midfielder Babakura Ali and striker Tammy Tams who came in from Sharks of Port Harcourt, have joined the Desert Warriors in Kano. Both players trained with the main squad on Tuesday in Kano. The Media Manager of El-Kanemi Warriors, Anthony Obaseki, disclosed that both players have joined the team in Kano ahead of […]
Sampdoria have Inter in their sights as they look to continue their drive up the Serie A table on Sunday. The Genoa-based outfit stunned Roma 2-0 in the capital on Monday in their first of four straight games against some of the biggest clubs in Italy, ensuring Sampdoria remained level with fifth-placed Fiorentina on 45 […]
Ahead of Rio 2016 Olympics, a Lagos-based athlete’s development outfit, “Making of Champions” has begun a two-day talent hunt of young grassroots athletes in the South East of Nigeria. The event, according to the initiator of the programme, Bambo Akani, is aimed at discovering scores of young talented athletes in parts of South East, Nigeria, […]
