Super Eagles and Bayer 04 Leverkusen striker, Victor Okoh Boniface, has named Neymar as his football idol, ignoring Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The 23-year-old has been one of the biggest stars in Germany since switching to the Bundesliga last season, winning the Rookie of the Month award four times. The former Union Saint-Gilloise man…
Crystal Palace academy graduate Victor Moses scored his first goal in the English Championship since January 2010, but his goal counted for nothing as Luton Town suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Plymouth Argyle on Friday night at Home Park. Rami Al Hajj grabbed the opening goal for Plymouth in the first half,…
Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi provided an assist in Leicester’s 4-2 defeat against Arsenal on Saturday evening. Ndidi began the match in a midfield three alongside Harry Winks and Oliver Skipp, while teammate Caleb Okoli played in defense for Leicester. Arsenal started strongly, creating several chances and threatening to score. They broke the deadlock in…
Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen has finally opened his goals account for Galatasaray and it is in excellent fashion, Soccernet.ng reports. Osimhen, who joined Galatasaray on loan from Napoli in the summer, had gone three games without a goal for the Turkish champions. However, the Super Eagles striker ended his mini-goal drought in the 20th minute…
Super Eagles and Bayer 04 Leverkusen striker, Victor Okoh Boniface, has revealed the secret message Xabi Alonso told him in his side’s 4-3 win over VfL Wolfsburg last weekend, Soccernet.ng reports. The 23-year-old came off the bench in the 68th minute, replacing Patrik Schick, before scoring with the last kick of the game in the…
Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman set a personal record following his goal for Atalanta in a 3-2 loss to Cesc Fàbregas’ Como in a Serie A encounter staged at the Gewiss Stadium on Tuesday night. Lookman, who was a surprise omission from the starting lineup, came off the bench to replace Mateo Retegui nine minutes…
A Mallorca fan who racially abused Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior and former Villarreal player Samuel Chukwueze was sentenced to a year in prison and issued a three-year stadium ban on Thursday. The supporter was “found guilty of two crimes against moral integrity, aggravated by the fact that he acted with racist motives”, Real Madrid…
Africa’s richest man and chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has expressed his regret for not buying Arsenal football club when he had the chance. In an interview with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua in New York, the Nigerian billionaire reflected on the missed opportunity, after he previously considered purchasing the club for $ 2 billion….
Football legend, Zinedine Zidane’s son, Enzo has retired from football at the age of 29 due to boredom. The former midfielder started his youth career with Italian giants Juventus in 2000. He made only one senior Real Madrid appearance, which he scored with his first touch of the ball in a 5-1 Cup…
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhem will begin the chase for European Club competition glory with Galatasaray on Wednesday when they host PAOk Thessaloniki of Greece in the Europa League. Galatasaray remains the only Turkish side to win a European trophy courtesy of their penalty shootout win over Arsenal in the year 2000 UEFA Cup…
