It’s the longest unbeaten run in the top flight of Nigeria’s club football. Thirteen games played in the season; seven won, the others drawn. The honours belong to no other club that the Benin Arsenal (officially Bendel Insurance)! Until they struggled to four straight draws in their last four matches, the 51-year-old club’s position at the apex of Group A …

Frank Lampard’s first game after his return to Chelsea saw an upset as his side fell behind Wolves 1-0 at the Molineux Stadium in the English Premier League. A first-half volley from Matheus Nunes was enough to ensure Wolves safety away from the relegation spots. Chelsea are falling further away from a European place, and currently sit first on the …

Two goals, one in each half, steered nine-time African champions Nigeria past Haiti’s senior women national team in an international friendly in Antalya, Turkey on Friday. Returnee markswoman Asisat Oshoala had already seen her simple tap-in disallowed in the 22nd minute, and fellow Spain-based forward Rasheedat Ajibade has seen her shot miss by the whiskers, before Esther Okoronkwo caught the Haitian …

The Super Eagles slipped five spots in the most recent FIFA rankings to take 40th place. The national squad is now Africa’s sixth-best team, after Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt, according to FIFA announcement. FIFA last announced the ranking for men on December 22, 2022 with the Eagles finishing the year in the 35th position after losing one step. …

Long serving Chairman of the Imo State Football Association, Mazi Amanze Uchegbulam has called on the state indigenes with passion for football administration and good networking capacity in business to come forward and run the next board of the association. While announcing his intention not to contest in the forthcoming congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) scheduled for May, …

The path of Nigeria’s elite league champions Rivers United in the knockout stages of this season’s CAF Confederation Cup has been drawn. They have been drawn to face Young Africans of Tanzania in the quarter-finals, with a potential clash against either Pyramids of Egypt or Marumo Gallants of South Africa in the semi-finals. The Nigeria Professional Football League champions were …

Xavi Hernandez admitted it would be hard to sleep after Real Madrid outclassed his Barcelona side in a 4-0 Copa del Rey at Camp Nou on Wednesday. Los Blancos reached the final 4-1 on aggregate, knocking out the 31-time record Spanish cup winners after Vinicius Junior opened the scoring and Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick in the second half of …

Star forwards Asisat Oshoala and Desire Oparanozie have arrived in the camp of Nigeria’s senior women national team, Super Falcons ahead of two friendly matches in the Turkish city of Antalya. Serial award-winner Oshoala has not played for the nine-time African champions since the Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco nine months ago, while barnstorming forward Oparanozie is …

Remo Stars have been docked three points and three goals, amongst other sanctions imposed on the club by the Interim Management Committee (IMC). This follows the assault on match referee Ndubuisi Ukah and subsequent disruption of the MatchDay 12 fixture of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) against Gombe United last Sunday. The match had to be concluded the next …

Lionel Messi has been offered Cristiano Ronaldo’s number 7 shirt by Manchester United if he finally joins the Premier League giants. The Argentine star is being targeted by the Red Devils for a blockbuster summer move, according to El Nacional. The report claims that should the 2022 World Cup winner make a move to Old Trafford, the 7-time Ballon d’Or …