Manchester United are back in third following their two-nil win against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Sunday in the English Premier League (EPL). United managed to squeeze two goals beyond the masterclass of Forest’s goalkeeper Kaylor Navas. Antony tapped in his first Premier League goal since October as the opener after 32 minutes of play, and Diogo Dalot …

Matchday 14 will be concluded this evening with games across nine centres. Thereafter, each team have four more matches to determine whether they will progress to the Super 6 and contest for the title, stay on in the elite Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), or be kicked downstairs to the lower division. No team in the two groups of 10 …

The draw ceremony for the national phase of this year’s Federation Cup will hold on Wednesday 19th April. Venue is the Conference Room of the NFF/FIFA Goal Project, inside the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. Eight matches in all will be played on Tuesday, 18th April in the framework of the national playoff, while the Round of 64 – the …

Head coach of Nigeria’s U20 team, Isah Ladan Bosso has invited 39 players to the camp ahead of final preparations for this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals taking place in Argentina. Penultimate week, world football-governing body FIFA withdrew the hosting rights from Indonesia and handed the same over to Argentina, with assurances that the period scheduled for the championship, …

Former Barcelona midfielder, Arda Turan has become the new coach of a Turkish second-tier side, Eyüpspor. This was disclosed on Friday by the Club Vice President, Fatih Kulaksız. The new appointment is his first coaching assignment at the club. Until his appointment, he had played for Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Medipol Başakşehir, and Barcelona. “We signed a 1.5-year contract with Arda …

An Argentine coach, Antonio Mohamed has said that he turned down an offer from Al-Nassr after Rudi Garcia was sacked. Mohamed, who is presently the coach of Liga MX side UNAM, said he had four discussions with the Riyadh-based club to become their new manager, but he didn’t want to break his contract with UNAM. Al-Nassr recently parted ways with …

Rivers United manager, Stanley Eguma is certain his club would qualify for the Super 6 playoff despite losing 2-3 to Group B top rivals, Lobi Stars midweek in a rescheduled Matchday 11 fixture in Jos. With that defeat of the title holders, Lobi Stars hold firmly the No 1 spot in the section having established a six-point gap over second …

Terem Moffi’s spectacular overhead kick against Basel in the UEFA Europa Conference League first-leg, quarter-final match on Thursday has been voted the competition’s goal of the week. “Terem Moffi’s incredible finish wins Goal of the Week!,” UEFA said on its official Twitter Account. The Nigeria international scored a brace, including a stunning kick, as the Eaglets held Basel to a …

Napoli coach, Luciano Spalletti has said that Victor Osimhen would be back for their clash with Hellas Verona on Saturday. Spalletti said that the plan was for the 24-year-old to return to action to be fully fit and prepared for the Partenopei’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final second-leg against AC Milan in Naples. The Nigerian who trained with the rest of …

Coaches of Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) clubs and those from other cadres of the league were on Thursday presented with certificates of participation to climax the annual NPFL-LaLiga U-15 coaches workshop at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State. It’s the seventh year of the annual tournament; a collaboration of the NPFL and LaLiga, which the Head of …