Newcastle United have joined the long queue of clubs interested in signing Fulham star Tosin Adarabioyo. Adarabioyo has been one of the standout performers for Fulham this season, with his defensive partnership with Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey bearing significant fruits. Their centre-back pairing is one of the major reasons Fulham are 14 points adrift Read More

Lionel Messi’s team eliminated 5-2 on aggregate in quartersMiami still eligible for 2025 Club World Cup in America Lionel Messi’s first trip to Mexico for an official match did not end well. Monterrey beat Inter Miami 3-1 on Wednesday night in the second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarter-finals, the Concacaf equivalent of the Champions League. Goals from Brandon Vazquez, Germán Berterame and Jesús Gallardo were enough to eliminate Miami 5-2 on aggregate. Diego Gómez scored Miami’s only goal in the 85th minute. Messi started the match, but had just one chance in the first half. “As a coach, I’m happy to eliminate a great team. Gerardo [Martino] and Leo [Messi] are a great coach and player who are recognized worldwide,” Monterrey coach Fernando Ortiz said. “We have the satisfaction to win the series.” Before the quarter-final, Ortiz said that he was confident of his team’s talents, but was worried that the referees could be influenced by Messi’s presence. Continue reading...

Maduka Okoye says he needs to improve in order to save Udinese from relegation to Serie B at the end of the season. The former Super Eagles number one said this on the back of his team’s 2-1 defeat at home to Inter Milan at Bluenergy Stadium Udine on Monday evening. The 24-year-old put up Read More

Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council member, Amaju Pinnick, has thrown his weight behind ex-international, FInidi George, to become the next coach of the Super Eagles. Finidi is among the frontrunners for the vacant position left by Portuguese Coach Jose Peseiro, following the expiration of his contract at the end of Read More

Nigerian duo Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze have been named in Serie A matchday 31 Team of The Week following their impressive performances for Napoli and AC Milan, respectively. In a tweet posted by Whoscored.com on Tuesday, the two Super Eagles forward were named among the best-performing players in the Italian top-flight for the weekend. Read More

CBS broadcast the first-ever USL match on network TV on Saturday. The league hopes to ride Messi-mania while challenging MLS’s structure Not for the first time, American soccer is approaching a crossroads, and given the landscape in which this latest rumble in soccer’s turbulent history in the US will play out, it could be one of the most defining moments yet. The organisation that runs professional leagues in the second and third tiers of soccer in the US, the United Soccer League (USL), could have a big role to play in shaping the future. With the new league season kicking off this month, it hopes to become a more visible and authentic alternative to Major League Soccer. Continue reading...

Internazionale took another step towards the Serie A title as a stoppage-time goal from Davide Frattesi secured a 2-1 come-from-behind win at Udinese Five minutes into added time, Lautaro Martínez unleashed a low shot that Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye managed to tip onto the post but Frattesi pounced to slot home the rebound. Continue reading...

Nigerian striker Victor Boniface is increasingly looking likely to leave runaway Bundesliga leaders, Bayer Leverkusen, at the end of the season as the Nigerian continues to be linked with a host of top European clubs, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. According to Forza Juve, former Serie A champions Juventus are monitoring the Super Eagles striker and Read More

Monterrey beat Miami 2-1 in Concacaf Champions Cup first legAudio of Nico Sánchez leaked after post-match confrontation Monterrey assistant coach Nico Sánchez issued an apology after audio leaked of him calling Lionel Messi a “dwarf” and saying Messi had “the face of the devil”. Monterrey beat Messi’s Inter Miami 2-1 in the first-leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup last week. Before the match, Monterrey head coach Fernando Ortiz said he was concerned about Miami receiving preferential treatment from the game’s officials due to the Argentinian’s celebrity status. “Everything that surrounds Messi can lead to sporting and non-sporting decisions,” Ortiz said. “I am concerned about the environment, football is business, business does not go the way of Monterrey.” Continue reading...

Standup comedian Ebuka Ike-Mgbechi, known professionally as Ebuka Mic, talks about his favourite club, his love for Cristiano Ronaldo, the Super Eagles and more, in this interview with PETER AKINBO What led you into comedy? Well, it was right from time, when I was in secondary school or even earlier. It was something I could Read More

Midfielder’s rocket helps Liverpool sink Sheffield United‘I prefer him as eight but we are not playing in dreamland’ Jürgen Klopp praised the “massive impact” of Alexis Mac Allister after the Argentina international’s instrumental role in restoring Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League. Liverpool were at risk of dropping two precious points in the title race against bottom-placed Sheffield United when Mac Allister restored their lead with a superb strike into the top corner from 20 yards with 14 minutes left. Continue reading...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria ranked 30th in the 2024 Men’s World ranking, dropping two places from the previous 28th position. The ranking, as released by the Federation of International Football Association on Thursday, revealed that the Eagles topped the 2023 CAF African Cup of Nations winner, Cote d’Ivoire, and seven-time AFCON winner, Egypt. Having Read More

Super Eagles duo Terem Moffi and Moses Simon will hope to become the third Nigerian to win the Marc-Vivien Foe award for the best African player in the French Ligue 1 after both of them were nominated for the 2023/24 honours which will be presented on May 13, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Organised by Radio Read More

Super Eagles forward, Emmanuel Dennis, may have been inspired by popular singer Madonna, who once said, “No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change and become a better version of yourself.” Since swapping Istanbul Basaksehir for Watford following an unsuccessful loan spell in Read More