Category: Sports

A nine-year-old Nigerian boy, Jayden Adetiba, has been signed to Arsenal Academy after five weeks on trial at the club’s academy in London. The Nigerian-born Adetiba, who relocated from England to South Africa 2 years ago, played for the SuperSport United Soccer School in Cape Town. Adetiba’s coach, Brent Sanders told KweséESPN that the boy […]

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has placed a one–year ban from all football-related activities on Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Salisu Yusuf. This follows the adoption of a report by the NFF Committee on Ethics and Fair Play. As contained in a statement on Wednesday, the committee considered the complaint by the NFF as well as the […]

Former England manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho to ‘keep quiet’ regarding his managerial credentials, reports Reuters.The Red Devils fell to a damaging 0-3 defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night, which piled the pressure on the Portuguese. Mourinho came out fighting in his post-match press conference, criticising […]

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suffered the heaviest home defeat of his coaching career as Tottenham Hotspur won 3-0 at Old Trafford on Monday to deepen an early-season crisis for the Red Devils. Mourinho is at the front of the firing line, with odds on him being the first Premier League manager to lose his […]

Carlo Ancelotti faces an emotional home debut as Napoli coach against old club AC Milan on Saturday as Cristiano Ronaldo plays his first match in Turin in the second round of Serie A action. Ancelotti spent most of his career at AC Milan with the 59-year-old winning three Serie A and four European titles as […]

Paul Ince has labelled Manchester United a ‘total mess’ and a ‘laughing stock’ following their 2-3 defeat to Brighton at the weekend. Tensions have bubbled just under the surface for much of the summer at Old Trafford, with such issues coming to the fore in the wake of the loss. United have backed Jose Mourinho […]

Mohamed Salah was engulfed in a diving storm as the Liverpool star won the controversial penalty that inspired their 2-0 win over 10-man Crystal Palace on Monday. Salah was accused of diving by Palace when he tumbled in the penalty area late in the first half at Selhurst Park. Referee Michael Oliver awarded a spot-kick […]

Nigeria is in a race against time to avoid a ban from the world football governing body, FIFA. An attempt by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, to meet with the FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Zurich has been met with a brick wall. This development many fear could culminate in Nigeria getting […]

Pep Guardiola begins life without Kevin De Bruyne against Huddersfield this weekend, but the build up to the match was dominated by reviews of his on-screen performance. Guardiola has found himself at the centre of intense media scrutiny this week, following the release of Amazon’s fly-on-the-wall documentary series that covers City’s Premier League-winning season. The […]