Chairman of the Club owners Association of Nigeria, Chief Dr. Okey Kpalukwu (JP), has lauded the leadership of the NPFL as well as the organisers of the NPFL Youth League for the organisation of a fantastic competition. Speaking exclusively to Sports journalist, Sammy Wejinya at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, upon return from Luanda, Angola where his Rivers United team defeated Acádemica do Lobito 3-2 in the CAF Confederation Cup, Chief Kpalukwu said the present development excites him. He praised NPFL Chairman, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye and the Chairman of the Youth League’s Organising Committee, High Chief Emeka Inyama for…
Author: ROSEMARY UGIOMOH
Paul Merson has said Jurgen Klopp is so important to Liverpool that the club would rather lose Mohamed Salah than the German. Liverpool began the long goodbye to Klopp in style as Virgil van Dijk’s header in the final moments of extra-time secured Carabao Cup glory for a threadbare Reds side at Wembley, an achievement the German described as the most special of his career. Klopp was without 10 first-team players at kick-off and that increased to 11 by the 28th minute as Ryan Gravenberch was carried off on a stretcher, adding to the significant absences of Salah, Darwin Nunez,…
Manchester United are leading the race to sign Inter Milan defender Denzel Dumfries ahead of the summer transfer window, according to a report via FC Inter News. The 27-year-old right-back has forged a reputation as one of the best attacking right-backs in Europe so it’s no surpirse Manchester United are keen on securing his services. The report claims that the Red Devils are currently in the ‘front row’ to sign the defender but any deal would cost at least £43m in the summer, while Inter could hold out for as much as £47m if other European giants enter the bidding.…
Lautaro Martinez has become the fifth striker able to score more than 20 goals in three consecutive Serie A campaigns in the last 65 years, joining Gabriel Batistuta, Antonio Di Natale, Edinson Cavani and Cristiano Ronaldo. El Toro is Serie A’s current leading scorer with 22 goals in 23 league games and his brace against Lecce helped the Nerazzurri secure a 4-0 victory at the Stadio Via Del Mare on Sunday. Lautaro hasn’t only reached 101 goals in Itly’s top flight but has become the fifth striker in the last 65 years to score more than 20 goals in three…
Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique has admitted his team need to prepare for Kylian Mbappé’s reported departure this summer after substituting the France captain during the draw with Rennes on Sunday. Mbappé was taken off in the 65th minute with PSG trailing 1-0 at home to seventh-placed Rennes and replaced by Gonçalo Ramos, who went on to score the equalising penalty in the 97th minute. “It’s very simple: Sooner or later, when it happens, we have to get used to playing without Kylian,” Luis Enrique said when asked about the decision after the game. “When I want to play him,…
Nigeria’s captain at the FIFA Under-16 World Cup in China, Nduka Ugbade, has heaped praises on Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) for the birth of the NPFL Youth League. He was at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin venue of the playoffs to watch Plateau United and Rivers United in the second match of Monday, February the 26th. The tie finished goalless with midfielder Paul Maggit of Plateau United emerging the Player of the Match. Ugbade said the competition is ideal in developing the budding talents of Nigerian soccer. “There is nothing as good as developing…
Stanley Nwabali, the Super Eagles safest pair of gloves, has said he’s willing to stay two more years with Chippa United to repay the trust of the club chairman Chippa Mpengesi. Nwabali broke into the limelight while playing for Chippa United and his performance earned him a call-up to the Super Eagles in the 2023 African Cup of Nations. “You see when you play under an understanding chairman, everything comes – confidence comes… Imagine you’re playing under a chairman who wants all his players to be comfortable, you must work for this man, even when you’re in or out [of…
The Nigeria senior men’s national team, Super Eagles versus Argentina national team has been called off for the second times. The international warm-up game which was first scheduled in China was shifted to hold in the United States of America on 26th March, 2024. A chieftain of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday who preferred to speak on condition of anonymity with www.bsnsports.com.ng said the organisers were unable to secure visas for the number of people on the list sent to them was the reason it was cancelled. “The NFF has just been been informed that the friendly match between Nigeria…
The trio of Lionel Messi, Manchester City forward Erling Haaland and Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham have been nominated for the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards. Recall that Messi won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award in 2023 and will do battle with Haaland for the gong this time around. Real Madrid star and Haaland’s close friend Jude Bellingham has been nominated for the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year award. He will hope to add it to his growing tally, after previously being voted the ‘Golden Boy’ as Europe’s best footballer under 21 years of age See full nominations…
Segun Toriola, the coach of Nigerian table tennis team, has declared the readiness of the team to compete for honours at the upcoming African Games. The Nigerian team had a competition to forget in the just-concluded WTT championship held in Busan, Korea. The 4-time African champion while speaking to Punch Correspondent confirmed that all the senior players including Aruna Quadri are ready to win laurels in Ghana. “All the players are ready, they are confident but one or two things have to change during the African Games because we want to try some new players,” Toriola said. “There will be…