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World Hails Osimhen as Top Striker After Derby Masterclass

World Hails Osimhen as Top Striker After Derby Masterclass

Victor Osimhen returned from injury, scored the opening goal, dominated physically for 76 minutes, and left Turkish football’s most watched commentator declaring what Nigerian fans have been saying for years: he is one of the top strikers on the planet. The numbers from Sunday’s Istanbul derby tell the story more vividly than any single highlight […]

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Siasia vs Amokachi: Who Gets the Olympic Eagles Job?

Siasia vs Amokachi: Who Gets the Olympic Eagles Job?

The Nigeria Football Federation is ready to name a new U-23 Olympic Eagles coach ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games qualification campaign, and two names from Nigeria’s greatest generation are in the frame: Samson Siasia and Daniel Amokachi. Nigeria’s Olympic Eagles have not been to the Olympics since Rio 2016. They missed Tokyo 2020

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Genoa's Marcandalli: The Serie A Defender Waiting for Chelle

Genoa’s Marcandalli: The Serie A Defender Waiting for Chelle

Alessandro Marcandalli was born in Bergamo, Italy, plays for Genoa in Serie A, listens to Afrobeats, grew up eating his Nigerian mother’s jollof rice, and is waiting for Eric Chelle to pick up the phone. The NFF, it seems, is finally ready to call. Alessandro Marcandalli did not grow up dreaming of Italy’s Azzurri. He

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Rohl Explains Why Fernandez Was Dropped After Nigeria Duty

Rohl Explains Why Fernandez Was Dropped After Nigeria Duty

Emmanuel Fernandez came back from his Super Eagles debut having scored for Nigeria against Jordan and earned a PFA Scotland Team of the Year vote. His reward at Rangers was a spot on the bench. Danny Rohl has now explained exactly why. The sequence of events was jarring enough to prompt questions. Emmanuel Fernandez goes

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Onyeka Signs Permanently for Coventry in Premier League

Onyeka Signs Permanently for Coventry in Premier League

Frank Onyeka is going to the Premier League permanently. Coventry City have officially confirmed his £7 million signing from Brentford after the automatic promotion clause in his loan agreement was triggered, making the Nigerian midfielder the Championship champions’ first confirmed top-flight signing. Frank Onyeka arrived at Coventry City in January as a loan player searching

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Osimhen Scores as Galatasaray Rout Fenerbahce 3-0

Osimhen Scores as Galatasaray Rout Fenerbahce 3-0

Victor Osimhen returned from a fractured forearm, scored the opening goal in the 40th minute, and watched Galatasaray dismantle Fenerbahce 3-0 in the Istanbul Intercontinental Derby on Sunday — the result that has all but handed the Super Lig title to the Cimbom. Fenerbahce tried everything. They filed a formal complaint to the Turkish Football

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Fernandez Reacts to PFA Scotland Team of the Year Inclusion

Fernandez Reacts to PFA Scotland Team of the Year Inclusion

Emmanuel Fernandez says being named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year was a genuine shock, having only started playing regularly for Rangers partway through his debut campaign in top-flight football, and he has thanked his teammates for making the recognition possible. Emmanuel Fernandez did not expect this. The Super Eagles centre-back, who joined

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Fulham Among PL Clubs Chasing Super Eagles Nwaiwu

Fulham Among PL Clubs Chasing Super Eagles Nwaiwu

Chibuike Nwaiwu joined Trabzonspor from Wolfsberger just months ago for €6 million. He has already scored three goals and one assist from centre-back, and now Fulham are leading a Premier League queue for a player who was previously tracked by PSG and Bayer Leverkusen. Chibuike Nwaiwu’s rise has been so rapid that his transfer history

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