Nigerians Abroad

Shukurat Oladipo and Rinsola Babajide wrote their names into Nigerian football history on Sunday evening at the Stadio Romeo Menti in Vicenza, becoming the first Nigerian players ever to win the Coppa Italia Femminile as AS Roma beat Juventus 1-0 to complete a domestic double. Manuela Giugliano’s close-range finish in the 80th minute separated two

A season that began in suspension and ended in individual glory closed on Sunday when Maduka Okoye made his 30th Serie A appearance for Udinese, conceding once as Napoli won 1-0 in a game that did nothing to diminish what has been the finest sustained campaign of the Nigerian goalkeeper’s career. Rasmus Hojlund’s 24th-minute strike,

Jack Ipalibo travelled the long road through Spain, Norway, Greece, Ukraine and Hungary to reach Portuguese football, and on Sunday evening at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, his journey delivered something no lower league club in 88 years of the Taça de Portugal had ever achieved. SCU Torreense, a second-division Liga Portugal 2 side based

Morgan Gibbs-White finished the 2025-26 Premier League season with more goal contributions than any other England-eligible player in the top flight, yet Thomas Tuchel left him out of the Three Lions’ World Cup squad and the Forest captain has now said his piece about it. The story carries a Nigerian angle that makes it particularly

Alhassan Yusuf was New England Revolution’s most involved player on the ball as they fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat at Charlotte FC, a result that denied the Revs the chance to climb to second in the MLS Eastern Conference and leaves them fourth heading into the week. The Super Eagles midfielder completed the full

Two Super Eagles midfielders found themselves on opposite ends of the form spectrum on Serie A’s final day, with Fisayo Dele-Bashiru producing one of his best displays of the season for Lazio while Ebenezer Akinsanmiro endured a forgettable afternoon for the relegated Pisa. Lazio closed out their 2025-26 campaign with a 2-1 home victory over

Semi Ajayi has ended a six-year wait for top-flight football after Hull City sealed a dramatic Championship playoff final victory over Middlesbrough at Wembley, with a stoppage-time winner sending the Tigers back to the Premier League for the first time since 2017. Oli McBurnie’s close-range finish five minutes into added time, capitalising on a fumble

Calvin Bassey has given a candid and thoughtful account of his career journey, explaining why the pace and physicality of the Premier League clicked for him far more naturally than Ajax’s demanding positional system in the Eredivisie. The Super Eagles centre back, who has established himself as one of Fulham’s most important defenders since joining

Akor Adams and Chidera Ejuke were introduced from the bench but Sevilla could not find a way past Celta Vigo, losing 1-0 at Estadio de Balaidos on the final day of the La Liga season to confirm their relegation to the second division. It was a bitter end to a difficult campaign for the Andalusian