Ilechukwu's Warning to Rangers After Yenagoa Win: Don't Lose Concentration Now

Ilechukwu’s Warning to Rangers After Yenagoa Win: Don’t Lose Concentration Now

Rangers are one point clear at the NPFL summit with two games left, and the man responsible for putting them there is already focused on what could go wrong. Fidelis Ilechukwu has a word for his players after Sunday’s win in Yenagoa: this is precisely the moment to stay sharp. Winning away from home when […]

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Onikute: Hosting International Games Has Put Ikenne on the World Map

Onikute: Hosting International Games Has Put Ikenne on the World Map

When the Falconets walked out at the Remo Stars Stadium on Saturday for the U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Malawi, they did so on a pitch that carries Nigeria’s first FIFA Quality Certification. The man who helped build that reputation says the journey is only getting started. Not many football stadiums in Nigeria can

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Three Clubs, No Deal Yet: Nwabali's Free Agent Wait Goes On

Three Clubs, No Deal Yet: Nwabali’s Free Agent Wait Goes On

Nigeria’s number one goalkeeper has been without a club since February, when he terminated his Chippa United contract in a move that surprised everyone who thought he was settled in Port Elizabeth. Three months on, the suitors are multiplying but the deal has not arrived. Stanley Nwabali has not played competitive club football since February.

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Rangers Stay Top, Rivers United Close Gap — NPFL Title Race Goes to the Wire

Rangers Stay Top, Rivers United Close Gap — NPFL Title Race Goes to the Wire

Matchday 36 delivered everything the NPFL title race promised: Rangers did the hard part in Yenagoa, Finidi George’s Rivers United did theirs in Port Harcourt, and Bayelsa United were confirmed relegated in the process. Two games left. One point between the top two. Everything is still to play for. Rangers International came to Yenagoa with

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Usor Stars as LASK Win Austrian Cup for First Time in 61 Years

Usor Stars as LASK Win Austrian Cup for First Time in 61 Years

Three Nigerians. One Austrian Cup final. A 61-year wait ended. Moses Usor scored, Samuel Adeniran scored twice, and LASK celebrated the greatest night in their recent history. Now the Super Eagles are watching very closely. LASK 4-2 SCR Altach (AET) Usor (11′) | Adeniran (66′, 103′) | Bello (93′) Austrian Cup Final | LASK’s first

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Odemwingie Warns Kayode: Nigeria Won't Beg You to Play

Odemwingie Warns Kayode: Nigeria Won’t Beg You to Play

Peter Odemwingie chose Nigeria over Russia. He wore the shirt 65 times, scored 11 goals, played at two World Cups. Now he is watching players with Nigerian blood choose other nations and he has had enough of staying quiet about it. Speaking in an interview with Brila FM, Odemwingie addressed the pattern of Nigeria-eligible players

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Lookman Names Van Dijk and Reece James as His Toughest Opponents

Lookman Names Van Dijk and Reece James as His Toughest Opponents

Ademola Lookman has faced some of the best defenders in the world since breaking through at Charlton and rising to Champions League football at Atletico Madrid. When asked to name his two toughest opponents, he did not pick from La Liga. He went straight to the Premier League. In a quickfire interview with ESPN, the

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