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Odion Ighalo’s Manchester United Debut and Other Talking Points on the Stamford Bridge Victory over Chelsea

Manchester United have simply got Chelsea’s number this season. After completing a hat trick of wins against The Blues, including Monday night’s triumph away at Stamford Bridge in the English Premier...... Read more The Hues And Cries about Joseph Yobo’s Eagles Assistant Coach Appointment

When the news of the appointment of Joseph Yobo as the Super Eagles assistant coach by the Nigeria Football Federation executive committee board, led by Amaju Pinnick broke, I jumped up...... Read more Ambrose Ali University And Benin Warriors Lock Horns In Valentine Day cracker

Valentine Day, the world over, is a day set aside to show love. It’s a day for the renewal of friendship vows and perhaps making more friends. It is against this...... Read more Why have so few African players succeeded at Man United?

Odion Ighalo secured his dream move to Manchester United on the last day of the January transfer window, joining the team the Nigerian says he has supported since he was a...... Read more Enyimba’s Emmanuel Anayo Iwuala: Upcoming Left Winger On My Mind

I skipped the usually crowded newsroom duties to join other fans to watch Enyimba International FC of Aba in their NPFL match against host, MFM FC of Lagos at the Football...... Read more Pascal Durugbor Of Benin Grassroots Club Rock Stars FC Joins Top Tunisian Side Avenir

Tunisian Ligue 1 side Avenir Sportif de Soliman (Slimane) has secured the services of Flying Eagles forward Paschal Onyekachi Durugbor on free transfer. He joined the club on a two and...... Read more Ighalo’s Rollercoaster Journey Berths In United

Put aside fans rivalry, forget about the talk of some youth players from Nigerian roots who have donned the Red and Black before, Odion Ighalo is set to become Nigeria’s first...... Read more Super Eagles Supporters Club Hail Odion Igalo, The Patriot’s Move to Man U

I will start this piece by sympathising with this once upon a time promising country, truly referred to as the future of African continent but which has become a shadow of ...... Read more Jun Cup Football Competition For Under-16 And Under-12 Grassroots Players Aims To Produce The Next Big Star(s) From Benin city

The likes of Victor Moses, Isaac Success, Orji Okoronkwo and Ederson Echiejile, all successful professional footballers, emerged into the spotlight after taking part in many grassroots tournaments in Benin City, Edo...... Read more Why Arsenal May Not Need To Fear Losing Aubameyang

Barcelona are reportedly keen on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but Mikel Arteta wants the striker to remain an Arsenal player beyond the January transfer window. Gunners boss Arteta spoke after watching his side...... Read more Gathering Of Eagles As Prince Oduah Goes Home But Pinnick, Others Nowhere To Be Found

The remains of former football administrator and advertisement top-notch, Prince Isidore Oduah was laid to rest in his home country, Ochuche, Ogbaru Local Government Council of Anambra State on Friday, January...... Read more Delta State Agog As NLO Clubs Hit Ughelli For Preseason Tourney; European Scouts Storm Sapele To Pick Talented Grassroots Players

The home of football in Nigeria, Delta State, will come alive in a couple of days and for about a month it will be football all the way. It starts in...... Read more Fair Officiating: Has The Nigerian League Caught Up With Developed Leagues?

Last Wednesday, January 15 2020 to be precise, I was following the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match between hosts Enyimba and visiting Heartland of Owerri via the Facebook page of...... Read more Worrisome Signals, Rumbles In Our Football

Let me begin this piece by telling all my critics that they are free to spread their criticisms on me as they like over what some described as my use of...... Read more Bendel Insurance Tame Edo State Festival Football Team

The Edo State football team currently preparing for the National Sports Festival to be hosted in the state got a reality check on Wednesday morning when they were walloped 3-0 by...... Read more Barcelona Opt For The Man Who Would Have Willingly Cut His Finger For Club Legend Cruyff

When Barcelona officials flew over to Qatar recently to convince their legend Xavi to take over the reigns as coach of the Blaugrana, they expected to bring an end to the...... Read more Sunday Dare’s Clinical Show On NTA Sports Programme

I don’t know if you watched the sports minister, Sunday Dare on the NTA Sports programme, anchored by ‘mathematical’ Segun Odegbami. The high profile TV sports programme has wide followership and...... Read more National Sports Festival: Edo State Football Team Intensifies Preparations, Lines Up Friendly With Bendel Insurance

“Hosting to win”! That phrase has become a by word for motivation amongst fans of the Edo State football team that is currently preparing intensely for the National Sports Festival which...... Read more Klopp And Liverpool Tactics The Best For Now, But For How Long?

A big congratulations to Liverpool for they will be kings of England come May. Anyone with a decent knowledge of the game who has followed the club from England’s north west...... Read more Distraction: Amaju Pinnick’s Plea For A Cease-Fire

This is the first article from this columnist for the beginning of this New Year, 2020 and this sets the tone on our resolve to give our readers up to date...... Read more Real Madrid Plot Massive €300m Move For Mbappe’s 13-Year-Old Brother

It’s becoming more and more common for clubs to sign a sibling to a favourable contract in an attempt to lure a mega star signing or convince someone to stay at...... Read more Arteta Wins Over Two Major Pundits Who Questioned His Appointment

People change their opinions in life. Views evolve and that’s part of life itself. In football as well, that’s certainly the case. When 37-year old Mikel Arteta was named coach of...... Read more Sports: Agenda For Sports Minister Sunday Dare In 2020

Like previous years, 2019 is going and so doing, stocks are taken and agenda set for the coming year. Whatever will happen in our sports in 2020 will depend solely on Sunday...... Read more Big Stars To Grace Benin Warriors’ End Of Year Match

One of Edo State’s main grassroots football clubs, Benin Warriors FC, will be having their traditional year-end ceremony with a tantalizing football match lined up between the present players of the...... Read more Real Madrid Are Doing The Right Thing By Snubbing Paul Pogba

Ever since the previous summer transfer window, we’ve been fed the same old story – “Zinedine Zidane only wants Pogba”, as Marca put it and that claim ended up being true....... Read more