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Losing Ronaldo should have elicited Real Madrid fraternity wearing black

I recently read an incisive piece in the current struggles that arguably football's greatest club side Real Madrid are going through.They are having a very dreadful run in the Spanish La...... Read more AFCON 2019: Glimmer of Hope for Nigeria

One has finally come to believe that many that have been parading themselves as Sports Journalists are really idlers of the first order. To be honest with you, I don’t engage...... Read more Bet9ja football tournament: BJ, Rockets lock horns in final

The 4th edition of the Bet9ja Football competition for grassroots clubs has been a huge success so far, with youth clubs strutting their fine stuffs in the past two weeks in...... Read more Pascal Durugbor hits two goals in promotion play off for Vaxjo in Sweden, BJ, Clibbers qualify for Bet9ja semis

Nigerian striker Pascal Durugbor scored two fantastic goals over the weekend to help his swedish division 3 side Vaxjo United come closer to gaining promotion to the 2nd Division in a...... Read more AFCON 2019 2nd Leg Game: Eagles Must Consolidate

This column saw it coming especially in the game that involved Nigeria and Libya as we discussed it extensively last week here. While we warned Eagles against taking the game for...... Read more Goals rain, as grassroots clubs show top quality in Bet9ja football tournament in Benin City

Top class individual performances, fantastic team moves and beautiful goals; these are the ingredients of any fine competition and the 4th edition of Bet9ja football tournament has served up these ingredients...... Read more Ozil in trouble after Arsenal’s demolition of Fulham, Bet9ja tournament kicks off

The Gunners are getting happy and excited again. New coach Unai Emery's revolution is in full swing at Arsenal as they are picking up wins in ruthless fashion in the English...... Read more AFCON 2019 Qualifier: Vigilance Must Be The Watch Word!

I have decided thenceforth not to reply those hired thugs that shamefully parade themselves as sports journalists while doing the job of hatchet men. I’m not a hidden Sports Journalist and...... Read more Fixtures released for Bet9ja football fiesta set for kick off in Benin City as Edo State League winds down

The much anticipated 4th edition of the Bet9ja football competition for grassroots teams in and outside Edo State will start on Monday, October 8, 2018. The annual tournament which has now...... Read more Nigeria's Durugbor scores late winner to secure promotion for Vaxjo in Sweden

When professional clubs make an investment on a striker, the hope is that the investment would yield results in the form of goals that would fire the club to a higher...... Read more Thumbs Up for Enyimba FC, D’Tigress!!

This week dear readers, we will again give kudos to those that calmly deserved them. It is not hidden that in club football in Nigeria, only one football club has been...... Read more Isaac Success pays moving tribute to grassroots coach who housed him and helped him succeed

One important demographic in the rise of every grassroots footballer who becomes a successful professional is the youth coaches of these players. They are the ones who exude passion, fidelity, trust...... Read more Where’s the fighter and sulking Sanchez of Arsenal?

There are two South Americans I came to love for their on-field style of play in the English Premier League. They were both aggressive personalities who drove their teams with passion...... Read more Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx

The result of the then much talked about and fought elective congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is no longer news. However, one must commend the peaceful, transparent, free, fair...... Read more Barcelona invite 5 grassroots players from Benin City to their Academy.

Barcelona coaches were in Benin City last friday for a one-day scouting program and, at the end of about 3 hours of watching thousands of young stars strut their footballing sun...... Read more NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy

You simply mentioned your names as Samuel and Yakubu from Plateau State in different telephone conversations on Monday, September 10, by 11pm and 1.30a.m respectively where you boasted that one million...... Read more Salisu Yusuf Fraud: Where is Buhari’s EFCC? Where is ICPC?

Daily Sports celebrate with the teeming fans of the beautiful game in the country as the Super Eagles bounced back to reckoning in 2019 AFCON to be held in Cameroun by...... Read more Football Matters Miscellaneous

Let me, first of all, thank you, loyal readers, for solely believing in SPORTS pulse and Daily Sports as the authoritative and authentic daily all sports portal. I’m humbled by your...... Read more Jose Mourinho's Manchester United 'a collection of faulty parts'

Manchester United have been keen to push out the "nothing to see here" message, despite manager Jose Mourinho's clear frustration with the club's transfer policy and mounting evidence that this is...... Read more After The Last Siege On NFF, Amaju's Victory Vindicates the Just!

For keen observers and analysts, the hen is yet to come home to roost as far as the crisis rocking the nation’s football is concerned. It is obvious that the dispute...... Read more Federal Government vs NFF: The Fittest Smiles Last!

You cannot eat your cake and have it goes the popular saying. Chris Giwa, Solomon Dalung and their cohorts that brought Nigeria football yet again to this impasse and this time...... Read more Universities League: Benin Warriors striker Imade scores stunner to give UNIBEN win over UNILAG

University of Benin football team on Wednesday evening qualified for round two of the ongoing maiden edition of Universities league football competition courtesy of a 1-0 win over visiting University of...... Read more Nigerian Football on My Mind

I have been roundly convinced once again that SPORTS PULSE, a weekly column that runs every Monday in your very favourite and authoritative all sports online newspaper, Daily Sports since its...... Read more Nigeria may lose young prolific striker Durugbor to Sweden

The sight of a united France in celebration as they blazed the trail to winning the World Cup in Russia was a victory for liberalism. With players from different social,cultural, religious...... Read more Arsenal Academy's Emile Smith-Rowe is the new phenomenon

Nothing pleases a big club more than seeing a young player that has the blood of the club running in his veins rise up to become a big star for the...... Read more