Author: Oladimeji Adeoye

Valencia to Ban Three Fans for Vinicius Racial Abuse Vinicius Racial Abuse: Real Madrid Right winger Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior, commonly known as Vinícius Júnior has faced a Racial Abuse in a game against Valencia on Saturday. Valencia Football club has made a bold statement in regard to the racial abuse Real Madrid winger Vinícius Jr suffered during their weekend La Liga encounter. Vinicius, who was in tears, was shown a red card in the game following his alteration with Valencia, but prior before then, he had been abused by some fans in the stadium. “Valencia CF wishes…

Dakkada FC, an Akwa Ibom based club, has thanked the Governor of the State, Udom Emmanuel, after being relegated to the second tier of the Nigerian League (NNL). Dakkada’s relegation was confirmed after earning 13 points following the conclusion of the abridged regular season. On their website: “2022/2023 has been a sad domestic football season for the players, coaches, ad hoc and management members of staff and indeed everyone associated with Dakkada Football Club. It is regrettable that after four unbroken years in the top flight, our best efforts throughout the season fell short of the minimum requirement to stay…

Newcastle Qualify For Champions League. Newcastle United sealed a UCL spot last night after a barren draw encounter with Leicester City at the St. James Park Stadium, Newcastle. The Magpies amassed 70 points after 37 games, mathematically only Manchester United who occupy the 4th spot can go ahead of Newcastle, while Liverpool can’t, even with a win in their last game. Newcastle have played well over 125 games in Europe and have previously enjoyed two Champions League campaigns – the first in 1997/98, when they famously beat Barcelona 3-2 at St. James’ thanks to a Faustino Asprilla hat-trick, the second…

The Secretary-General of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mohammed Sanusi has denied allegations that he’s being paid his monthly salaries in the US dollars. Mohammed Sanusi was under fire when reports over the weekend said he is being paid $10,000 monthly, a report he denied while speaking with the Guardian Newspaper via a telephone conversation from Argentina shortly before the Eaglets faced the Dominican Republic in their first game of the U-20 FIFA World Cup. “I don’t know where that person got his report, but I am telling you that I don’t receive a monthly salary in dollars. “In the first…

Madrid beat Olympiacos to become Euro League Champions Madrid beat Olympiacos 79-78 in an epic final in Kaunas to win the Euro League. Real Madrid became European champion for the eleventh time in the club’s history, the third time in eight years (2015, 2018 and 2023). They overcame Olympiacos, just as they did in 1995 in Zaragoza and 2015 in Madrid, in a memorable final that saw them once again pull off another feat and surpass themselves. After the heroic win in the Euro league final against Olympiacos, Chus Mateo spoke in the press room of the Zalgirio Arena: “We’ve…

The Flying Eagles opened their campaign in the ongoing U-20 World Cup with a victory over the Dominican Republic last night in Argentina. Ladan Bosso’s boys sailed by a 2-1 scoreline full-time. Rosario Pena’s own goal in the 31st minute of the first half handed the Eaglets their first goal. Azcona leveled from the spot kick for the Dominican Republic, but they were put into an unfortunate scene after Adeniran Lawal grabbed Eaglet’s winner in the 70th minute. Nigeria and Italy won their first games in the group D, meaning Italy are top and Eaglet sits in the second position…

The last games in the two abridged leagues were featured in all Stadia across the Federation as teams know their fate following the end of the 2022/22 season of the Nigeria Premier League. All the ten games featured were played at the same time (4pm) except the Nasarawa tie against Bendel Insurance which came 2 hours earlier than the other nine games. All games produced 22 goals, 4 home wins, 4 draws, and 2 away wins. From Group A of the Abridged League, Bendel Insurance, Enyimba FC, and Remo Stars sealed a Super Six spot. El Kanemi Warriors, who made…

Liverpool’s top4 finish has been ruined by Aston Villa, who held Liverpool to a 1-1 draw at Anfield. For Liverpool to make a top-four finish, either Newcastle United or Manchester United must lose their two remaining games. Roberto Firmino grabbed Liverpool’s equalizer in his last game in Liverpool colours at Anfield as he and Milner, Chamberlain, and Keita are set to depart the club at the expiration of their contract at the end of this season. Jürgen Klopp who received ban for two matches was not on the touchline during Liverpool’s horrendous tie against Villa. Manchester United, with a slim…

The Young Lion of Teranga last night claimed their first-ever U-17 African Cup of Nations after beating Morocco in the final. Senegal has made tremendous achievements in the past two years, winning the AFCON, Beach Soccer, CHAN, U-20 AFCON, and now U-17 AFCON. What a memorable and remarkable year it has been for Senegal, who won most of those titles for the first time in their history. Abdelhamid Boudlal’s perfectly timed header made the difference at the break, giving Atlas of Lions the first-half lead and becoming the first goal Senegal will concede since the start of the tournament. Resilient…

Hip hop singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known know as 2Face or 2 Baba, said men are programmed to cheat on their partners during a season 2 of a reality TV show, ‘Young, Famous and African’, which premiered on Friday. “Men are wired like that. A man will love a woman to h*ll. Maybe he is somewhere, his d**k would just decide to do something else. “He will f*k, but he won’t even give a f*k about that person. He just wants to sort out that sh*t.“ His wife, Annie Idibia, who was also a model on the show, asked her…

The Confederation of African Football, CAF Executive Committee, has implemented a new qualifying format for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The decision was made during the executive meeting chaired by the President of CAF, Dr. Patrice Motsepe, held in Algiers today. In the meeting, CAF also announced the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 Final Draw date and host of the African Women Champions League. According to CAF in regards to the FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers, the Executive Committee approved the format and dates of the Qualifiers. The new format has been adapted in line with FIFA’s…

David Adedeeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido , has said governance is not hard after the recent developments implemented by the Governor of Osun State, Adeleke Jackson, who is his uncle. The Afrobeat super star David Adeleke known as Davido shared a post on his Twitter timeline with the inscription “Governance is not hard when you do the right thing”. The post which was made by Inside Osogbo indicated that the Osun State Govt. has approved the payment of allowances for clinical and non-clinical workers of the UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital. The Inside Osogbo news outlet post shared by Davido contains…

Westham United reached their first European finals after 47 years of striving. The English outfit beat AZ Alkmaar to a slim 1-0 win and ended the semi-final tier of UEFA Europa League Conference on 3-1 aggregate. Pablo Fornals goal in the second half of injury time was enough to get the job done, following a resilient display which limited the home side’s chances as they sought to come back from a 2-1 first-leg deficit. “For us to get to a final is a thrill. It’s huge, a great night. Let’s be fair, maybe if you saw us [come so close]…

José Mourinho guided Roma to their second European final after playing a stalemate against Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League last night. AS Roma qualified ahead of the German side after playing a 1-1 score in Italy. AS Roma will battle regular UEFA Europa League finalist Sevilla in the final after Sevilla triumphed over Juventus in a 5 goals thriller encounter. In a post match interview when Mourinho was asked about his achievement in two years with Roma, the Portuguese said, he’s not aware as that doesn’t seems to be a worry rather helping the…

An Islamic Cleric by the name of Sheikh Yelma has revealed the reason why the late Yoruba actor Murphy Afolabi was not prayed for before he was buried. The Sheikh said his roles in movies were contrary to the tenets of islam. In a video clip posted by the cleric on YouTube, he said: “What we posted yesterday was that we cannot pray for (late) Murphy Afolabi because in the movies he usually acts in, and particularly Yoruba movies, it has a lot of forbidden things including traditional sacrifices, and it is rare for the actors not to be involved…

The Premier League has shortlisted six managers who will compete for the best manager award for the 2022/23 season. Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Roberto Zerbi, Unai Emery, Eddie Howe and Marco Silva are managers whose names are shortlisted for the best award by the Premier League. The Premier League disclosed that fans, have until 12:00 BST on Monday, 22 May to choose their favourite manager by voting. The votes from the public will be combined with those of a panel of football experts to decide the winner, who will be announced on Tuesday 30 May. Premier League on their website…

Liverpool have confirmed that Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita, James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will leave the club upon the expiry of their contracts this season. It’s understood that the quartet will leave the club as free agents at the end of the season with their new destination yet to be known. Liverpool’s statement on the club website: “The four all played their part in Jürgen Klopp’s side winning the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup in 2019, before becoming the first Liverpool team to clinch the league title for 30 years as they racked up 99…

Manchester City to play final as they denied Madrid a back-to-back final after beating them by 4-0 at full time in the Etihad stadium tonight. Pep Guardiola reached his second final after the 2021 version, he lost to his English counterpart Chelsea. The Cityzen qualified by 5-1 aggregate over Real Madrid. Bernardo Silva’s brace gave Citizen a glimpse and a foot into the final. In the 76th minute, Real Madrid defender Eddie Militao’s colossal own goal pulverized Madrid’s chances, extending the score to 3-0. Julian Alvarez made it 4-0 at the extra minutes. Manchester City will face Inter Milan, who…

Inter Milan beat Italian arch-rival AC Milan by 1-0 at San Siro Stadium during the second leg of the UEFA Champions League match to reach their first final since 2010. Inter triumphed over AC Milan in both legs, amassing a 3-0 aggregate. Captain Lautero Martinez’s lone goal in the 74th minute earned Inter their first spot in the UCL final after 13 years. Simone Inzaghi’s words at the end of the win against Milan: “We will probably realize in the next few days what we have achieved, for us it was a dream at the beginning but we always believed…

Folarin Balogun has declared that he will be playing for the US men’s national team after switching from England. The on loan striker to Reims has completed his switch and will be eligible to represent USA in the 2026 World Cup. FIFA confirmed on Tuesday that a request from the U.S. Soccer Federation to change his eligibility has been accepted. The 21-year-old has played for England and the USA at the youth level previously, before becoming a regular at Under-21 level for the Three Lions. “My parents were on holiday there for a few months because we have family in…

Former Arsenal legend, Paul Merson, believes Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal-scoring fine form can save Nottingham Forest from relegation from the Premier League to Championship this season as the league approaches ending during an interview with Sky Sports. Since Steve Cooper began to play Taiwo Awoniyi again, he has netted a brace twice in successive games for Forest, against Southampton and Chelsea, taking his tally to 9 this season and becoming first Forest player to achieve this feat since 1995. “For Forest to go 2-1 down and draw 2-2, it’s a massive, massive point” “Awoniyi, who scored the two goals, was a…

Liverpool triumphed over Leicester City last night at the King Power Stadium, thereby building up hope to finish in the top4 this season. While doing so, Liverpool have won their last seven games in the Premiership, mounting pressure on Manchester United and Newcastle United. Curtis Jones put Liverpool ahead in the first half, scoring twice in the span of three minutes. Alexander Arnold made it 3-0 in the 71st minute with his magnificent free-kick. Since he was moved to a new role, Trent has had at least a goal contribution in every game. Mohamed Salah orchestrated all the goals with…

After Arsenal suffered a 3-0 defeat last night at the Emirate Stadium to Brighton & Hove Albion, Martin Odegaard has conceded that Arsenal’s title challenge is virtually over, but has exhorted his teammates to finish the season strongly. Three second-half goals for the Seagulls saw Arsenal lose for just the second time at home in the league this campaign, and leaves Manchester City needing just one win from their final three matches to be crowned champions. With that in mind, Martin Odegaard is just hoping for Arsenal to claim back-to-back wins against Nottingham Forest and Wolves over the next fortnight…

FC Barcelona have been crowned Champions of Spain after beating Espanyol in Cornellà to mathematically clinch the club’s 27th league title and their first under coach Xavi Hernández. Barcelona accumulated 85 points with 4 games to spare and finished the campaign with 14 points above Real Madrid, who sits in second place with 71 points. Just at the 53rd minute, Barcelona had already taken a 0-4 lead in the derby game against Espanyol. Robert Lewandowski grabbed a brace, Balde and Joules Kounde added their names into the score sheet. It’s Barcelona, Ninth league trophy in 15 years. This was their…

Arsenal’s hope in shamble as Brighton, defeated Arsenal 3-0 full-time score. Before the tie, Manchester City had defeated Everton to go four points clear of the Gunners, the game tonight confirms that City is now four points clear with a game at hand. Brighton, through a first-half and second-half lead, moves close to finishing up in a European tournament spot after acquiring 59 points. Brighton’s manager was quoted 6 days ago saying they will give all it takes to return to winning ways after they were battled by Everton last week on their turf. Encisco, Undav, and Estupinan’s goals secured…

Super Eagles duo, Joe Aribo and Paul Onuachu’s relegation along with Southampton, was confirmed yesterday following the 2-0 defeat they suffered to Fulham. After 36 games, Southampton only amassed 24 points, which is the least by any club and conceded the most goals (35). During their 11 years of stay in the top flight, Southampton introduced a few great players like Sadio Mané, Virgil Van Dijk, Tusan Tadic, Dejan Lovren etc. These players left the club for other great clubs. Onuachu since joining the Saint from Genk in a deal of around €18m during the January transfer made 11 appearances…

Chelsea’s struggles continue as they fell to another disappointing game at Stamford Bridge against Nottingham Forest, who are battling to survive relegation. Frank Lampard has only secured a win in his last seven games since returning to the club as a caretaker. Taiwo Awoniyi fired Nottingham Forest to an early lead at Stamford Bridge. Raheem Sterling equalized for Chelsea in the 51st minute and added another just after seven minutes, just as Chelsea fans were about celebrating their club’s come back, Taiwo Awoniyi hit his second for Forest in the 62nd minutes helping Forest with a point at Stamford Bridge.…

Wikki Tourist of Bauchi has written an official letter to IMC suggesting the probing of center referee Mr. Ayeni Ridwan from Lagos, who officiated their rescheduled game against Rivers United played at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi. Wikki who is battling relegation, said, Mr. Ridwan’s officiating depicts match-fixing with his unfriendly approach to them and  favoring the visitors, Rivers United. The club has called on IMC to rewatch the game and pay close attention to the poor officiating they suffered on their turf. Due to Rivers United’s engagement in the Continental tournament, they had a few of their…

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been voted as Premier League best player for April. The City striker played in four matches across the month – winning all four while scoring six goals and providing two assists in the process. Haaland, who also won the award in August, scored his 50th goal across all competitions this season and equaled Andy Cole and Alan Shearer’s record of 34 goals in the Premier League, which he has now surpassed. Haaland beat teammate Kevin Debruyne, Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Alexander Isak (Newcastle United), Diogo Jota (Liverpool), Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa),…

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been voted as the Football Writers Association’s best player of the Year. He claimed 82% of the total cotes cast beating teammate Kevin Debruyne, Arsenal duo Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka and Manchester United forward, Marcus Rashford. Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been named the Football Writers’ Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year for 2022-23. The 22-year-old Norwegian becomes the first City player to win the award since Ruben Dias in 2021, and only the fourth player to win it in their first season playing in England, following Dias, Gianfranco Zola (1997) and…