Author: Oladimeji Adeoye

Bitnob today became an Elite Sponsor of the Nigeria Professional Football League after signing a multi-year deal today and was unveiled by the League Management Company (LMC). Bitnob is a technology and financial services company built on top of Bitcoin technologies. Bitnob offers automated Bitcoin savings and purchases, Bitcoin collateralized loans, remittance services, OTC, and business applications that make it easier for people to transition into the Bitcoin economy. Reacting to this growth LMC Chairman, Shehu Dikko said: “I want to congratulate Bitnob for believing in us. Bernard walked into my office and said he won’t leave until the deal…

The Zimbabwean Premier League which is also known as Castle Lager Premier Soccer League has been hit by suspension following the continuous assault of pitches by fans causing uproar and unrest. The Zimbabwe Premier League Football body took the decision today after the game between Highlanders and Dynamos on Sunday at the Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo was abandoned due to fans’ invasion of the pitch. As of today, when the Zimbabwe Football Federation announced the suspension of the league, 15 games have been played with Chicken Inn leading on the log with 31 points 6 points above the defending champions who…

The top four contests may have just been decided last night when Mikel Arteta and Arsenal slumped at St. James Park Stadium, England last night where they lost an emphatic game to Newcastle United in their pursuit for European first-tier competition next season. Tottenham goes two points ahead of Arsenal in fourth place, and Chelsea’s qualifications were confirmed last night. Arsenal last featured in the Champions League in the 2016-17 season during the Arsenal Wenger era. The Gunners have not played in the competition for five years now under all the managers recruited to replace the longest-serving Arsenal serving manager…

Jake Daniel has publicly come out to declare his sexuality as gay. The 17-year-old rose from the Academy football of Blackpool, where he has contributed enormously to the club, scoring 30 goals. A milestone record that has helped him sign his first professional contract with Blackpool senior team. Daniel Jake is not the only known professional football player to have announced publicly his sexuality. In 1990, Justin Fashanu was the UK’s first professional football player to come out as gay, but his career was cut short by homophobia before he took his life. Justin Fashanu died on 2 May 1998…

Anthony Joshua has decided to make some changes in his camp to help him prepare for a rematch later this year against Oleksandr Usyk. Anthony Joshua has promoted Angel Fernandez from the role of a coach to head of the trainer. Fernandez will replace Rob McCracken, who has been with Joshua since his beginner days. In September last year, Anthony Joshua lost the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight belts by unanimous decision to the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Stadium, London. Immediately after the fight last year, Anthony Joshua’s team had “theoretically” activated the rematch clause to face Oleksandr…

The Serbian soared in the first half against Stefanos Tsitsipas who returned lively into the game during the second half. Djokovic beat his counterpart Stefanos by 6-0 7-6 (7-5) to claim the title. Djokovic has himself fired up for the French Open that will begin next week Sunday, Djokovic has now won his sixth title in Rome and will hope to equal a 21st grand slam record in the French Open. Djokovic in an interview with BBC Sport said: “I could not ask for a better lead-up to Roland Garros,” said Djokovic. “I’m going to Paris with confidence and good…

The Portuguese appointment had a twist after he was approached by the NFF, who then decided to appoint Austin Eguaveon on an interim agreement. The Portuguese will replace Austin with instantaneous effect as confirmed by NFF. The Portuguese CV is enticing with enormous experience, he has coached in elite clubs such as FC Porto, Braga, Sporting CP, and as assistant manager at Madrid among others. NFF in a declaration on Sunday said the appointment is “with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms” between the football body and the Portuguese. “Peseiro is expected to lead out the Super…

The English Premier League title race is getting to the wire, with three games left between the two top contenders. Manchester City with only a game is four points clear of Liverpool. Liverpool has a game at hand due to their involvement in the F.A cup final last night against Chelsea. Mathematically, Liverpool can still override City to win the league this season should City draw against Aston Villa and Liverpool win both games left, then there may just be depressing moments among the City fans. Conversely, if City wins against Aston Villa on 22 May, then Liverpool can’t dream.…

FC Union Berlin has qualified for the Europa League following their narrow victory over Bochum on the last day of the 2021-21 Bundesliga season. They secured the European second-tier slot along with Freiburg after finishing 5th place on the log with 57 points. They have now ensured a back-to-back European qualification though they crashed out of this season’s Europa League Conference from the group stage, finishing behind Feyenoord and Slavia Prague. Another opportunity avails itself for the Iron Ones as they will look forward to improving their stint in Europe next season. Taiwo Awoniyi was involved in the club’s achievement…

Al Ahly, the giant of Egypt and the most successful club in Africa, makes it to their third final in a row. They have now featured in the finals of 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 respectively, winning the 2020-21 edition against Kaizer Chief of South Africa at the Stade Mohammed V Casablanca, Morocco. They made their third consecutive appearance after knocking out Es Setif of Algeria following their 2-2 draw and a qualification advantage of 6-2 aggregate. Al Ahly overpowered Es Setif in Egypt to a 4-0 score line, a colossal advantage that helped the Red Devils during the first leg.…

Liverpool defeated Chelsea today to claim their 8th F. A Cup in their history. The last time both met in a FA Cup final was in 2012, when Chelsea won it by 2-1 at the Wembley Stadium. Tonight, the two big giants met in yet another definitive final that went in the favor of Liverpool. Both teams have met four times this season and have drawn all the games. 1-1 and 2-2 were the results in both fixtures in the league and 0-0 in both F. A and Carabao Cup, in which Liverpool edged the London club in both finals…

In its 28th game of the season, Rivers United was denied a 10 points lead ahead of close rival Plateau United by relegation side, Heartland FC at Owerri, Imo State. Rivers have shown resilience this season with their resplendent performance. The pride of Rivers has lost only four of their twenty-eight games this season, they have won seventeen and maintained seven draws. Ishaq Kayode, the season’s top scorer with 14 goals, and Chiojioke Akuneto who also has netted 11 times this season could not rescue their sinking club at the Anyiam Stadium, Owerri. Coach Stanley resorted to five changes yet…

China withdraws as the host of the Asian Cup due to the extreme outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic ransacking the nation. The Asian tournament which is scheduled for 16 June to 16 July 2023 was to be held in over 10 cities in China but will now be hosted in a different country, the Asian Football Federation has confirmed. The Asian Cup is a quadrennial men’s football tournament organized by the AFC, with 24 nations in participation. It is the second oldest-known football tournament after Copa América. The last edition was held in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar. Qatar won…

The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed the appointment of Salisu Yusuf as the Team B head coach of the Super Eagles also known as the CHAN team in a statement released by the NFF this morning. Despite being caught on camera in his despicable involvement in cash collection from men posing as football agents four years ago, Salisu was reappointed and confirmed as the head coach of Team B and the country’s Olympics team. According to the Executive Committee of NFF, Salisu will be assisted by three coaches, Former Akwa United manager Kennedy Boboye,  Fatai Osho, Abubakar Bala Mohammed, and…

Tottenham is just a point away from locking horns with Arsenal on the EPL table. Arsenal, who has not lost any of their last four games in the league, was ransacked last night at the White Hart Lane Stadium, London by Tottenham. Arsenal had faced difficult games in their previous four and triumphed in all against Chelsea, Manchester United, Westham, and Leeds United United but failed to replicate the same against resilient Antonio Conte’s men. Twenty-two minutes into the game, Harry Kane converted from the spot-kick to give Tottenham the lead through Cedric’s horrendous challenge. Rob holdings was sent off…

There has been for years now an internal endless bogged down in the Nigeria Basketball Federation which has stimulated the Federal Government to place a two-year withdrawal of NBBF participation in any international competition or tournament. During the NBBF election held earlier this year to determine its executive committee, two factions emerged from the election held in Benin and Abuja. The incumbent NBBF President Musa Kida was reelected into office along with Babatunde Ogunade as the vice president-elect. Meanwhile, in Abuja, another election took place that brought in Noche Mark, as President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), and Osita…

Inter Milan joined AS Roma as the second club to have won the Coppa Italia (9) times and now 5 behind Juventus who have won it the most (14). The Old Ladies of Turin were denied their 15th Coppa Italia last night at the Stadio Olympico, Rome, Italy. In January, Juventus lost the Supercoppa final to Inter by 2-1 after extra time at the San Siro stadium, Milan. They lost yet another trophy after extra time to Inter by a 4-2 scoreline. Despite the acquisition of a few players like Dusan Vlahovic and others, Juventus continues to strive abroad and…

Ten Hag ended his campaign with AFC Ajax delivering to the club the Eredivisie title for the third time in a row and the club’s 36 Eredivisie titles in history. Meaning no club in Eredivisie history has acquired such a superiority, only PSV Eindhoven appears close with 24 winning their latest in the 2016/17 season. Ajax clinched the title after engulfing Heerenveen by a 5-0 scoreline at the Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam. The Eredivisie champions scored three goals just before halftime and scored two towards the end of the encounter.  Ajax secured maximum points of 82 after 33 games ahead…

Liverpool’s tremendous defensive midfielder Fabinho Tavares could miss the final of the Champions League against Real Madrid on 28 May 2022 in Paris. The midfielder sustained a hamstring injury during a Liverpool clash with Aston last night at Villa Park. The midfielder was forced out from the pitch 30 minutes into their 1-2 win over Aston Villa in the 36th game of the season. The scan has shown that the Brazilian will require surgery and has been confirmed to be out of the Liverpool F.A final against Chelsea on Saturday and will not take part in any of Liverpool’s remaining…

In line with AFCON 2022 preparation, the newly appointed Super Eagles Coaching crew released a list of 29 players invited to take part in the National team friendly matches against Ecuador and Mexico before the Eagles head up for Sierra Leone in their first AFCON qualifiers games. Eight players gained call-up from the local league (NPFL) among the twenty-nine players invited to participate in both friendlies games against Mexico which will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on May 28, 2022. The second friendly will be against Ecuador at the Red Bull Arena, New York, on 2…

Raducanu will face another injury setback after she sustained a back injury during the Italian open first-round match against Canada’s Bianca Andreescu. The 19-year-old could not continue after she was attended to by the medical team off the court. Recently, Emma Ruducanu had suffered some injury and will hope to return to action before the French Open starts. Emma ranked 12th best in the world had to stop despite leading her counterpart by 6-2-2-1 at the time. In an interview with BBC, Raducanu said: “I was definitely disappointed with how today went, but I guess I wanted to give it…

The Nest of Champions has been appointed by CAF to host this season’s CAF Confederation final for the very first time in history, slated for 20 May 2022. The 30,000-seater capacity stadium was selected over six other stadiums jostling to host the final, according to Paul Bassey. The Stadium is one of the best currently in Nigeria and is a home ground to defending champions Akwa United and Enugu Rangers this season. CAF delegations were in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state a month ago to inspect the Nest of Champions to ascertain its eligibility to host the 2021/22 CAF Confederation final.…