Andres Iniesta has confirmed he will leave Barcelona at the end of the season after 22 years associated with the club. He has made 669 appearances in 16 seasons, winning 31 trophies with the team and three majopr tournaments for Spain. In a press conference attended by members of the first team and the club’s board on Friday, Iniesta said he wanted to finish at Barca “feeling useful, feeling important and still winning titles”.
Rivers State Commissioner for Sports, Boma Iyaye, officially announced on Thursday that the Adokiye Aimesimaka Stadium will host month’s international friendly game between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and their DR Congo counterparts. The agreement was struck between the state and NFF for the Eagles to play their farewell game at the place where they started their journey to Russia in November 2015 when the Eagles defeated.
LaLiga and AJEAST Nigeria, the makers of Big Cola, have announced the signing of an agreement under which the multinational beverage company has become LaLiga’s latest regional partner in Nigeria.
The strategic partnership was announced at a press conference in Lagos, on Thursday. Gregory Bolle, LaLiga’s Head of global partnership sales; Mr. Theo Williams, Country Director of AJEAST Nigeria; and Perpetual Ohiri, Marketing Manager Big Cola Nigeria, took center stage at this event. Philip Diwan, CEO of Legacy Sports, Javier Del Rio, LaLiga’s Delegate in Nigeria, and LaLiga Ambassador Mutiu Adepoju were also among those in attendance.
Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi has won a European Union court battle to register his surname as a trademark to sell sports equipment and clothing. The football star may register his name as a trademark for sports equipment and clothing, the EU's second-highest court said, as he was famous enough to overcome phonetic similarities with Spanish bicycle clothing brand Massi.
Real Madrid moved a step closer to a third straight Champions League title after substitute Marco Asensio hit the winner in a 2-1 semi-final, first-leg victory at Bayern Munich on Wednesday. The 22-year-old came off the bench to finish a counter-attack and complete the holders’ comeback win, giving Real the advantage for the return game in Madrid next Tuesday.
Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss the rest of the season as well as the Russia 2018 World Cup, the club announced on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the midfielder was forced out from the field after 18 minutes of Liverpool’s 5-2 victory in the Champions League semi-final first leg at Anfield on Tuesday.
