Paris Saint-Germain club manager, Mauricio Pochettino, has described the non-performance of Lionel Messi since he left Barcelona FC as bad luck. Messi was on a free transfer window to the PSG and has completed his time where he left his mother club last summer.
The seven-time Ballon d’ Or winner has been chided by PSG fans when he could not be at his best following a disappointing first season at Parc des Princes.
The Super Falconets of Nigeria were drawn into Group C of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup competition to play against France, Canada, and Korea. The draw ceremony took place at the Teatro Nacional (National Theatre) in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.
Arsenal Legend, Thierry Henry has nominated Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane as his choice players for this year's Ballon d’Or.
Both players, Mane and Benzema will come face to face in the Champions League final slated for France by end of this month after Real Madrid and Liverpool secured their places. Liverpool netted Villarreal to emerge victorious in the final, as Real Madrid rubbished Manchester City in the semi-final.
International football body, FIFA has fined Nigeria N63.9 million as a result of vandalism that occurred at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on March 29, 2022. The Super Eagles failed to secure a spot for the 2022 World Cup, hundreds of disappointed fans invaded the pitch and destroyed sections of the stadium after Nigeria played a 1-1 draw against Ghana during the World Cup qualifiers.
Former Chelsea football player, Didier Drogba has been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. Drogba was inducted on Thursday alongside Paul Scholes, Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany, Peter Schmeichel, and Ian Wright increasing the number of inductees to sixteen.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been handed a soft route to Côte d’Ivoire for the Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) as they are favourite to finish top of the group and qualify ahead of Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and either Sao Tome and Principe or Mauritius who are members of the same group.
