Football

Eket Stadium

The Akwa Ibom State Government has approved the construction of a new 10,000 capacity stadium in Eket town.

Vincent Enyeama

Nigeria legend Vincent Enyeama, Portugal’s Euro 2016 hero Eder and France international Rio Mavuba are among 11 players who have been frozen out over the summer by new Lille coach Marcelo Bielsa.

Arsene Wenger is facing the biggest summer of his 21 years as manager of Arsenal. His team failed to qualify for next season’s Champions League and, in doing so, probably slipped further away from the Premier League title, a trophy it hasn’t won since 2004. Now, he has a summer to rectify that.

Nigerian born Chelsea wingback, Victor Moses is set to miss preseason training with his team mates at Chelsea following a recent toe surgery. Reports have it that the wingback who assisted the Blues to win the EPL with his sterling performance underwent a toe surgery at the end of the season after losing 2-1 to Arsenal in the FA cup final.

Nigeria international and captain of Super Eagles last match against South Africa, Ogenyi Onazi has terminated his contract with Turkish club Trabzonspor over unpaid wages. His agent and former Nigeria international Ayodele Stephen Makinwa says they have written to the club with their decision. Onazi played the final two months of last season without being paid, BBC reported.

Neymar has said that he was too shy to speak to Lionel Messi after arriving at Barcelona in 2013. The Brazil international star now shares top billing at Camp Nou alongside Messi, but making the step from Santos to Barcelona was harder than it might seem from the outside for Neymar.