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Rivers United General Manager, Okey Kpalukwu has assured that the team will make Nigerians proud by advancing to the next stage of the CAF Confederation Cup, BSNSports.com.ng reports.Rivers United will confront Dreams FC of Ghana at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium Uyo in their final group game of the CAF Confederation Cup.According to him, everyone at…

The huge controversy generated over the injury that knocked out Sadiq Umar from the last AFCON has forced the Real Sociedad striker to now keep his distance from the national team.Sadiq was ruled out of the 2023 AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire on account of a knee injury just before the final squad was submitted to…

Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain are destined to lose star forward Kylian Mbappe this summer, Soccernet.ng reports.Mbappe has been with PSG since 2017 when he joined from Monaco on a loan transfer. The deal was made permanent the following year for an astonishing €180 million.In the seven years that he has been in Paris, Mbappe…

Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Michael Awoniyi, has had his strike against David Moyes’ West Ham United nominated for the club’s February goal of the month, Soccernet.ng reports.Awoniyi, 26, missed the AFCON 2023 with the Super Eagles of Nigeria due to a recurrent groin problem which he needed to get surgery on.Since he…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi could return to action before the international break with the midfielder making good progress in his comeback from injury, BSNSports.com.ng reportsNdidi has not played since the win at Cardiff in December 2023 after sustaining a muscle injury that required surgery.He was initially ruled out for three…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has moved swiftly to fill the vacancy of the head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria following the decision of Jose Peseiro not to continue as coach, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.In a statement on all his social media handles, the coach announced that he is leaving the job…

…Portuguese tactician resignsThe team lost to Cote d’Ivoire in the final of this year’s edition of African Nations (AFCON) hosted by Cote D’Ivoire.His contract with the team expired in February and he was supposed to continue with the team after meeting his semi-final target. Although there were reports that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was…

Following Al-Nassr’s 3-2 victory over Riyadh rivals Al-Shabab on Sunday, video footage showed Ronaldo covering his ear and repeatedly pushing his hand forward, near his pelvis, in a gesture that appeared to be aimed at Al-Shabab supporters. Background chants of “Messi”, about Lionel Messi, Ronaldo’s longtime rival, were heard. The Saudi Football Federation’s (SAFF) Disciplinary…