A late strike from substitute Christopher Nkunku earned Chelsea a narrow 1-0 victory over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, extending their unbeaten H2H run to six games in the process. It has been a mixed start for Chelsea so far this term, and they travelled to south to face a Bournemouth side on a high after overturning a two-goal deficit at Everton before the international break. The Cherries were the better of the two sides before the break, and within four minutes they went within inches of breaking the deadlock when Marcus Tavernier’s long-range effort crashed back off the crossbar. Evanilson and Antoine Semenyo then sent efforts off…
Author: admin
Nottingham Forest stunned Liverpool to record a first victory at Anfield since 1969, as a Callum Hudson-Odoi strike handed Arne Slot his first defeat as Liverpool manager and continued Forest’s fine start to the season. Liverpool struggled to find their tempo in the opening 45 minutes, with Nottingham Forest players performing admirably in their individual battles to limit the hosts’ considerable attacking prowess. Most notably, Àlex Moreno nullified Mohamed Salah down the right-wing while Ryan Yatesand Alexis Mac Allister continually went head-to-head in a bruising midfield battle. The first half was not without its scares for the away side though. Luis Díaz crashed a strike against…
Manchester United recorded just a second win in their previous eight Premier League (PL) away games as they defeated newly-promoted Southampton 3-0 at St. Mary’s Stadium. After ending 2023/24 on a high, it has been a difficult start to this campaign for the Red Devils after back-to-back PL defeats. As such, Erik Ten Hag could ill afford another poor result on the south coast, especially against a Southampton outfit without a point to their name since their return to the top flight. Despite losing each of their first three league games, the Saints averaged 68% possession across those encounters and enjoyed much more of…
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland continues his impressive form, as he bagged a double for City in Saturday’s league victory over Brentford at the Etihad Stadium. The Premier League champions kept their 100% winning start in the 2024/25 season intact on Saturday after coming from behind to beat Brentford 2-1. Norwegian striker Haaland was City’s hero again finding the net twice against the ‘Bees’ and his double on Saturday saw the player move to nine Premier League goals from the opening four games. With his nine strikes, Haaland created a new record of the highest goal tally after the first four games…
Former Super Eagles head coach Finidi George has disclosed that Victor Osimhen has not apologised after his outburst on social media in June. Osimhen lashed out at Finidi in a live Instagram video after the latter reportedly accused him of pulling out of national team games. Finidi said Osimhen is yet to apologise even after he reached out to the striker. Finidi told Nigeria Info FM, “I sent him a message that it was not the best way, just someone telling you that coach said that and you’re taking about me like I said it in an interview. “From that…
Sunshine Stars of Akure started the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season with a 3-0 win over Bayelsa United at the Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu-Ode on Sunday. Sunshine Stars’ forward, Seidu Salisu opened the scoring with an assist from Promise Awosanmi in the 44th minute, and Awosanmi doubled the lead with a free kick in the 54th minute. Stephen Chuckwudi, who came from the bench, made it 3-0 in the 90th minute with a clinical finish that put the icing on the cake. Enyimba defeated Heartland 3-1 away from home in a thrilling oriental derby at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri…
Team Nigeria has concluded its campaign at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France. Nigeria finished 40th in the overall medal table with seven medals in total, two gold, three silver, and two bronze medals. Onyinyechi Mark won gold after breaking the Paralympic record in the women’s 61kg powerlifting category, lifting an incredible 145kg. The captain of the team, Folashade Oluwafemiayo won Team Nigeria’s second gold medal on the final day when she emerged tops in the women’s over 86kg para-powerlifting. She broke two world records to land another gold after achieving the feat at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic. Bose…
Super Eagles of Nigeria thrash Benin Republic 3-0 in their first game in Group D of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers in Uyo on Saturday. Ademola Lookman was in target twice, while Victor Osimhen scored a goal. It was a return to winning ways for the Eagles who headed into Saturday’s game against Benin on the back of three games without a win (two defeats, one draw). The last time both teams met was in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in June in Abidjan, which saw the Beninoise come from a goal down to win 2-1. Lookman opened the scoring…
In France, Moses Simon and Akor Adams were both on target for Nantes and Montpellier respectively in Nantes 3-1 away win over Montpellier in Saturday’s Ligue 1 game. Simon put Nantes back in front from the penalty spot in added minutes of the first half, after his compatriot, Adams had levelled for Montpellier in the 30th minute. Simon has now scored two goals in three league appearances this season. Gabriel Osho was in action for Auxerre who lost 3-1 away to Le Havre in the Ligue 1 on Sunday. The Nigerian defender was in the starting line-up before he was…
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has announced that the deal with Bruno Labbadia has been aborted, three days after the NFF announced the German as the new Super Eagles head coach. The football governing body also confirmed that Augustine Eguavoen will now take charge of the Super Eagles for the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda. The NFF said in a statement that stringent regulations of German tax authorities have conspired to abort the agreement between the federation and Coach Bruno Labbadia, for the latter to mount the saddle as Head Coach of…