Kelechi Iheanacho has completed his move to Spanish club, Sevilla as a free agent after the expiration of his contract at Leicester City. The Spanish club announced the signing on their social media pages on Wednesday afternoon. The Super Eagles player has put pen to paper on a two-year contract with the option of another year. The forward has now linked up with his compatriot Chidera Ejuke, who also joined Sevilla in few weeks ago. Iheanacho scored 61 goals and provided 34 assists in 232 matches during his time at Leicester City.
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The Super Falcons of the Nigeria have been knocked out of the women’s football event of the ongoing Olympics in Paris, after a 3-1 defeat to Japan in their last group game on Wednesday. Chelsea’s Maika Hamano put the Japanese ahead in the 22nd minute, and Mina Tanaka doubled the lead 10 minutes later. Juventus’ Onyi Echegini reduced the deficit for Nigeria three minutes before halftime, but Hikaru Kitagawa scored the third goal for the Asian side in the added minutes of the first half. The Randy Waldrum-led team needed an outright win to stand a chance of progressing into the knockout stage as…
Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho has arrived Spain to complete his transfer to Spanish LaLiga side Sevilla. Sevilla confirmed Iheanacho’s arrival with a photo of him at the airport and wrote in Igbo: “Nnọọ Kelechi” which in English means “Welcome Kelechi. Sevilla also posted another photo with the caption, “Senior Man is here 🇳🇬” The Super Eagles player would join Sevilla as a free agent after the expiration of his contract at Leicester City, who won promotion back to the Premier League. He is expected to sign a two-year deal with Sevilla. The 27-year-old, who joined Leicester in 2017 from Manchester…
Favour Ofili has expressed disappointment over the omission of her name from the 100m race at the ongoing 2024 Olympics in Paris. The Nigerian sprinter posted on her social media pages on Tuesday night, blaming the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) for the oversight. Ofili qualified for the women’s 100m as the Nigerian champion after winning the National title in Benin; but her name has been omitted from the official entries for Team Nigeria at the Olympics. “It is with great regret that I have just been told I will not be competing in…
A late Alexia Putellas wonderful long range free-kick earned world champions Spain a 1-0 win over the Super Falcons of Nigeria in their second Group C game of the women’s football event of the 2024 Olympic games in Paris. Putellas scored the winning goal in the 85th minute as her freekick sailed over goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and into the net. It is now back-to-back defeats for the Falcons while the Spaniards have made it two wins from two games. Falcons coach Randy Waldrum made a few changes with Asisat Oshoala and Esther Okoronkwo starting. Tonight’s loss puts the Falcons at the bottom of…
Argentina sealed a record-breaking 16th Copa América title and a third consecutive major trophy after an extra-time strike from Lautaro Martínez fired Lionel Scaloni’s side to a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Colombia in Miami. With kick-off delayed by over an hour due to major ticketing issues outside the Hard Rock Stadium, both teams wasted no time in asserting their authority on proceedings. First, Julián Álvarez flashed an effort wide for La Selección when well-placed in the box, before at the other end of the pitch, Jhon Córdoba fired a dangerous strike across the face of goal and against the woodwork.…
Spain became the most successful side in UEFA European Championship history, lifting the trophy for the fourth time thanks to a 2-1 win over England in the final of the 2024 edition at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Often criticised for his tactical inflexibility, Gareth Souhtgate – the first manager to lead England into two major tournament finals – sprung a surprise in the German capital by reverting to a defensive four, with Luke Shaw starting a competitive match for the first time since February. Spain made the early running as the Three Lions reacquainted themselves, but chances were few and…
Federation Cup champions El-Kanemi Warriors have been drawn against Beninoise club, Dadje FC in the preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup. El-Kanemi will host the first leg, while the reverse fixture will go down for Benin Republic. The winner over two legs will face former champions RS Berkane of Morocco in the second preliminary round. Nigeria’s other representative, Enyimba are however drawn bye in the first round of the preliminary round as one of the 12 highest-ranked teams in the competition. The People’s Elephant will take on the winner of Guinea’s Haifa FC and Rahimo of Burkina Faso in…
Nigeria’s representatives in the 2024/25 CAF Champions League, Enugu Rangers and Remo Stars have been drawn against US Zilimadjou of Comoros and AS FAR of Morocco respectively in the preliminary round. US Zilimadjou will host the Nigerian champions in the first leg between August 16-18, while the reverse fixture will go down at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium, Enugu between August 23-25. The winner over two legs will face the winner of the tie between St Louis of Mauritius and Angola’s GDSE in the second preliminary round. Enugu Rangers are back on the continent for the first time since 2016 with…
Ten-man Colombia held firm as they edged past Uruguay 1-0 to book their place in the Copa America final. Néstor Lorenzo’s men sealed their place in Sunday’s final with defending champions Argentina after a first-half header from Jefferson Lerma earned them a narrow 1-0 victory. Colombia, who played the entire second half with 10 men, are now unbeaten in an incredible 28 matches (W22, D6). Having breezed past Panama in the quarter-finals, Colombia made a positive start against Marcelo Bielsa’s side, as right-back Daniel Muñoz directed a good headed chance wide of the far post. La Celeste gradually grew into…