Lobi Stars maintained top spot after edging visiting Plateau United 1-0 at the Aper Aku Stadium on Sunday. Kumaga Suur scored the only goal of the game in the 23rd minute to earn the Makurdi team all the three points. The win took Lobi to 36 points, one point above second placed Remo Stars. In Ikenne, Remo Stars kept pace with leaders Lobi with a hard fought 2-1 home win over Abia Warriors on Sunday. Dela Akorli opened the scoring to put the Daniel Ogunmodede’s team infront nice minutes into the game, and Ahmed Akinyele doubled the lead in the 63rd minute. However, Sunday Megwo pulled…
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Former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has advised the London club to sign Napoli and Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen next season. As the team lingers in midtable, Obi does not think their current rebuilding job has been very outstanding. In a chat with TrilbalFootball, Mikel described Osimhen as a player that knows how to get the goals, and believes Osimhen could be the man to solve Chelsea’s problems. The former Nigeria captain said, “We need a striker, simple as that. We need a good one. If you watch (Erling) Haaland, most of his goals, where are they? In the box.…
Tanzania have sacked their manager one game into the African Cup of Nations after he picked up an eight-match touchline ban for accusing Morocco of influencing referee appointments The East African nation will go into their next group stage games against Zambia and Congo without their boss Adel Amrouche after he was fired just one game into AFCON. Amrouche made a furious rant before Tanzania’s 3-0 defeat to Morocco, which saw him banned by CAF from the touchline for eight matches. AFP reported that Algerian national Amrouche claimed the Atlas Lions held too much sway in African football, and that the World Cup…
Arsenal moved up to third in the Premier League (PL) with a comfortable and morale-boosting 5-0 thrashing over Crystal Palace, ending a sobering four-match winless run across all competitions. The Gunners needed a fast start to negate a mini-crisis over the Christmas period, and they managed to do just that, alleviating the recent festive gloom that had engulfed North London. Declan Rice delivered a corner of pinpoint accuracy towards Gabriel, who outmuscled Chris Richards and powered a header past Dean Henderson for his second goal of the season. It was the Gunners’ 12th set piece goal in the PL -…
Defending champions Senegal have progressed to the knockout stages of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after a 3-1 win over Cameroon on Friday. This Group C game between two of the continent’s heavyweights offered plenty of intrigue as the defending champions faced the five-time winners in Yamoussoukro. After just 16 minutes, Aliou Cissé’s side drew first blood thanks to Ismaïla Sarr’s opener. The Olympique Marseille striker fired into the bottom right-hand corner after Cameroon defence failed to clear away Lamine Camara’s corner, and Cissé’s effort took a hefty deflection off André-Frank Zambo Anguissa before beating André Onana. After missing Cameroon’s 1-1 tie with…
Cape Verde Islands become the first country to qualify for the Round of 16 of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast after beating Mozambique 3-0 on Friday. Former Manchester United player Bebe scored a 40-yard free-kick to put Cape Verde infront in the 32nd minute, while Captain Ryan Mendes took advantage of a defensive mistake to double their lead six minutes after the break. In the 69th minute, Kevin Pina then hammered a brilliant strike into the top corner from outside the box to seal the win. Mozambique’s best moments came through Geny Catamo. He won a penalty in the…
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William Troost-Ekong’s second-half penalty handed Nigeria a narrow 1-0 victory over Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) hosts Ivory Coast, a first defeat for the Elephants in nine matches and a result that blows Group A open with one fixture to go. The first competitive meeting in over a decade between these two multiple-time tournament winners began with an electric pace. Nine minutes on the clock, within 60 seconds of one another, at one end of the field Victor Osimhen broke free of the hosts’ back line before skying his first attempt at goal. Then rushing towards the opposite goal, Stanley…
Olympique Lyon have completed the signing of Nigerian striker Gift Orban for €13m. The striker joins the French club from Gent until 2028 after completing his medical yesterday. The Nigerian attacker has enjoyed an extraordinary rise since joining Norwegian club Stabæk Fotball back in 2022 from Bison FC, a club in Nigeria. In his first and only season there, he scored 19 goals and gave seven assists in just 24 appearances, drawing the attention of KVV Gent who signed him last winter for €3.3 million. His form didn’t stop there, as in his first half-season in Belgium he proved to…
It was a dream start to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for hosts Ivory Coast as they avoided the ignominy of becoming the first host nation to lose their opener in this century with a 2-0 win over Guinea Bissau on Saturday. Ivorian fans can now dream of becoming the first host nation to lift the trophy since Egypt in 2006, but looking to derail those aspirations next will be opponents here Nigeria. Jean-Louis Gasset’s side will enter this clash in high spirits and with some solid form under their belts having lost just one of their last 11 matches (W7,…