Afrobeats sensation, David Adeleke, widely known as Davido, has issued a response to the claims made by former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, regarding his absence at an event in Warri, Delta State, even after allegedly receiving over $94,600 (approximately N72 million). Taking to his Instagram story on Sunday, Davido clarified that he had notified the event organisers in advance that he wouldn’t be able to attend. Nevertheless, they persisted in promoting the show using his name. He said, “To my lovely fans in Warri that spent their hard-earned money to come out apologies that you had…
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Jadon Sancho is likely to leave Manchester United in January after a breakdown in relationship with manager Erik ten Hag, according to reports. At this stage, a loan move is more likely than a permanent transfer, with a return to former club Borussia Dortmund unexpected but not entirely ruled out. Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic is understood to be in regular contact with the England international. Ten Hag has no intention of backing down in his stand-off with Sancho, who has not featured for the club since August after declaring on social media he has “been a scapegoat for a long…
The Australian Open will become a 15-day event for the first time in 2024 in an attempt to reduce the number of late-night finishes at Melbourne Park. The tournament’s scheduling was questioned in January after Andy Murray described his 4am finish as a “farce”. Now the Grand Slam has added a day and will start on Sunday, January 14. A minimum of two matches will be scheduled for day sessions on the main courts, rather than three, to cut the risk of night sessions being delayed. Tournament director Craig Tiley said: “We’ve listened to feedback from the players and fans…
Ahead of Tuesday’s (today’s) UEFA Champions League meeting betwee Napoli and Real Madrid, Los Blancos manager Carlo Ancelotti has labelled Victor Osimhen ”a very dangerous player”. Both teams will lock horns in a matchday two encounter at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Osimhen is rated as one of the best strikers in the world at the moment. The Nigeria international came off the bench to score in Napoli’s 4-1 victory at Lecce last weekend. Ancelotti picked the forward and winger Kvicha Kvaratskhelia as the men, who could hurt his side in the game. “They are very good forwards who have…
Mykhailo Mudryk’s first goal for Chelsea and a strike from Armando Broja saw the Blues beat Fulham for only their second league win of the campaign. Mudryk has had a mixed time at Stamford Bridge since signing for £89m in January from Shakhtar Donetsk but his first-half performance looked as though it could be a turning point in his Chelsea career. The Ukrainian gave the away side the lead in the 18th minute when he controlled Levi Colwill’s chipped cross with his chest before finishing under Bernd Leno. Broja doubled the Chelsea lead a minute later with his first goal…
The video assistant referee officials involved in wrongly disallowing a goal for Liverpool at Tottenham have not been selected for this weekend’s Premier League games. Darren England and assistant Dan Cook did not overrule on Saturday when Luis Diaz was wrongly flagged offside. The on-field referee from that game, Simon Hooper, will be the VAR official for Bournemouth’s trip to Everton. Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official, will feature in two games. Oliver will be VAR official for Luton’s game against Tottenham on Saturday, before taking charge on the field for Arsenal’s game against Manchester City on Sunday. England…
The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday published the list of invited players submitted by Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro, for the country’s international friendly games against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique and once again Ahmed Musa was not included in the squad. The Super Eagles of Nigeria will lock horns with the Green Falcons of Saudi Arabia in the city of Portimão, Portugal on Friday, October 13 before a clash with Mozambique in the same city three days later. The players are all expected to arrive in Faro, Portugal on Tuesday, October 10. Musa missed the Eagles last Africa Cup…