Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji

Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé & Co – The quickest players to reach 50 Real Madrid goals It was a special night for Kylian Mbappé against Marseille as he netted a brace to secure a 2-1 win for Real Madrid in their Champions League opener. Mbappe’s second goal brought up a special landmark as he reached 50 goals in the famous white shirt. The 26-year-old’s move to Madrid from PSG in 2024 was one of the most protracted deals in history with the French international joining on a free transfer. Kylian Mbappé K. Mbappé Centre-Forward Real Madrid Real Madrid Season 25/26…

World athletics championship: Nigerian athletes and AFN officials quarrel over unpaid wages, NSC intervenes Athletes and technical officials representing Nigeria at the ongoing World  Athletics championship taking place in  Tokyo Japan  are engulfed  in a brawl with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria , AFN over the failure to the country’s representative’s their wage entitlements . Nigeria’s campaign at the championship from onset had been thrown into brouhaha  with allegations levied against AFN over the failure to  register certain qualified athletes denying them the chance to fly the country’s flag at the international event. Further scandal aroused with allegations of overflooding…

By Barrister Uche Onochie, Abuja How ICPC, EFCC  shield  alleged  “ illegal “ NFF officials  from diligent prosecution By Barrister Uche Onochie, Abuja Recent invitation of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to the leadership of the illegal Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to report at its headquarters with their passports has further heightened suspicion that ICPC, EFCC, former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami  and other anti-graft agencies, are once again playing their usual game that only ends in killing prosecution of series of huge refusal by football authorities to render accounts , this is t given…

FIFA World Cup 26: more than 1.5 million fans apply for Visa  ticket draws   A mere 24 hours into the entry period for the FIFA World Cup 26 Visa Presale Draw, FIFA has received an impressive number of applications from all over the world, with more than 1.5 million fans from 210 countries having signed up. The highest demand has thus far come from fans of the following countries: United States, Mexico and Canada followed by their counterparts in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, England, Spain, Portugal and Germany. “The large number of entries submitted is a testament to the huge…

2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria’s Falconets departs  for Kigali on Thursday Two-time World Cup silver-medallists Nigeria will kick off their race to next year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals when they take on their Rwandan counterparts on Sunday, in a second round, first leg encounter in Kigali. The Falconets are scheduled to depart the country on Thursday for the clash with the Rwandan U20 girls. The clash with the Rwandan counterparts will take place at the Kigali Pele Stadium, formerly known as Stade Regional de Nyamirambo. The Confederation of African Football has appointed match officials from Sierra…

International Friendlies: Flying Eagles to take on Chile, Australia The Nigeria Football Federation has finalized arrangements for the U20 boys, Flying Eagles to sharpen their skills and competition-readiness with two friendly games against host nation Chile and Australia, ahead of this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals. Head of International Competitions, Dayo Enebi Achor, confirmed that the two-time silver medallists of the FIFA U20 World Cup will take on host nation Chile, who play in Group A of the competition alongside New Zealand, Japan and Egypt, on Saturday, 20th September. Nigeria, who also won the bronze medals when then USSR hosted the…

Pep Guardiola hits 600 top-five league games managed, won over 400 matches Wherever he goes records tumble. In 2009, Pep Guardiola won six trophies in a single calendar year with his infamous Barcelona side. That team also won two Champions League trophies in three years and are renowned as one of the best, and most aesthetically-pleasing, outfits to ever play the game. At Bayern Munich, the Spaniard won the Bundesliga title the earliest it had ever been claimed and took the Bavarians on a 19-game winning streak. When he came to England to manage Manchester City, many questioned whether his…

Milan to host IOC executive  board meeting  September 18 The International Olympic Committee, IOC Executive Board meeting has been fixed to hold on 18 and 19 September 2025 at the Westin Palace Hotel Piazza della Repubblica 20 20124 Milan Italy The IOC would proceed to host  press conference on 19 September at 4 p.m. CEST, where updates on the Olympic Movement and Milano Cortina 2026 will be discussed.

Former Raccah Rovers of Kano golden boy Mohammed Idris Ayiye passes away Former Raccah Rovers of Kano star, Mohammed Idris Ayiye has passed away. The captain of the defunct popular Kano side, Husaini Alabi , who spoke with our correspondent confirmed that Ayiye is no more. He prayed for the repose of the soul of the deceased. It would be recalled that , late Ayiye was in the golden  generation of Raccah players that comprises, Baba Otu Mohammed, Anas Mohammed, Safiu Mohammed, late Dele Mohammed, Godwin Bankole, Abubakar Garba Zaggalo, Iliyasu Yashin, Kalala Mohammed, Nnamdi Obiorah,  and Idris Musa.

2026 Women AFCON: Super Falcons to face Cameroon, Benin republic The race for tickets to next year’s Women Africa Cup of Nations, also to be staged in Morocco just as the last two editions, will be concluded in October with Cup holders and 10-time winners Nigeria up against the She-Cheetahs of Benin Republic, and Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses up against a mountain. The Lionesses, runners-up in 2014 in Namibia and in 2016 when Cameroon hosted (both times beaten by Nigeria in the final), must negotiate a tricky fixture against Algeria’s Lady Fennecs in the final qualifying fixture set for 20th – 28th October. Algeria…