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Akwa United will look to secure their first victory in the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) this season when they take on Sunshine Stars at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday (today). The Promise Keepers drew 1-1 against Nasarawa United in their first match of the season. The Uyo club bounced back to earn a share of the spoils …

8 Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika had a frustrating night as he received the first consecutive red card of his career during Club Brugge’s 1-1 draw against Charleroi at the Stade de Pays in Charleroi. The red card marks the third expulsion in Onyedika’s professional career, although the previous two were for double yellow cards. Onyedika has had an impressive …

– Continue reading after the ad – Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface says he deserves to be the next African Player of the Year ahead of his international teammate Ademola Lookman, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Boniface had a great debut season in Germany with Leverkusen, who were only beaten in the Europa League final, ironically thanks to an Ademola Lookman hat trick …

Victor Moses scored his first goal for Luton Town but it was not enough as they lost 3-1 at Plymouth on Friday night in the Championship. With Luton trailing 2-0, Moses scored a goal in the 71st minute. But Ibrahim Cissoko ended any hope of a comeback when he scored Plymouth’s third goal in the 93rd minute. Cissoko had made …

Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze was in action for AC Milan in their 3-0 defeat to Lecce in Serie A on Friday night. Chukwueze was introduced into the game in the 63rd minute to replace Christian Pulisic, and has now made five appearances in the Italian top flight this season. First half goals from Alvaro Morata, Theo Hernandez and Pulisic …

10 AC Milan coach Paulo Fonseca has revealed that Samuel Chukwueze is having difficulty adapting to the demands of Serie A. Fonseca cited a lack of confidence and challenges in decision-making as key factors behind his difficulties. Chukwueze, who joined the club from Villarreal last year, is yet to make a significant impact since his arrival. Despite a promising pre-season …

– Continue reading after the ad – The breakdown of talks between Bruno Labbadia and the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), which led to the collapse of the deal for him to be the new coach of the Nigerian senior team, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Labbadia was announced as the new coach of the Nigerian senior team by the NFF, but a disagreement …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Justin Madugu as interim head coach of the senior women’s football team, Super Falcons. The football house said the coach will remain in charge of the women’s team pending the appointment of a substantive head coach for the team. The NFF took this decision based on recommendations from its Technical and Development Sub-Committee. …

11 Austin Eguavoen will continue as interim head coach of the Super Eagles for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in October.Eguavoen, who was called to fill the Super Eagles’ vacant coaching position for this month’s AFCON qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda, also serves as NFF Technical Director. Nigeria will play a double, on October 11 and 15, …

Tottenham Hotspur got their Europa League campaign off to a perfect start as they secured a 3-0 win over Qarabag on Thursday night. Spurs finished the match with 10 men and actually played most of the game one man short after Radu Drăgușin saw a red card in the seventh minute. Brennan Johnson, Pape Sarr and Dominic Solanke scored for …