Football

Ticket prices have been fixed ahead of the U-23 AFCON qualifying second leg game between Nigeria and Tanzania, which will be played at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan on Saturday.   Fans will pay N1,000 for regular tickets and N3,000 for the VIP tickets to watch the Olympic Eagles …

Nigerians took to social media to express their feelings after Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team Flamingos on Wednesday lost 6-5 on penalties to Colombia, after full-time ended goalless, in the semi-finals of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Goa, India. Comfort Folorunsho lost her sudden death penalty to hand Colombia …

PSV Eindhoven beat Arsenal 2-0 in in the Group A of EUROPA league on Thursday.   The Gunners were only needing a point to go straight through to the last 16 next March.   Arsenal missed the chance to seal top spot in Group A with the game to spare …

Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli has insisted the club are not signing any player in the January transfer window, amid interest in Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo.   Ronaldo, 37, is believed to be open to a return to Serie A, less than 18 months after leaving Juventus to move back …

Iyayi Atiemwen is set to return for Sheriff Tiraspol when the Moldovan champions take on Manchester United in their penultimate Europa League group game at Old Trafford. The exciting winger missed Tiraspol’s match-day four fixture against Real Sociedad due to suspension but is expected to start against the Red Devils. The …

Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is back in training at the club’s Seagrave training ground ahead of this weekend’s Premier League clash against champions Manchester City.   The 25-year-old has missed Leicester’s last four Premier League matches after being substituted at half-time against Nottingham Forest at the start of this …

Colombia won the lottery of a penalty shootout after Nigeria’s defender Comfort Folorunsho hit her kick against Luisa Agudelo in sudden death to send the South Americans into the final of the 7th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in India. Both teams had battled to a grim scoreless draw in …

Romelu Lukaku scored on his Inter Milan return on Wednesday in a 4-0 thumping of Viktoria Plzen to help his side make the Champions League last 16 and knock Barcelona out of the competition. Belgium striker Lukaku netted Inter’s fourth with three minutes remaining and only four after replacing Lautaro …

Former Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, has revealed how scared he was playing under Jose Mourinho during his time at Chelsea, Newsextra24 reports.   Mikel, who retired from football at 35 in September, won every major honour possible in his 11-year spell at Stamford Bridge after he was signed by …

Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team Flamingos on Wednesday lost 6-5 on penalties to Colombia, after full-time ended goalless, in the semi-finals of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Goa, India.   Comfort Folorunsho lost her sudden death penalty to hand Colombia the winner in a match the Flamingos could hardly …