Football

SUPER Eagles and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen has made the final list for the 2023 CAF Best Player award. The African football governing body in a statement released on Friday wrote, “CAF has announced the shortlists for the men’s categories for the CAF Awards 2023.” The Napoli forward, who is …

THE Premier League has deducted 10 points from Everton, following an investigation into a breach of profit and sustainability rules. The Goodison Park club insist they are “shocked and disappointed” by the punishment and will appeal. An official club statement read: “Both the harshness and severity of the sanction imposed …

FORMER Nigerian professional footballer and Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has disclosed why he departed from Chelsea in 2017. Speaking in the latest episode of the Vibe with Five podcast, Obi said after Antonio Conte became the club manager, he and Victor Moses were asked to play for the …

ENGLAND and Real Madrid midfielder, Jude Bellingham, has won the 2023 Golden Boy, an award given to the best player under 21. Jude Bellingham is the first English player to win the award since Raheem Sterling in 2014 when the Chelsea winger was at Liverpool. Other notable winners include Wayne …

REAL Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga has sustained a knee ligament injury while representing France in the November international break. Eduardo Camavinga, who is currently 21-year-old, injured his right knee during training with France on Wednesday after colliding with forward Ousmane Dembele. According to a statement from Real Madrid, Camavinga, who …

FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta has insisted that the club is solidly behind the club’s coach Xavi Hernández. Xavi is a product of FC Barcelona academy and played the best of his club professional career at the club from 1998 to 2015. Before he left the club, he scored 85 goals …

MANCHESTER United will let winger Jadon Sancho leave the club in the January transfer window but will refuse to be bullied by rival clubs looking to ‘take advantage’. Sancho has not played for Man United since August after he was criticized by manager Erik ten Hag for displaying a poor …

MANCHESTER CITY recorded £712.8 million in revenue for the 2022–2023 fiscal year to become the first Premier League club to make so much in one season. This is more than Manchester United’s record £648.4 million, an increase of £99.8 million from the previous season. The £80.4 million profit for Manchester …

FORMER Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, has alleged that the Confederation of African Football (CAF), denied him the opportunity to win the 2013 African Footballer of the Year Award. On Monday’s episode of the ‘Obi One Podcast,’ the former Chelsea star asserted that he was unjustly overlooked for the prestigious …

FULHAM midfielder, Alex Iwobi said singer, Wizkid showed him “love” when he was still scratching the surface of his career. The former Arsenal star said Wizkid was “nice” to him when they first met “even though he didn’t know who I was at the time.” Speaking in a recent interview …