INTER Miami superstar, Lionel Messi has been confirmed as the winner of the 2023 Ballon d’Or award in a list leaked online. Goal reports that Messi finished in first position in the voting ahead of Erling Haaland of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe. Haaland and Mbappe were in …
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THE world football governing body, FIFA, has slammed a three-year ban on former president of the Spanish Football Association, Luis Rubiales on Monday, October 30. This means that Luis Rubiales who has been wrapped in legal battles after planting a kiss on the lips of Spanish forward, Jenni Hermoso following …
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CHELSEA has been beaten again in the English Premier League. The Blues suffered another damaging home defeat as goals from Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbuemo gave Brentford a 2-0 win in the West London derby on Saturday. Naija News understands that Chelsea have won just one of their last 13 home …
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THE mother of Liverpool’s Colombian winger Luis Diaz was rescued from kidnappers on Saturday but a search remains on for his father, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Saturday. Petro posted on X, formerly known as twitter, that Diaz’s mother was rescued in Barrancas in the northern part of the …
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BARCELONA manager, Xavi may have more players to shuffle in his team in Saturday’s La Liga El Clasico match against Real Madrid. Newsextra24 reports that the two Spanish giants would battle points this weekend at Camp Nou. According to Spanish outlet El Partidazo de COPE (via MadridXtra), five Barcelona players who …
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SUPER Eagles and Bayer Leverkusen forward, Victor Boniface, is in the running for the UEFA Europa League Goal of the Week. The 22-year-old struck a spectacular goal Thursday night at the BayArena in a match against the Czech club Qarabag. Boniface received a pass from Florian Writz just outside the …
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The Nigeria’s Super eagles despite recording a win and a draw in their last friendly games during the international break, their only games since the last FIFA world rankings in September, Nigeria remained unmoved in the latest FIFA men’s rankings for October. Though the Super Eagles gained 1.62 points in …
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NAPOLI striker, Victor Osimhen has revealed he would rather play in the Major League Soccer (MLS) than in the Saudi Pro League if he was offered the “same conditions”. Osimhen turned down a lucrative offer from Saudi side, Al Hilal this summer. The 24-year-old, in a Twitch interview with Emiliano …
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2022 FIFA World Cup winner, Papu Gómez, has reacted to his two-year ban from football, insisting that “the disciplinary case was not treated according to the norms”. On Saturday, October 21, it was confirmed that Papu Gómez had been banned from anything related to football for two years because a banned substance …
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THE manager of Manchester United, Erik ten Hag, has hailed Harry Maguire, who gave an unprecedented performance against Sheffield United on Saturday night, October 21. Ten Hag stunned most Manchester United fans when he decided to start the heavily criticized Harry Maguire in the league game against Sheffield United. To …
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