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Sadio Mane To Miss World Cup With Injury

Senegalese forward Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering an injury in his Bayern Munich side’s 6-1 Bundesliga win over Werder Bremen on Tuesday. The 30-year-old forward went down 15 minutes into the game against Werder Bremen in a Bundesliga match. With his country’s first …

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Chelsea’s Reece James To Miss World Cup

Chelsea fullback Reece James will not be part of Gareth Southgate’s England team for the FIFA 2022 world cup due to injury concerns. According to SkySports, after discussions with Gareth Southgate on Tuesday, it was decided the full-back has not recovered sufficiently from the knee injury he picked up against …

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Oshoala Wins 2022 Women’s ICC Award

Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has added a new honour to her ever-growing shelf of laurels after she was honoured by the Women’s International Champions Cup for her role in advancing women’s soccer. The Barcelona forward, who was named to the third annual WICC Best XI on Monday, and Colombia and …

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Joshua Has Lost Faith In Boxing – Hearn

Anthony Joshua ‘lost faith’ with boxing after the collapse of Tyson Fury talks, Eddie Hearn has revealed. AJ was in talks about a potential all-British heavyweight clash in December, and Fury set several public deadlines for the fight to be agreed, but the deal was never finalised. Instead, Fury defends …

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Southampton Part Ways With Coach Ralph Hasenhuttl

Premier League strugglers, Southampton have sacked coach Ralph Hasenhuttl ending a relationship that stared in 2018. The Saints have managed to escape relegation on several occasions and have not into the upper half of the table since the 2016/17 season where they finished 8th under Claude Puel. Southampton currently sit …

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Oyedeji Re-elected As Nigerian Olympian Association President

Former Team Nigeria Captain, Olumide Oyedeji, has been re-elected as the President of the Nigerian Olympians Association at its Elective Congress held in the Ondo State capital- Akure. According to the statement, the election of the new executive to be led by the former NBA star has been described by …

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25,000 Runners Expected For Lagos Women Run

ORGANISERS of the annual Lagos Women Run have confirmed that about 25,000 runners will be participating in the November 12 race. The coordinator for the Lagos Women Run, Tayo Popoola, disclosed this in Lagos on Thursday. “In this year’s edition, we are expecting about 25,000 runners in the categories of …

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Osimhen Ranked Fourth Best Striker In Europe

On-form Napoli forward Victor Osimhen has been rated as the fourth best striker in Europe topflight leagues. Osimhen who has had five weeks already this season on the sidelines due to a harmstring injury has scored seven goals in eight league games for Napoli. The Nigerian international averages a goal …

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