UFC fighter Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s face was left disfigured by her Chinese opponent, Weili Zhang during the UFC 248 clash between the pair on Sunday. Jedrzejczyk, 32, and Zhang, 30, were both taken to hospital after their mammoth five-round contest, where…
Football icon, Lionel Messi, broke another record during the weekend by scoring the match-winner for Barcelona against Real Sociedad , his 438th LaLiga goal in his 474th league appearance for Barcelona, making him the all time highest goalscorer in Europe’s…
Shehu Sani, former Kaduna lawmaker has reacted to the death of Nasarawa United player, Chineme Martins. Insidesources.com.ng reported that Martins slumped and died during one of the Nigeria Professional Football League fixtures on Sunday. It was learnt that Martins collapsed…
The United States, Mexico and Canada won the right to host the 2026 World Cup after easily beating Morocco in a vote by FIFA member nations on Wednesday. The North American bid received 134 of the 203 votes, while Morocco…
When the Super Eagles of Nigeria file out on June 16 against the Vatreni of Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, they could be for spectators “a beautiful bride’’. Rated as the youngest team in the tournament,…
Russia has deployed air defence systems and stringent fan background checks in a sweeping security operation to counter the twin threats of terror attacks and hooliganism at the World Cup. The country was already intensely policed when it was controversially…
Neymar and his Brazil teammates landed on Russian soil in the early hours of Monday morning, fresh from beating Austria 3-0 in their final warm-up outing ahead of the World Cup. As the clock ticks down to Thursday’s tournament opener…
Nigeria’s coach, Gernot Rohr saw plenty of positives from his side’s 1-0 friendly defeat by the Czech Republic on Wednesday. He had promised that his players will deliver better performance against Croatia at the World Cup on 16 June. Despite…
The Super Eagles have the objective of coming out of Wednesday’s friendly against the Czech Republic with a win to set them in great psychological tune for the FIFA World Cup finals. As revealed in the NFF official Twitter handle, the match kicks…
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr, has dismissed reports that he is facing a goalkeeping crisis. The Super Eagles boss also explained why the most inexperienced goalkeeper in the squad, Francis Uzoho, has started the last four matches played by the…