In 2019, the Mayor of the City of Lakeland, I.H. William Mutz declared November 18 as Uchenna Kanu’s Day to celebrate the contribution of the Nigerian star to collegiate soccer in the city. With her 25th career hat-trick in all divisions (both men and women), the 2018 United Soccer Coaches NAIA Player of The Year,Continue reading “ICYMI: November 18 declared in the City of Lakeland as Uchenna Kanu’s Day”
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John Terry and Roberto Carlos set to visit Nigeria on Saturday
Chelsea legend, John Terry and Real Madrid legend, Roberto Carlos to storm Lagos for Budweiser Game of Kings football match on Saturday where they will play alongside NPFL stars. English Premier League and Spanish La Liga sponsor, Budweiser, is set to feature international football Kings, John Terry and Roberto Carlos in a new football-themed campaignContinue reading “John Terry and Roberto Carlos set to visit Nigeria on Saturday”
Continental Cup Wrap-up: Manchester United beat City rivals, Tottenham wins big, Trent Alexander-Arnold cheers Liverpool to victory
Marc Skinner celebrated his first derby victory as Manchester United manager after a late goal from Ona Batlle secured an important three points in the Conti Cup group stages for the Reds. Manchester United welcomed their archrival Manchester City to the Leigh Sports Villageon Tuesday night for the Continental Cup. City had taken an earlyContinue reading “Continental Cup Wrap-up: Manchester United beat City rivals, Tottenham wins big, Trent Alexander-Arnold cheers Liverpool to victory”
UWCL: Arsenal edge closer to the last eight
Arsenal meticulously wore a stubborn HB Køge down in a hard fought 3-0 win at the Meadow Park on Wednesday. Caitlin Foord opened the scoring in the 15th minute as she met Beth Mead’s cross to tap in her second goal in the group. The visitors finally tired-out in the closing ten minutes and ArsenalContinue reading “UWCL: Arsenal edge closer to the last eight”
UWCL: Nagelsmann on ground as Bayern Frauen hands Lyon its first defeat
The coach of the senior men’s team, Julian Nagelsmann was on ground to watch Bayern Munich inflicted Olympique Lyon with its first defeat this season in a 0-1 UEFA Women’s Champions League win at the Bayern Campus Platz 1 on Wednesday. A week ago, the Munich team lost 2-1 in Lyon and then suffered anotherContinue reading “UWCL: Nagelsmann on ground as Bayern Frauen hands Lyon its first defeat”
UWCL: First group stage win for Christy Ucheibe and Benfica over Häcken
Portuguese side, SL Benfica picked its first win of the group stage of this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League with a 1-2 win over BK Häcken at the Bravida Arena, Gothenburg. Cloe Lacasse opened the scoring for the Portuguese Champions three minutes into the game before Erlin Rubensson equalised for BK Häcken from the penaltyContinue reading “UWCL: First group stage win for Christy Ucheibe and Benfica over Häcken”
UWCL: Barcelona Femeni through to quartefinals after thrashing Hoffenheim
With two games remaining, FC Barça Women are already mathematically a quarterfinal team after a commanding 0-5 win against TSG Hoffenheim on Wednesday at the Dietmar-Hopp Stadion, Sinsheim. Alexia Putellas 41st minute penalty separated both sides at halftime. Irene Paredes doubled the lead in the 53rd minute through Mapi Leon’s assist. Four minutes later, FridolinaContinue reading “UWCL: Barcelona Femeni through to quartefinals after thrashing Hoffenheim”
CAF WCQ: Football fan stab to death over controversial penalty decision
According to reports, a young man in his late thirties has allegedly met his untimely death following an argument on the Black Stars victory over Bafana Bafana which saw the latter missing the opportunity to play at the 2022 Fifa World Cup A Ghanaian known as Yaw Owusu has allegedly been killed in South AfricaContinue reading “CAF WCQ: Football fan stab to death over controversial penalty decision”
Asaba to host 2021/22 NWFL Premiership opening game
The official opening game of the 2021/2022 Nigeria Women Football League Premiership season has been scheduled to hold at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, Delta State between home team Delta Queens FC and Rivers Angels FC of Port Harcourt on December 8, 2021. Kick off has been fixed for 4pm,which will be the same inContinue reading “Asaba to host 2021/22 NWFL Premiership opening game”
Jordan accuses Iranian female footballer of being a man, demands ‘gender verification check’
Jordan has called on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to launch an investigation to determine the sex of the heroic goalkeeper on the Iranian women’s football team, identified as Zohreh Koudaei The Jordan women’s team have requested a ‘gender verification check’ against an Iranian goalkeeper who played against them. On 25 September, Iran qualified forContinue reading “Jordan accuses Iranian female footballer of being a man, demands ‘gender verification check’”
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