Category Archives: Football

Recalled how 60 year-old Ronnie Brunswijk, the Vice President of Suriname, picked himself to play for the club he owns, captaining the team on Tuesday. He played 54 minutes for Inter Moengatapoe in a CONCACAF Champions League match against Honduran side Olimpia. He started in attack alongside his son Damian Brunswijk, who played for 29Continue reading “CONCACAF ban Suriname Vice-President from professional football.”

Lionel Messi finally opened his goal account for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) as the French Champions defeated Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City 2-0 in the UEFA Champions League at the Parc des Princes, Paris. Idrissa Gueye shocked the visitors in the eighth minute as he pounced on a loose ball inside the box to beat the goalkeeperContinue reading “A goal at last! Lionel Messi net his first Paris goal and it has to be against his former boss.”

The UCL debutants from Moldova’s Divizia Națională have pull off one of the biggest upsets in the Champions League history, beating the 13-time European champions at the Bernabéu. It was an incredible ball in by Cristiano, finding Uzbekistan international Jasurbek Yakhshibaev who opened the night in the 25th minute. Real Madrid tried all efforts toContinue reading “There is a new Sheriff in town! UCL Debutant Sheriff Tiraspol upset Real Madrid at the Bernabéu.”

Espérance de Tunis are the Tunisian Super Cup Champions beating CS Sfaxien 1-0 thanks to Anayo Iwuala’s lone goal. The winger drifted through the left and into the box to smashed home an unstoppable, left-footed shot beyond the goalkeeper in the 57th minute. His first goal since joining the Tunisian outfit from Enyimba on aContinue reading “Anayo Iwuala goal bags Tunisian Super Cup for Esperance.”

Once again the great protagonist at Naples was Victor Osimhen. The Nigerian footballer scored a brace in the away match against Sampdoria. Napoli crushed Sampdoria, 4-0, on Thursday, a victory that took them back to the top of the Serie-A table with 15 points from their first five league games under Luciano Spalletti. The onContinue reading “5 goals in 8 days, Victor Osimhen shine on for Napoli.”

In the Swedish Allsvenskan league, Hammarby IF eased pass IFK Goteborg in a 3-0 comfortable win. Akinkunmi Amoo scores a long range strike to open the scoring from a Ludwigson’s assist just six minutes into the game. The 19-year old then went on to provided an assist for Aziz Mohammed who doubled the hosts’ leadContinue reading “Akinkunmi Amoo’s goal & assist inspires Hammarby to a comfortable win.”

Golden Eaglet star, Akinkunmi Amoo lone goal helped Hammarby IF secured a hard fought 1-0 victory over Varbergs, on Monday night. The not so tall winger has insisted he is not afraid of scoring with his head after heading home from a Astri Slimani cross, his 5th league goal of the season for the SwedishContinue reading “Amoo head Hammarby to victory, promise more headed goals to fans.”

With less than three weeks to the kickoff of the 2021 edition of the Flying Officers Cup, Organisers of the biggest Women Football Pre-season Competition in Africa have promised a thrilling Championship. Formerly known as Naija Ratels Pre-Season Championship, Flying Officers Cup is played in memory of Nigeria’s first-ever female combat helicopter pilot, late TolulopeContinue reading ““Expect A Thrilling Tournament” – Flying Officers Cup Organizers Promise Fans.”

One of the Turkish football giants, Galatasaray SK, has founded the women’s football team and appointed former national team player Nurcan Çelik as coach. The women’s team is a section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. According to wikipedia, the team was initially established in 2012 and run for four yearsContinue reading “Galatasaray SK founded women’s football team.”