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Usman Abdullahi has emerged the hot favourite to take over the position of technical adviser at Kano Pillars. Abdullahi guided Katsina United to the NPFL two seasons ago. Abdullahi Maikaba resigned from the position towards the end of last season, while Ahmed Garba was installed as a replacement on an interim basis after Maikaba left the post. Kano Pillars chairman, Umar Little declared the position vacant this week and urged […]

Liverpool are preparing to bid £50.7 Million for Atalanta star Ademola Lookman as they aim to strengthen their attack this summer. The 26-year-old has revived his career at Atalanta under the guidance of Gian Piero Gasperini, following a period of inconsistency at Everton, Fulham, RB Leipzig, and Leicester City. The Nigeria international enjoyed amazing campaign last season, scoring 17 goals and provided 10 assists in 45 appearances across all competitions. […]

Ferran Torres strike gave Spain’s second-string side a 1-0 win over Albania on Monday as the three-time champions finished the Euro 2024 group stage with a perfect record and the defeat eliminated their opponents. Barcelona winger Torres finished off a fine move in the 13th minute in Duesseldorf to puncture the atmosphere in a stadium filled with a majority of noisy Albanian fans. However, this game was not a cruise […]

Former Arsenal captain, Thierry Henry, has revealed that Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise wants to play for France instead of England at international level. This followed the decision of Didier Deschamps to leave Olise out of his squad for Euro 2024. The 22- years- old Olise was born in Hammersmith to a Nigerian father and French-Algerian mother, which means he is eligible to represent all four countries at international level. […]

World champions Argentina opened their bid for back-to-back Copa America titles with a 2-0 win over Canada in front of a crowd of 70,564 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Friday morning. Julian Alvarez put Argentina ahead in the 49th minute but a combination of inspired goalkeeping from Canada’s Max Crepeau and Lionel Messi’s surprising lack of precision in front of goal ensured that the underdogs were in the game until Lautaro […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria has dropped eight places in the latest monthly ranking released by the Federation of International Football Federation (FIFA) on Thursday. The three-time African champions dropped from 30th to 38th position following the team’s disappointing results in the recent 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. It would be recalled that the Super Eagles dropped two places in the previous FIFA ranking. The West Africans held the Bafana […]

Claude Makelele has endorsed England midfielder Jude Bellingham for the 2024 Ballon d'Or award, calling him an amazing and great footballer. In a recent rapid-fire session with GOAL, Makelele praised Bellingham, who has had an outstanding debut season at Real Madrid. Bellingham bas scored 23 goals and provided 13 assists in 42 games for Carlo Ancelotti's team since joining from Borussia Dortmund,

Jude Bellingham continued his impressive season as England beat Serbia 1-0 in their opening Euro 2024 fixture. The Real Madrid midfielder ran onto Bukayo Saka’s cross to head the ball powerfully into the net. The Three Lions failed to get a grip of the game in the second half and had to hold on to three points. Denmark drawing 1-1 with Slovenia earlier, shoot England straight to the top of […]

Rivers United are in high spirit ahead of their Nigeria Premier Football League matchday 36 fixture against Bendel Insurance today at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo State. A win in the game will see Evans Ogenyi team move up further on the table as the former league champions currently occupy eighth position with 50 points.