Category “Features”
Ikechukwu Ibenegbu’s Matchday 30 free kick rescued the three points for former champions, Enyimba International and has now won him the VAT Wonder Goal award ahead of Adamu Hassan of Nasarawa United and Martins Usule of Katsina United. The three had been shortlisted for the 11th in the VAT Wonder…
Yaya Toure won the African Player of the Year award four years in a row and after winning the Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast for the first time in 2015, he thought he was a lock to make it five in a row. But he didn’t. Instead,…
THE sporting world united in grief as the full horror of lastnight’s terrorist atrocities unfolded in Paris. At least 128 people were killed in a series of attacks in the French capital — sparking shock and outrage across the globe. News of the sickening actions of a handful of terrorists…
The biggest and best betting company in Nigeria, Bet9ja, reached out to its customer through its ambassador Victor Ikpeba, on Tuesday. With some discussions about the latest happenings in the BPL and the latest promotion Bet9ja is offering, he also wished them the best of luck in their quest to…
A researcher has revealed that people who leave close to stadiums tend to live up to 7 years more than others. According to the UK mirror, researchers have used smoking rates, obesity, and alcohol related hospital admission to draw up a premier league table of life expectancies among football fans…
Here are the Bet Predictions of the day Saturday 8/8/2015 Premiership Leicester City v Sunderland – 1x Chelsea v Swansea – 1 Everton v Watford – 1 Ligue 1 Nice v Monaco – x2 Montpellier v Angers – 1x Austria (Regional Central) BW Linz v Wallern – 1…
The British comedian who showered FIFA president Sepp Blatter with fake dollar bills has been charged by Swiss police after being arrested and interrogated, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. Simon Brodkin, who performs as the character Lee Nelson, was taken away by police from the headquarters of football’s world…
With Barcelona flying out to the US for the pre-seaon tour last weekend, Leo Messi made a surprise visit to Gabon, having been given extended holidays by manager Luis Enrique. Personally invited by Gabonese President Ali Bongo to participate in some symbolic ceremonial events, Messi’s visit has become the source…
What would today’s footballers look like if they played in past eras? The excellent Paladar Negro answers that question for a slow offseason day with some wonderful trading card style photoshoppery. The mustachioed Messi is the best of the bunch, followed closely by a disgruntled Cristiano… Old timey Neymar, meanwhile,…
As the pre-season training are set to be on the way for most European teams, Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo was in Las Vegas spending his last few days of his holiday there. However, during his time in Las Vegas, the 30-year old reportedly found a missing phone and invited…
The offseason is short for professional footballers, but since they are so unaccustomed to the free time, they still manage to fill it with strange activities. These are just a few of them. John Terry stood in a window and watched videos of himself in China for some reason. Stephan…
Canadian football fans may be enjoying the ride but for the players, the grind of the Women’s World Cup is no fun and the team is still approaching the “death zone,” head coach John Herdman said on Wednesday. Another 50,000-plus crowd will pack into B.C. Place on Saturday ready to…
Government college, ijanikin has held the maiden edition of “sports unusual”, the football tournament for unity colleges in Nigeria starting in the south west of the country. Principal of the school, Ibukun Oyewole in her opening remarks, said the event will be a platform for young students to exhibit their…
Here are Bet Predictions for Saturday June 20th (5 Points game). ARGENTINA vs JAMAICA – 1 (Copa America) SPORT RECIFE vs VASCO – 1x (Brasil Serie A) BK FREM vs AVEDORE – 1 (DENMARK: 2nd Division East) NYKOBING vs HERLEV – 1 (DENMARK: 2nd Division East) HVIDORE vs B…
With Ramom Azeez being one of the notable snubs in the team that defeated Chad in Kaduna by 2 goals to nil over the weekend courtesy of goals from Gbolahan Salami and Odion Ighalo, the UC Almeria of Spain midfielder has remain optimistic that his chance will come soon enough…
