05 May 2016

Henry, Terry & Others Set To Grace Yobo's Testimonial Match

Chelsea captain John Terry is the latest player from the English Premier League to confirm his availability in Port Harcourt for the Joseph Yobo Centenary Game scheduled for May 27 to celebrate the retirement of the former Super Eagles captain from football.

The centre back, who captained  between August 2006 and February 2010, and again from March 2011 to February 2012, confirmed his availability for the game to Yobo last weekend.

“We are really excited by the confirmation of John Terry for the Yobo Centenary Game in Port Harcourt. He’s one big player who is very popular here in the country because of England and Chelsea’s large followership in Nigeria,” observed coordinator of the Centenary Game, Waidi Akanni.

Watford Planning To Replace Ighalo With Isaac Success

Watford are planning to replace Odion Ighalo with another Nigerian attacker in the shape of Granada’s Isaac Success.

Ighalo’s scoring form has caught the eye of the Premier League heavyweights and a move away from the Wasps seems inevitable for the Super Eagles player.

Yet Watford have a plan in place to bring 20-year-old Success from La Liga to the Premier League, despite reported interest from Internazionale and Paris Saint-Germain.

Real Knock Out Manchester City To Set Up An All Madrid Final

For the second time in three years, Real Madrid will meet city rivals Atlético Madrid in the Champions League final following their 1-0 win over Manchester City in the semifinal second leg on Wednesday night at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.

Gareth Bale was the hero as his 20th minute shot forced a Fernando own goal that would end up being the lone goal scored by either side after 180 minutes of football.Real will now seek their 11th European crown at the San Siro in Milan against Los Colchoneros in a rematch of the two teams' epic final in 2014 in Lisbon.

The hosts were by far the superior side but were unable to put away a pesky City side that stayed in it until the final whistle. However, just like in their last two league encounters, it was Bale who proved to be the difference in what was a tight, tension-filled two-legged tie.There was both good news and bad news for manager Zinedine Zidane on the injury front prior to the match.

04 May 2016

Alex Iwobi In Contention For Arsenal's Goal Of The Month

Nigeria youngster Alex Iwobi has seen his name go up as one of the nominees for the Arsenal goal of the month for April.

 The 20-year-old forward has experienced a meteoric rise in the Arsenal first team, especially in the second part of the season, which has seen him start the Gunners’ last seven Premier League games, with two goals to his name.

 The Iwobi goals came against Everton at Goodison Park on March 19 and against Watford at the Emirates on April 2, and it is the latter that has been nominated for the Arsenal ‘Goal of the Month’ for April.

Bayern Munich 2-1 Atletico Madrid: Watch The Goals & Highlights



Atletico Madrid progressed to the finals of the UEFA Champions League due to away goal rule. Aggregate scores (2-2)

Cristiano Ronaldo is 100 Percent Fit To Face Man City - Zidane

Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane has indicated that Cristiano Ronaldo is "100 per cent" ahead of the clubs' Champions League semi-final second leg with Manchester City.

Ronaldo has sat out the previous three matches - against Rayo Vallecano, City and Real Sociedad - owing to a thigh muscle strain, but appears to have proven his fitness ahead of Real's crucial encounter.

There was some bad news for the Madrid boss, however, as he confirmed that Casemiro and Karim Benzema have been ruled out of the clash.