Category: Sports

Lionel Messi becomes the third player to score 100 international goals
30 Mar 2023
Lionel Messi became the third player ever to score 100 international goals with his 20th minute goal against Curaçao on Tuesday, and the first to accomplish that feat with a men’s FIFA World Cup trophy. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Iran’s Ali Daei each scored 100 goals with their respective countries, but neither have a World […]
Continue ReadingKane is just like Ronaldo in terms of selfishness and obsession with goals- Rooney
28 Mar 2023
Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has compared Harry Kane to Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of selfishness. Kane recently became England’s all-time goal scorer, taking the record from Rooney after netting from the penalty spot against Italy in a UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying game. The England captain is also the highest goal scorer in the history […]
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Lionel Messi scores his 800th career goal against Panama
25 Mar 2023
Lionel Messi scored his 800th career goal for club and country in Argentina’s 2-0 friendly win over Panama in Buenos Aires on Thursday night. After twice hitting the post from free kicks, Messi curled his third try past Panama keeper Jose Carlos Guerra in the 89th minute to hit the 800 goal mark and send […]
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Bayern sacks Nagelsmann, appoints Thomas Tuchel as the new coach
25 Mar 2023
Thomas Tuchel becomes new FC Bayern head coach, full agreement in place. He has already accepted the job. Though Julian Nagelsmann has not received any direct communication from Bayern yet — German coach saw the information on the media. Club statement expected on Friday but it was decided internally in the last 5/6h and 100% […]
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Harry Kane breaks England’s all time goalscoring record
24 Mar 2023
Harry Kane broke England’s all-time goalscoring record with his 54th international goal in Thursday’s Euro 2024 qualifying opener against Italy. The Tottenham striker banished memories of his crucial penalty miss in England’s World Cup quarter-final defeat by France in December by smashing home a spot-kick just before half-time to give the visitors a 2-0 lead […]
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Ronaldo breaks the men’s international appearance record
24 Mar 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo broke the men’s international appearance record on Thursday and marked the occasion by scoring twice in Portugal’s 4-0 thrashing of Liechtenstein in Euro 2024 qualifying. The 38-year-old, who was dropped from the Portuguese first-choice XI during the World Cup in Qatar last year, won a 197th cap for his country in Lisbon as […]
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Mesut Ozil retires from football
23 Mar 2023
Mesut Ozil retires mid-way through the football season, aged 34, as he admits ‘it’s time to leave the big stage’ after struggles in Turkey after Arsenal contract was terminated Mesut Ozil has confirmed he has retired from football at the age of 34 with immediate effect. The former Arsenal midfielder and Germany international had been […]
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Super Eagles release 23-man squad for AFCON Qualifier
18 Mar 2023
Super Eagles manager, Jose Peseiro has released his 23-man squad for the AFCON, qualifying double header against Guinea Bissau. Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookan, Alex Iwobi, and 20 other players are included in Jose Peseiro’s list for the upcoming games. Nigeria and Guinea Bissau will meet at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja from 5pm on […]
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Uefa Europa league quarter final and semi final draw
18 Mar 2023
The draw for the quarter-finals of this season’s UEFA Europa League (UEL) has been conducted. The draw which was streamed live on UEFA’s official website by 1pm, Nigerian time, was conducted in Nyon on Friday. Premier League giants Manchester United will clash with LaLiga side Sevilla in the Europa league last 8. The draw for […]
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