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Sportswear manufacturing, Nike have officially unveiled the playing jerseys which the senior national team of Nigeria will use at the World Cup later this year. The event which took place in London started few hours ago. The jersey unveiled by Nike carried a resemblance of the Super Eagles jersey of 1995, which they used in a friendly game against England. More  pictures after the cut

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has dedicated his team’s World Cup qualification to terminally-ill first choice goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme.  The 31-year-old was in between the goal post for Nigeria in the first two games of the World Cup qualifying campaign, but his participation however ended when he was diagonised with Leukemia in July. Rohr revealed the team promised Ikeme, who is undergoing Chemotherapy, a win and the world cup ticket in a telephone chat before the game in Uyo on Saturday.  In his words, “from day one, our goalkeeper, Ikeme Carl kept us in this race to qualify for Russia. In Ndola, he made great saves to help us come through with a win. He spoke with the captain and the whole team and we promised him we’ll win and qualify. So this win is for Ikeme”. Nigeria qualified for the 2018 World Cup on Saturday, after an Alex Iwobi 73rd minute goal against Zambia.

Super Eagles becomes first African team to qualify for 2018 World Cup .

Basketball player Lebron James blasts the president after  another Basketball player, Stephen Curry declined the president invitation to the White House.... Trump tweets below; “Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!”.

President of the court, Mr Ademola Odunade, however, directed the former Super Eagle Technical Adviser to “pay a cash sum of N5, 000 to enable Anne move her belongings out of his house.” Onigbinde had gone to the court asking it to dissolve the marriage, saying his wife was “ a wasteful spender and an unrepentant troublemaker. “My lord, with my 79 years of age, I cannot continue to die in silence of Anne’s litany of problems.  “Among many other troubles I have encountered in the hands of Anne, I have also suffered uncountable financial losses during the process of trying to give Anne means of livelihood so that she wouldn’t be idle.  “On three separate occasions, I have established veritable business ventures for her and on each occasion, Anne wrecked the business. “I can’t continue in such wastage.  For many years, Anne has been a thorn in my flesh through ceaseless trouble-making as it is one day, one trouble in my home.  “Can you imagine that it was not ...

Georgina Rodriguez who is expecting her first child with Cristiano Ronaldo spotted at the airport on Wednesday as she jetted home from Ibiza with the footballer's son Cristiano Junior. The 22-year-old Spanish beauty was spotted in a black skin-tight dress as she relaxed with her 32-year-old beau's eldest son at Ibiza airport, ahead of their flight home.

The Tennis star shared her photo today, revealing that she has been named; Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. A few people however insist that only male kids are named Junior (Jr). 

It was a symbolic scoreline. Barcelona beat Juventus 3-0 on Tuesday night in their first Champions League match since losing to the Italian champions 3-0 on aggregate in the last eight of Europe’s premier club competition last season. The Blaugrana are back and with Lionel Messi, they will always have a chance. After losing to Juve, much was made of the fact that Messi had never scored against Gianluigi Buffon, while the Argentine also failed to hit the target over two legs as Barca were beaten 5-1 by fierce rivals Real Madrid in August. That damaging defeat, allied with a tumultuous summer in which Neymar moved to Paris Saint-Germain, top targets like Marco Verratti and Philippe Coutinho were not signed and it also emerged that Messi had not put the final signature onto the contract agreement announced by Barca in July, brought much doom and gloom. The team’s decline was a worry for fans of the Catalan club and president Josep Maria Bartomeu is facing a censure motion or...

Sloane Stephens became first woman in open era to "clinch" US Open title with a 6-0 set The 24-year-old American defeated Madison Keys in a lopsided 6-3 6-0 final to win her first Grand Slam title

  Morata was always a thorn in the flesh of Leicester City's captain Wes Morgan, who constantly tried all his best to deny him but his hard-work later paid off, while Leicester city enjoyed a consolation goal from a Jamie Vardy penalty in the 62nd minute. Some important facts to note after this match include: -This is the first time Leicester City have lost three of their opening four top-flight fixtures since 1994-95. -Eden Hazard made his long awaited return from an ankle injury while signing, Davide Zappacosta, was brought in, to help control the ship against Leicester City. - Chelsea had not won a Premier League away fixture in September in any of the last four seasons. -Chelsea have now won their last three games in a row. -The last time Leicester City lost three of their opening four top flight fixtures, they were relegated. Kante, speaking after the match said; "It is always special to play my old team. I had an amazing year here but when I come I tr...

The Super Eagles on Monday played a 1-1 draw with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the Stade Omnispirts Ahmadu Ahidjo in Yaounde. The Nigerians were rewarded with a goal in the 30th minute after an Odion Ighalo’s shot was cleared to Belgium-based Moses Simon who put the ball behind goalkeeper Fabrice Ondoa. The Cameroonians equalised from the spot following a reckless challenge by goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa on Djoum Arnaud. Vincent Aboubakar slots the ball calmly into the net as Ezenwa runs the wrong way. The Super Eagles were the better team when both sides clashed last Friday in Uyo; winning 4-0 at the Nest of Champions. Nigeria tops Group B with 10 points ahead of second-placed Zambia which has 4 points but with a game in hand, Cameroon are third with three points while Algeria stay at the bottom with just a point and a game still unplayed.   cc: Punching

Nigeria took a big step towards qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, with a comprehensive 4-0 win over Cameroon at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium,Uyo. Goals From Odion Ighalo, John Obi Mikel, Victor Moses and Kelechi Iheanacho powered the Super Eagles past the Indomitable Lions who showed promises at the beginning of the game. Nigeria remain top of Group B with 9 points, seven more than the Indomitable Lions, who they will travel to Yaounde to face in the reverse leg on Monday.

 Stephen Curry of Golden State Warriors, has agreed to a five-year extension deal,  worth around $201 million, the richest contract in the league history. His agent Jeff Austin of Octagon, told ESPN:  'Curry is the first NBA star who will sign a contract, the crossing of a $200 million threshold that eventually will become the norm for the NBA's biggest superstars.' Golden State general manager, Bob Myers also confirmed the deal on Friday, saying that the Warriors will finalize the contract once the free-agency moratorium ends Thursday. 'An eight-year veteran, Curry has been the foundational star for the Warriors, who recently won their second NBA championship in three years.' Curry, who's a two-time NBA MVP, four-time All-Star, and a three-time All-NBA first-team performer was drafted to the Golden State Warriors team in 2009, a rookie contract which cost around $12.7m The basketball has also been congratulated by his strongest riva...

The former Barcelona player who now plies his trade with Italian giant, Juventus had said, “You want to compare Messi to Maradona? You can’t compare them. “I would not be proud to say that I won a World Cup with a ‘Hand of God. “I wouldn’t be able to tell my son that I won a World Cup like this with the whole world talking about it. “The ‘Hand of God’ tricked us, you have to take this firm position. A sportsman like this can’t be an example for youngsters.” Responding, Maradona slammed the Juventus star saying, “Dani Alves is an idiot. He makes 28 passes and only gets four right. As a ‘4’ (right-back), Cafu and Maicon were good. Dani Alves? Poor thing. “He speaks because he plays in a position on the pitch where football is not played. “They [right-backs] touch the ball three times and make eight fouls per game.”

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has released a statement through his agent Jorge Mendes’ company Gestifute to stress that he is “in compliance” with all his tax obligations and has not heard anything to the contrary from the Spanish tax authorities. The former Real Madrid boss has been accused of defrauding tax authorities to the tune of €3.3million by a Spanish regional prosecutor, with a complaint filed on Tuesday. Mourinho is under suspicion of having committed two offences in relation to personal income tax, but the 54-year-old has denied any wrongdoing “Jose Mourinho has not received any notification with regards to the news published Tuesday. To this date, neither the Spanish tax authorities, nor the public prosecutor have contacted Jose Mourinho or his advisers who were hired for the inspection process,” a statement on the Gestifute website reads. “Jose Mourinho, who lived in Spain from June 2010 until May 2013, paid more than €26 million in taxes, with an av...

David Luiz has revealed that Jose Mourinho sold him to Paris Saint-Germain during his first stint at Chelsea, because he was too “optimistic”. The Brazilian defender returned to Stamford Bridge last summer and on Friday night won the Premier League title under Antonio .He has now spoken about why he left the club the first time. “Hey, that is not just Mourinho,” Luiz told The Daily Mail. “In Brazil, they say it, too. Defenders must be pessimists. I cannot be that. I am an optimist in my life. “I don’t want to take my small boat and go against a wave of 20 metres. Maybe I can go around the sides, and we’ll arrive. I’ll try to find a way. “I’m positive. I always think and dream of the best things. But I know where I am.”

The fan, Mathew Irondu, a Construction Engineer this morning said that he named the boy, born last Thursday after the club’s Coach Antonio Conte and Nigerian star, Victor Moses as his own way of celebrating the win.   According to him, the duo among other Chelsea players, were instrumental to the club’s stunning league success,  'this win is most significant for me because it is the first by Chelsea since I switched my supporter ship to the club from Arsenal FC. I had endured years of EPL drought from Arsenal which made me switch to Chelsea and I celebrated it this way because I don’t have money to make merriment'. He continued too say,  'this is my first child and I fervently pray that his birth, a day before Chelsea’s league win, will bring good tidings to my family, the club and their fans across the globe'.

Lionel Messi's wedding date and location has been confirmed as the Barcelona star is engaged to Antonella Roccuzzo. The pair are set to get married on June 30th, in the pair’s hometown of Rosario in Argentina. Messi and Antonella have been together for ten years and according to reports, the pair are planning a second ceremony to take place in Barcelona. This means their wedding is set to take place just days after Messi’s 30th birthday, which is one the 24th June.