A 26-year-old man died and over 200 people were injured in Naples during celebrations for Napoli’s Serie A win, national media said on Friday, May 5. Vincenzo Costanzo, 26, from Ponticelli, died after being hit by shots fired in Naples’ central Piazza Volturno. Three other people were injured in the same incident in the southern…
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Lionel Messi will lose a lot of money following his suspension by the club. He is reportedly set to lose €1.7 million in wages. Messi is set to miss PSG’s next two matches against Troyes and Ajaccio this month due to the suspension. PSG were not happy with the seven-time Ballon d’Or…
The Nigeria Football Federation has concluded arrangements to install Video Assistant Referee in regional stadiums in the country as plans are underway to train and retrain referees to achieve the purpose. The President of the federation, Malam Ibrahim Gusau, stated this on Saturday in Ilorin at the National Elective Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Referees…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the last general elections, Omoyele Sowore, on Saturday, participated in the maiden Abuja International Marathon. Kenya’s Emmanuel Naibet and Bahrain runner Ruth Jebet won the men’s and women’s categories of the race. Naibet won the race with a time of 2:13: 45. This is the second…
Football legend, Austin Okocha has revealed what he would have worth in today’s transfer window. According to him, he would be worth around €150m. Okocha joined Fenerbahçe from Eintracht Frankfurt in 1996 in a deal believed tobe around £1m after the German outfits were relegated from topflight football. The Nigerian dazzled during his two years…
David Adeleke, the Nigerian hip hop singer, who is popularly known as Davido, is set to launch a new venture. The singer has partnered with the Abu Salami Media and 1XBet to launch a model football talent hunt programme tagged ‘Davido Dream Football Show.’ DDFS is an initiative for advancing youth football, especially at the…
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Emmanuel Ebiede, has passed on at the age of 47. Ebiede died in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Friday, after suffering Hepatomegaly. He gave up the ghost at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital. He is survived by his wife and three children. Ebiede was part of the Flying…
Paris Saint-German (PSG) defender, Achraf Hakimi left his wife, Hiba Abouk, shocked following a divorce application she filed over allegations of infidelity. Abouk, 36, approached the court to seek the dissolution of their marriage and demanded half of Hakimi’s property in a divorce settlement, however, it was discovered that he had no assets. The 24-year-old…
Nigerian-New Zealand kickboxer, Israel Adesanya has said that Nigeria is a corrupt country. The MMA fighter who recently won his match against Pereira expressed his love for his come country while sharing his perspective on Nigeria’s corruption on the Hotboxin’ podcast. According to Israel, he loves Nigeria but the country is a very corrupt place….
Amir Khan, a former light-welterweight world champion, has been handed a two-year ban from all sport. He was banned after testing positive for a prohibited substance, UK Anti-Doping said on Tuesday. Khan, 36, returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022. Ostarine is…