By OJEIKERE AIKHOJE The sleepy town of Ikenne, capital of Ikenne Local Government Area, has become entered the history books of the Nigeria Premier Football League as the town with the least population to be home to a champion following the success of Remo Stars. Ikenne also becomes …
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By Justin Ruderman Three months after the turn of the millennium, a Ballon d’Or winner stepped onto an MLS pitch for the very first time. Twenty-five years later, legendary former Bulgarian international Hristo Stoichkov is preparing to watch eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF at this summer’s expanded FIFA 2025 Club …
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Newly crowned Nigerian champions, Remo Stars Sports Club, is offering fans a rare chance to have a say in how their jersey for the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League season will look like. This is not for free as fans have a chance to win N1million …
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By David Skilling From non-league obscurity to title-winning legend, Vardy’s departure marks the end of a football fairytale that may never be repeated. There’s never been a story quite like Jamie Vardy’s. And there may never be again. After 13 years, 198 goals, and one of the most improbable Premier …
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Enterprising Olamilekan Adedayo ensured Remo Stars emerged champions of the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League season after a hard earned 1-0 victory over a resilient Niger Tornadoes side, on Sunday. Friday’s result in Kano which ended 2-0 in favour of Kano Pillars against second placed Rivers United created …
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By Ojeikere Aikhoje Top of the table Remo Stars look good for an early coronation party in the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League this evening in Ikenne if they defeat Niger Tornadoes. The failure of second placed Rivers United to claim at least a point in last Friday’s visit to …
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When Luka Modrić, the Real Madrid midfielder and 2018 Ballon d’Or winner, announced his minority stake in Swansea City, it wasn’t just a headline, it was a reminder of change. At 39, with an incredible career still unfolding, Modrić’s venture into club ownership signals a transformative shift …
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Wrexham owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, are “on the lookout for new investors to back their Premier league ambitions,” according to William Turvill of the London TIMES. Despite rising in the ranks of the English soccer pyramid to League One, the club “remains a lossmaker” for Reynolds and …
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Nigeria failed to consolidate on the 2-0 away form in Rwanda after Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against Zimbabwe at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo, to make the chances of qualifier for the World Cup more difficult. It was a day South African claimed an important 2-0 away win against …
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Kirsty Coventry hopes her election as the first female and African president of the International Olympic Committee – beating six male candidates including Britain’s Lord Coe – sends a “powerful signal”. The 41-year-old former swimmer, who won two Olympic gold medals, secured a majority of 49 of the 97 available votes in …
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