LOCAL WE DON’T BUY MATCHES, WE ARE VINDICATED – SHOOTING STARS GM General Manager of pacesetting Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, Rasheed Balogun, has expressed joy over the 2-0 victory of his team over Vandrezzer FC of Lagos. The Ibadan soccer lords took the visitors to the cleaners in a NNL match day ten encounter decided last Sunday at the Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu-Ode. However, the win was not the … Read More
NPFL NO RESPITE FOR MFM AS THEY DRAW AT HOME WITH FC IFEANYIUBAH Lukeman Aliu came off the bench to salvage a point for FC IfeanyiUbah away at MFM FC in a Matchday 19 fixture at the Agege Stadium in Lagos.MFM right full-back Justice Zachariah had given the home side the lead in the 36th minute when he met a defense-splitting pass by Akanni Elijah. Ali, who replaced injured Nonso Nzediegwu in the … Read More
NPFL KWARA UNITED RETAINS TOP SPOT AS THEY BEAT NASARAWA TWO-NIL A 2-0 win against a stubborn Nasarawa United ensured that Kwara United, also called Harmony Boys sustained their position at the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) after MarchDay 19, the midway of the full season. Two second half goals from Kwara United right back, Samuel Ganda and in-form striker, Micheal Ohanu ensured that coach Abdullahi Biffo picked … Read More
NPFL SUBSTITUTE CHINONSO IS STAR OF THE MATCH AS LOBI STARS DEFEATS JIGAWA GOLDEN STARS By Wale Mustapha Chinonso Okonkwo came off the bench in the second half to score a brace as Lobi Stars staged a remarkable comeback to beat Jigawa Golden Stars on Sunday. The match played at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi was one of Matchday 19 fixtures of the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL. Chinonso’s goals canceled out Ibrahim Umar’s first … Read More
NPFL DAKKADA STUNS RIVERS UNITED IN A SIX-GOAL THRILLER Dakkada FC of Uyo strolled to their 6th consecutive win at home in a six goalfest against visiting Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt in a Matchday 19 fixture played at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on Sunday. The home side going into the fixture without the services of influential captain, Aniekan Ekpe, knew a win would propel them to … Read More
NPFL WIKKI TOURISTS SECURES EASY WIN OVER KATSINA UNITED Wikki Tourists convincingly triumphed 3-1 over Katsina United in a match played on Sunday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi. It was the first time that they would score more than two goals in a game this football season. Manu Garba opened the scoring early just after four minutes re-directing a Promise Damala effort that was going wide. … Read More
LATEST GIST NNL: 3SC TWO STRONG FOR VANDREZZER TO EXTEND LEAD (VIDEO) Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, showed class on Sunday, taking Vandrezzer FC of Lagos to the cleaners with a 2-0 win. It was a perfect response from the Oluyole Warriors after last weekend’s one nil loss to Nnewi United in Oba, as they shrugged off the disappointing loss, to silence the visitors in a match day ten encounter, … Read More
NPFL NPFL WEEK 18: KWARA UNITED WINS AWAY TO RETAIN TOP SPOT Kwara Uniter beat Katsina United, 2-1 away to retain top spot in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) 2021 Season. Adamawa Utd 0-0 Wikki Tourist Akwa United 3-0 Lobi Stars Kano Pillars 2-1 Heartland Katsina Utd 1-2 Kwara Nasarawa 5-3 Abia Warriors Plateau United 2-1 Enugu Rangers Rivers United 1-0 Sunshine Stars Warri Wolves 3-1 Ifeanyi Ubah With the win, … Read More
INTERNATIONAL AFCON2021 QUALIFIERS: WATCH THE MOMENT SUPER EAGLES SCORED WINNING GOAL VS SQUIRRELS OF BENIN REPUBLIC Paul Onuachu scores the winning goal in the 93rd minute as Nigeria end Benin Republic’s eight year undefeated home record. This is his first national team goal in exactly 2 years and a day, which came in a 1-0 win against Egypt. The match was played at the Charles De Gaulle Stadium, Porto Novo, Benin Republic. The Eagles went into … Read More
LOCAL NNL: 3SC SUFFERS FIRST LOSS IN 22 MONTHS An 87th minute goal by Okereke Mmabuabuchi gave Nnewi United a 1- 0 win over Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, thus ending the historic unbeaten run of the Oluyole Warriors. The Ibadan soccer lords put in all they had into the game played at the Rojenny Stadium, Oba but had their efforts thwarted by an unsuitable pitch as … Read More