Author: Rashaad Harris

Fifa president Gianni Infantino wants every nation to name a football stadium after Pele to honour the Brazil legend who died aged 82 last week.Infantino made the bizarre suggestion while speaking to TV reporters at the home of Santos Football Club in Brazil, where a memorial for Pele began on Monday. More than 5,000 of the world’s media have gathered at the Vila Belmiro Stadium for a 24-hour wake, as well as figures such as newly sworn-in Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Infantino. https://twitter.com/TNTSportsBR/status/1609896808632967168?s=19 “We are also going to ask every country in…

Olympique Lyonnais have confirmed the signing of Dejan Lovren (33), who returns to the club from Zenit Saint Petersburg, signing a contract until 2025. The Croatian centre-back, who competed at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, returns to France after leaving in 2013. He made 72 appearances for Lyon before joining Southampton and ultimately joining Premier League rivals Liverpool. He then left the Merseyside club to join Zenit in 2020. Lyon manager Laurent Blanc has called for “experience, aggression and character” to be added to the squad during this transfer window. Lovren does bring that, and he becomes the first…

Taiwo Awoniyi posing with Super Eagles Head Coach Jose Peseiro Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi was named Man of the Match after Nottingham Forest held Chelsea to a 1-1 draw at home.Forest announced Awoniyi as their stand out player on their Twitter handle following conclusion of the club’s fans votes Awoniyi beat off competition from Forest scorer Serge Aurier, Morgan Gibbs-White and Willy Boly to land the award. The former Liverpool striker polled 40 per cent, Aurier got 20 per cent, Gibbs-White had 18 per cent while Boly finished with 14 per cent of the votes.Raheem Sterling opened the scoring…

Former Arsenal captain, Cesc Fabregas has urged the Gunners to maintain their cool if they are to secure the Premier League title.Recall that the Gunners are now sitting top of the Premier League table with the hope of winning the title, rising game after game. Arsenal beat hard-fighting Brighton 4-2 on Saturday to open a 7-point lead over second-placed Manchester City. However, Fabregas said the critics tried to get the Gunners boss sacked in 2021 but reminded Arsenal they ‘haven’t won anything yet’.“If we had listened to certain people at a time when Arsenal finished eighth and not doing that…

Afrobeats legends — Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, (Burna Boy) has been listed on Rolling Stone’s updated list of the top 200 Greatest Musicians Of All Time. The popular American magazine features only the duo of the late Fela and Burna as the Nigerians on the list, with Fela —  the originator of Afrobeats, coming 188th on the list, while Grammy Award winner — Burna Boy made it to the 197th on the list. Rolling Stone describes Fela as an iconic singer who, ‘through his music, shared an anti-colonialist, Pan-Afirican vision and challenged Nigeria’s corrupt military government, which…

Former Senate President, Senator David Mark has recommended those who will lose in the upcoming general election to congratulate the winners rather than filing a lawsuit. Mark, who advocated a stop to the politics of resentment, also encouraged Nigerians as a whole to take on the challenges of holding free, fair, credible, and acceptable elections that will stand the test of time in February 2023.This is contained in a statement by his media aide, Paul Mumeh, on Sunday in Minna.He said: “All the stakeholders, including the INEC, the political parties, the security agencies, the media and civil society organisations, should…

Paris Saint Germain (PSG) unbeaten start to the second came to an end after they lost second place Lens 3-1 in a Ligue 1 round 17 fixture on Sunday night.The French league Champions were without seven time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi who is still absent after winning the FIFA World Cup with Argentina in Qatar last month.Brazil international, Neymar was also missing as he took permission to attend the funeral service of football icon Pele who passed away last Thursday.Second place Lens had a fast start in the encounter as Polish Frankowski put the host in the lead with…

Former Minister of Aviation cum member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani Kayode has reacted to the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo on Sunday, January 1st, endorsed Obi as his preferred candidate for the 2023 elections. In the 2023 New Year message signed by the former president and made available to newsmen by his aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo described Obi as his mentee and said the former Anambra State governor had an edge in the 2023 elections. But reacting to Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi, Fani-Kayode…

Peter Obi spent his New Year at a internally displaced people’s(IDP) camp in Abuja. There at the the camp which is located in Wassa, Obi sympathised with people who have been displaced by insecurity. Peter Obi who is running for president under the auspices of Labour Party also visited an IDP camp in Benue on Christmas day. He said in a tweet, “Today, New Year’s Day 2023, I visited displaced Nigerians in the IDP camp in Wassa, FCT. These IDPs, unlike most Nigerians, cannot enjoy the New Year in the safety of their homes. They were forced to abandon their…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization has dismissed the endorsement of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The endorsement of the LP presidential candidate by Obasanjo, according to the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign, is his wish and does not represent the views of the vast majority of Nigerians nationwide.This was said in a statement released today in Abuja by Kola Ologbondiyan, the campaign’s spokeswoman for Atiku-Okowa.He said, “While former President Obasanjo is entitled to his personal opinion; as remarkable as it may appear, it remains individualistic and cannot redirect Nigerians from their determination…