Author: Rashaad Harris

Prior to Criticism and Racist chants by Italian fans on black players in recent years, opinions have been divided amongst supporters and some sets of the public about Nigerian international and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen this week.It happened in Naples, some children dressed up as Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and had their faces painted black at the ongoing carnival week in the city with many seen putting on Sporting costumes, masks and capes both adults and children traditionally attend the carnival dressed as one of their heroes and this year several children chose to embody Osimhen, who has netted 20…

Legendary football commentator John Motson popularly known as Motty has passed away at the age of 77.Motson worked at BBC Sport for 50 years, covering more than 2,000 games across his illustrious career and commentated on 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals for the BBC.A statement from Motson’s family said: “It is with great sadness we announce that John Motson OBE died peacefully in his sleep today.”Motson gained popularity in 1972, four years after joining the BBC as a freelance pundit, by covering Ronnie Radford’s iconic FA Cup goal for Hereford in their shocking victory…

Nigeria champions, Rivers United will this afternoon depart the country for Luanda, Angola for their CAF Confederation Cup Group B match against DC Motema Pembe of Congo.The match will be played in Luanda onSunday, February 26. It will hold at theEstádio 11 de Novembro, the adoptedhome of the Congolese side.Rivers United delegates will depart viaNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,Abuja through an Ethiopian Airline. The team will stopover at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia before they board a connecting flight to Luanda, the Angola capital.Confirming their traveling itinerary onThursday, the club in a statement noted that the delegates will arrive in Luanda on Friday.”Rivers…

The management of Elkanemi warriors Fc has disengaged the entire members of the technical crew following continuous dismal outings of the team, with yesterdays 2-1 home defeat which was handled by the home based coaches. The disengagement was disclosed in a question and answer session with journalists in Elkanemi warriors secretariat this morning. According to the Chairman Alhaji sheriff Bukar, after the resignation of the technical Adviser in Jos, which we accepted and wished him best of luck, he told the home based coaches to turn things around but they failed in a home match against Kwara United yesterday. Sheriff…

According to the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress — Abdullahi Adamu, the party has put in a lot of effort and is deserving of success in the upcoming elections. This was said by Adamu on Wednesday in Abuja when discussing the chances of the party.Adamu said: “The APC is fully prepared and ready to go into this election. For us as a party, the only result we expect from this election is victory. We have worked hard, really hard.“No party has been able to put up a robust campaign like the APC did.“I am sure that the efforts…

According to the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, if the party’s candidate — Atiku Abubakar, is elected, he’ll be frugal with the country’s finances. It stated that Atiku would prefer to make sure that the interest rates and repayment terms are in line with international standards.it also guaranteed that the former vice president will stop borrowing from other nations.Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, the council’s Director of Voter Intelligence and Strategy, Osita Chidoka, said, “We are not asking them to forgive our debt, we are asking them to make sure that our repayment terms and…

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles hero Solomon Agbalaka has insisted that the team deserved the 1-0 win over Egypt o Wednesday.The Nigerian side defeated host Young Pharaohs by a lone goal courtesy of Agbalaka’s second-half powerful header.The lanky defender who was also named Man of the Match expressed his excitement about the outcome of the game.”We deserved to win,” he said after he was awarded the Man of the Match.”Worked very hard, so I would like to thank my coach and all my colleagues for their efforts.”I’m very happy with the result of the match. The match was not easy as we…

The claim that the Central Bank of Nigeria will suspend banking services for five days in preparation for this Saturday’s presidential elections has been refuted by the Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks, the apex organisation for corporate and marketing communications professionals working in Nigeria’s banking industry. The sources said that banks would shut down specifically between February 23 and February 27.The ACAMB labelled the article as fake news in a statement that was released on Wednesday and was signed by Rasheed Bolarinwa, President of the ACAMB.The statement read in part: “There is no iota of truth in the…

In his statement to political parties and candidates ahead of Saturday’s polls, President Muhammadu Buhari urged all candidates and their political parties to respect voters’ choices and accept the election results as declared by the Independent National Election Commission. He emphasized that Nigerians had no other country to call home and tasked the candidates and their parties with doing everything possible to keep the country secure, unified, and peaceful. He also urged them to abstain from riots and other acts of violence after the election results were announced.Buhari instructed them to file any institutional or personal complaints with the appropriate…

Josko Gvardiol’s second-half header cancelled out Riyad Mahrez’s opener as Manchester City drew their Champions League last-16 first leg 1-1 at RB Leipzig.Manchester City made three changes for their Champions League last-16 first leg in Germany.Kevin de Bruyne and Aymeric Laporte were both ruled out by illness and Phil Foden also dropped out of the side that drew 1-1 at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, with starts for Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake and Riyad Mahrez. Chelsea-bound Christopher Nkunku was named among the Leipzig substitutes with the striker only recently returned from an ankle injury sustained in November.City’s domination was rewarded after…