Category: Sport

Eden Hazard’s first-half penalty decided the FA Cup final in Chelsea’s favour at Wembley to leave Jose Mourinho and Manchester United empty-handed this season. Hazard – in a moment which did not bode well for the World Cup meeting between England and Belgium in Russia in June – twisted and tore past Phil Jones before drawing a clumsy foul from the United defender after 22 minutes. He calmly dispatched the penalty which was to prove to be the decisive moment in a final that was hard fought rather than distinguished.…

Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar was named the Ligue 1 Player of the Year at the UNFP awards on Sunday. Neymar, who signed from Barcelona in August for a world-record fee of €222million, may have been sidelined with a broken metatarsal since February, but 19 goals and 13 assists in 20 appearances earned him the honour. Kylian Mbappe claimed the Best Hope award, while Marseille’s Steve Mandanda was selected as the top goalkeeper and Malcom of Bordeaux was honoured for scoring the best goal of the season. Neymar was named in…

The 2018 GTBank Masters Cup went into its Quarter Final stage earlier this week. The matches which were played over two days took place at the Agege Mini Stadium on the 8th & 9th of May 2018. Day one began with Ansar-Ud Deen Girls’ High School, Itire winning its match with Greensprings School, Lekki 7-0 with Aleem Aishat scoring a hat trick. The second game of the day saw Queens College Yaba edge Corona School, Agbara 1-0. The third game and first game for the boys save Kings college Lagos…

Arsenal will challenge for the Premier League title next season, according to outgoing manager Arsene Wenger. The Gunners find themselves 37 points behind league leaders Manchester City, following a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Leicester on Wednesday, continuing a trend of poor away performances that see them ranked 16th in the league in terms of their away form. They have also conceded more goals this season than ever before in the Premier League era. Wenger, who will leave the club at the end of the season, believes that his…

The quarter finals of the 2018 GTBank Masters Cup is set to hold on May 8-9, 2018 at the Agege Stadium, Lagos with 16 male and female teams competing for a semi-final spot in the prestigious tournament. Organized by leading African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, the GTBank Masters Cup is an annual football competition for first generation and missionary secondary schools geared towards discovering young football talents and inculcating in young people, the values of sportsmanship, camaraderie and fair play. Season 7 of the competition kicked off with…

Winning the league is harder to do in England than in Spain and Germany, says Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. City were presented with the Premier League trophy after Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Huddersfield at Etihad Stadium. This is Guardiola’s first league title since joining City in the summer of 2016, having previously won three with both Barcelona and Bayern Munich. “Here, it is more difficult,” said the Spaniard. “In England, it’s special because it’s so tough.” Guardiola, 47, won La Liga six times while playing for Barcelona, then led…

Gareth Bale hit a sublime equaliser for Real Madrid against champions Barcelona, who survived playing with 10 men for 45 minutes to move to within three games of going the entire La Liga season undefeated. Sergi Roberto was shown a straight red card with the score 1-1 at the end of the first half of an ill-tempered El Clasico after he appeared to slap Real defender Marcelo. Roberto had earlier provided the cross for an unmarked Luis Suarez to fire the hosts into the lead before Cristiano Ronaldo bundled the…

The Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations. Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole made this known in his office in Abuja on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. He said that the directive became necessary due to the gross abuse Codeine usage has been subjected to in the country. In its stead, the Minister said Codeine containing cough syrups should…

FIFA has issued a life ban to the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Marco Polo Del Nero. The ban, which covers all football-related activities at both national and international level, takes immediate effect. Del Nero is accused of taking bribes in exchange for awarding contracts to companies for the media and marketing rights to various football tournaments, including the Copa America and Copa Libertadores. “The decision was notified to Mr Del Nero today, and the ban came into force immediately upon notification,” said a FIFA statement released on…