The Argentine Football Association head, Chiqui Tapia has announced that Argentina’s training center would be named after Lionel Messi. Chiqui relayed the announcement through his official Twitter account that the once-known ” Casa de Ezeiza” was changed to “Lionel Andres Messi”. “We lived a historic day in our Casa de Ezeiza, which from today will […]

By Emmanuel Okogba The senior national team, Super Eagles, want Nigerians to keep the faith despite an uninspiring outing in last night’s African Cup of Nations qualifier that saw them lose to lowly rated Guinea Bissau in Abuja. Guinea Bissau’s Wild Dogs scored a 29th minute goal and held on for a historic win that […]

Newly-appointed Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel said on Saturday he was stunned at being offered the position. Tuchel, 49, has replaced the sacked Julien Nagelsmann in charge of the six-time Champions League winners. Nagelsmann lost his job at the German champions on Friday with the Bavarians second in the table but he had guided them […]

“The referee failed to give the Guinea-Bissau player Mama Balde a red card after going in hard on Kevin Akoguma in the second half of the game.”

Midfielder Alex Iwobi says the Super Eagles are eager to redeem their image in their reverse fixture against the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau on Monday.