De Gea missed the season’s opening match against Tottenham, and is also set to miss tonight’s trip to Aston Villa.
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That Togolese footballer, Emmanuel Adebayor converted to Islam is no longer news. The news had gone viral and the Aston Villa bound striker had also confirmed it. Adebayor has now come out to fully address the issue by giving reasons why he converted to Islam. He justified his new found faith by saying Muslims are like Jesus and also described them as ” truer followers of Christ”.
Robin van Persie is getting ready to leave Manchester United and move to Turkey club, Fenerbahce . He arrived in Turkey yesterday afternoon July 12th and was greeted by a fanfare of Fenerbahce supporters who were eager to meet him. The fans arrived in their numbers to have a glance at the Holland international as he arrived in private jet with his wife and two children. RVP, 31, is set to sign a 3-year deal worth about £240,000-a-week at Fenerbahce. More photos after the cut...
gol The Nigeria football Federation ( NFF ) has fired Super Falcons head coach Edwin Okon. According to reports, he was fired following the Super Falcons poor performance at the just concluded FIFA Women's World cup in Canada after the team failed to make it out of the group stage. The team's assistant coach, Christopher Danjuma has been appointed acting coach.
Ex-Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, 33, announced this afternoon that he's signed with Arsenal after leaving Chelsea. The Czech Republic international reportedly signed a 4-year-deal with the Gunners worth around £11m. How do you Chelsea fans feel about this move? (He's the number trending topic in Nigeria so me sef join the train...lol)
Philadelphia 76ers selected Jahlil Okafor with the third pick in the 2015 NBA Draft on Thursday June 25th. He was born December 15, 1995. Okafor's father, Chukwudi Obika Okafor is of Nigerian descent (Anambra state) while his mother Dacresha Lanett Benton is a mix of African-American and white. Congrats to him...
The Argentinian legend – whose notorious handball 'goal’ knocked England out of the 1986 World Cup – wants to replace Sepp Blatter as the head of world football. Maradona, 54, believes he can help restore the public’s faith in the corruption-riddled governing body.
Can someone bring him back home? His father is Nigerian and he revealed to BBC Sports why he wants to play for us. The 22year old former Spain youth international defender, who is a regular for Real Madrid's B side, is free to play for Nigeria because he has not yet played for any country's senior national team.