Nigeria's Rivers Angels Qualifies for the CAF Women's Champions League
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6 HRS AGO - Rivers Angels have qualified for the maiden CAF Women’s Champions League which will take place in Egypt later this year.The Port-Harcourt based club secured qualification after hammering Amis du Monde FC of Togo 5-1 in the semi-final of WAFU B zonal qualifiers on Monday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.A brace from Maryann Ezenagu and a goal each from Deborah Abiodun, Damilola Koku and Cynthia Aku, earned Rivers Angels the comfortable win.Rivers Angels got to the semi-final after finishing top of group B following comfortable victories over Ghana’s Hasaacas and Police Sports Association of Niger Republic.The Nigeria Women’s League champions will take on Hasaacas of Ghana in the final on Thursday August 5.Both Rivers Angels and Hasaacas have booked the ticket to represent the region in the CAF women’s champions league. Collapse
AS Roma Academy Abuja - Everything You Need to Know About this Football Academy [Including Registration, Scholarship... ]
2 DAYS AGO - Welcome here, I guess you are a young footballer or a parent looking for opportunity to Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Welcome here, I guess you are a young footballer or a parent looking for opportunity to groom you kids football talent. We here to give all the information you need to make the right decision for kid's training or career in football. AS Roma Football Academy Abuja was established and started operation in Nigeria, on December 14, 2020.The AS Roma Academy Abuja is one of the AS Roma Academy official network of football schools around the world dedicated to all boys and girls, aged between 5 – 17 years old, which offers the opportunity to learn the methodologies and training techniques that inspired talented players such as Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Florenzi and Lorenzo Pellegrini.Recognised throughout the world for the quality of its youth team, our AS Roma International Academy program stands for our dedication to training young players in sports and education, transmitting the club’s work philosophy and values to the rest of the world.Training Collapse
Half A Dozen Intriguing Books Every Nigeria Football Fans Should Read - Highly Recommended!
5 DAYS AGO - Walk into any bookstore here in Nigeria, and you're not guaranteed to find even a book about Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Walk into any bookstore here in Nigeria, and you're not guaranteed to find even a book about our local football. This is the reason I want you to read this post. Are there any football books which can capture your imaginations? Yes, of course! But not many fans are aware we have such intriguing books, about Nigerian football heroes, achievements, ground histories, biographies and life experience stories that will surely enrich your passion and knowledge of our football nomenclatures. One thing for sure, football fans love to read about football. Here are half a dozen books about Nigerian football, including player and fan memoirs, management studies and true life stories. Obviously, there's no way we covered all the good works about our football out there, but I highly recommend these six book to you. 1. Managing A Football Club in Nigeria - 360° Approach, written by Benson ChukwuekeAbout the BookAdopting 360° management approach is to take a wholistic Collapse
AS Roma Football Academy Abuja Appoints John Obuh As New Technical Director
7 DAYS AGO - The Serie A club have secured the signing of the 61-year-old for their youth team based in Expand
7 DAYS AGO - The Serie A club have secured the signing of the 61-year-old for their youth team based in the Nigerian capitalThe AS Roma Academy in Abuja have appointed former Nigeria U17 and U20 coach John Obuh as their new technical director.The appointment was confirmed on Monday with a statement from the academy's country manager, Robin Adakosa.Obuh has been without a coaching job since he left his role in Nigeria Professional Football League club Akwa United in December 2019.The 61-year-old has distinguished himself in the area of youth development in the football environment, having led Nigeria to finish as runners-up at the 2009 Fifa U17 World Cup on home soil.Adakosa believes Obuh’s wealth of experience will be a boost for Roma as they continue to nurture young talent.“It was easy for us to pick Obuh among numerous other people considered for the job because we believe he possesses the quality to drive the vision of our academy,” Adakosa said.“The kids and other staff will have a lot Collapse
Three More Points to Go - Akwa United Inches Closer to NPFL Title After Jigawa Golden Stars Win
26/07/2021 - The Promise Keepers now know that three points from their final three league games will be Expand
26/07/2021 - The Promise Keepers now know that three points from their final three league games will be enough for them to emerge as Nigerian championsAkwa United are on the verge of securing the Nigeria Professional Football League title for the first time in their history after defeating Jigawa Golden Stars 3-0 on Sunday evening.Goals from Friday Ubong, Charles Atshimene and Wisdom Fernandon handed the Promise Keepers victory over the visitors at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.Unbeaten in their last two league outings, Kennedy Boboye’s team welcomed Gilbert Opana’s men to Uyo with the ambition of extending their run of form.In the keenly contested affair, the hosts had to wait until the closing stages of the first half to take the lead through Ubong.The hard-fighting visitors entered the second half full of hope, but they were pegged back in the 52nd minute courtesy of Atshimene’s effort.A minute prior to full-time, substitute Fernandon – who replaced Ikechukwu Nwani in the Collapse
Get An Invitation for A Club Trials in UAE - This August
21/07/2021 - A club playing in the UAE first division, also known as Emirates League, is open once again Expand
21/07/2021 - A club playing in the UAE first division, also known as Emirates League, is open once again for a Football Trials & Possible Signing of foreign players. It is an opportunity for you to get an invitation letter to participate in this year's trials. It is open to both Pro and Amateur players. The club, Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club is a soccer club located in the city of Dibba Al-Hisn in the United Arab Emirates. The club was established in 1980. It currently competes in the UAE First Division League.Steps on How to Apply:Step1: Purchase the open trials form for $50 USD only, equivalent to (NGN 21,000) to get your application in for review. On how to get the form, Contact us: Call 📞 or WhatsApp: +2348098772556Step2:- Fill the form, duely signed by you - the player- Attach your CV stating your football history. your current performance stats, goals, assists and awards, if any. - Also Send your current best performances video clips for Review. NOTE1: Collapse
Aisha Buhari Invitational Women Football Tournament - Everything You Need to Know
16/07/2021 - What's the Heck About - Aisha Buhari Cup? Aisha Buhari is the first Lady of the Expand
16/07/2021 - What's the Heck About - Aisha Buhari Cup? Aisha Buhari is the first Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the sponsor of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women Football TournamentThe tournament is actually the brain child of NFF president Amaju Pinnick who is a diehard supporter of the women game and passionate advocate for the empowerment of the girl-child. DOP AssuranceThe Director of Organisation of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women's Football Tournament, Aisha Falode, has assured of the determination and preparedness of the committee to deliver a well-organised football showpiece befitting the personality of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari.Who is to Participate? Africa's powerhouses in women football - Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa and hosts, Nigeria - including Mali and Morocco who are some of the emerging forces in the game, have confirmed their participation. Cameroon and Ghana are some of the strongest football playing nations on the continent. Collapse
Nigerian Goalkeeper Signs for Arsenal - to Play for First Team this Coming Season
13/07/2021 - Nigerian goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal and has Expand
13/07/2021 - Nigerian goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal and has joined the first-team squad.Arsenal confirmed Okonkwo’s new contract in a statement released on their official website on Friday.Okonkwo, 19, who has been with Arsenal since their under-9 level, signed as a scholar in July 2018. He impressed last season, regularly training with the first team and also travelling with the matchday squad as the third goalkeeper on numerous occasions during the campaign. He also made eight appearances at youth level in the Premier League 2 and EFL Trophy.In 2018/19, Arthur made his Premier League 2 debut at just 17 years of age, before going on to win the under-18 Premier League South. During that season, he played between the two age groups, making 14 appearances across all competitions, keeping seven clean sheets in the process.Arthur will wear the number 33 for next season. Collapse
Aiteo Cup Upsets - Underdogs Defeat Big League Table Toppers
10/07/2021 - Nigeria Professional Football League table toppers, Akwa United, Enugu Rangers and Warri Expand
10/07/2021 - Nigeria Professional Football League table toppers, Akwa United, Enugu Rangers and Warri Wolves were sent crashing from the round of 32 of the 2021 Aiteo Cup by lower division sides. Nigeria National League sides Gateway and Bayelsa United piped Akwa and Rangers 1-0 respectively, while Green Beret emerged 5-4 penalty winners over Wolves after the score line stood at 1-1 after regulation time. In other results, Abia Warriors thrashed Zamfara United 5-0, while Lobi Stars defeated Yobe Desert Stars 1-0. Kano Pillars defeated Lagos side Smart City 4-2, with Niger Tornadoes recording a 2-0 win over Mai Unguwa.Heartland, Sunshine Stars, Katsina United won their respective matches via penalty shoot-outs to scale through to the next round, while Nasarawa United beat Bendel Insurance 3-1 on Thursday at the Enugu centre.Rangers coach, Salisu Yusuf, rued his side’s failure to qualify for the round of 16. “We gave away so many chances, we were supposed to score three or four Collapse
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Armand Duplantis: The Swede Who Attempted to Do the Impossible in Tokyo
13 HRS AGO - World record holder Mondo Duplantis of Sweden won the Olympic men's pole vault gold medal on Expand
13 HRS AGO - World record holder Mondo Duplantis of Sweden won the Olympic men's pole vault gold medal on Tuesday, soaring over 6.02 metres on his first attempt at that height. But then, he attempted to fly over 6.09 metres, something no human being on earth has ever done - The Impossible! As the world stood still guelled to their screen and watched Duplantis almost achieved the feat, only but his chest debarred him from scaling the vault jump. This is not football, but the lesson the Swedish vaulter put out there at the world biggest stage, attempting to do the impossible send a message to all the young lads out there. The 21-year-old Duplantis, who finished with a silver medal behind world champion Sam Kendricks of the United States in 2019, remained the only man to fly over six metres this year.Double world champion Kendricks was not in Tokyo to challenge him after missing the Games following a positive test for the novel coronavirus.The Swede needed only five jumps during the Collapse
Akwa United Wins NPFL 2020/21 Season - Their First League Title
2 DAYS AGO - The Promise Keepers thrilled their fans in Uyo on Sunday by securing the Nigerian top-flight Expand
2 DAYS AGO - The Promise Keepers thrilled their fans in Uyo on Sunday by securing the Nigerian top-flight crown with an emphatic winAkwa United has won the 2020-21 Nigeria Professional Football League title after they defeated MFM FC 5-2 in their penultimate fixture of the season on Sunday.Charles Atshimene stood out for the hosts at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium as his hat-trick of goals helped crush the Olukoya Boys, who are winless in their last eight matches on the road.Atshimene opened the scoring in the 24th minute followed by Alimi Adebayo's own goal on the stroke of half-time which gave Kennedy Boboye's side a two-goal lead at the half-time break.Akwa United continued their goal-fest after the restart with Mfon Udoh making it 3-0 in the 62nd minute.Six minutes later, MFM reduced the deficit through Michael Mbonu's strike from the penalty spot, but it was not enough as Atshimene scored his second in the 87th minute.The Olukoya Boys responded immediately with their second goal in the Collapse
Super Eagles World Cup Qualifiers - Kick Off Date, September 3
5 DAYS AGO - Nigeria Vs Liberia - September 3, 2021Cape Verde Vs Nigeria - September 7, 2021Nigeria Vs Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Nigeria Vs Liberia - September 3, 2021Cape Verde Vs Nigeria - September 7, 2021Nigeria Vs CAR - October 6CAR Vs Nigeria - October 12Liberia Vs Nigeria - November 11Nigeria Vs Cape Verde - November 16There are barely couple of days between qualifiers in a month added to the logistical nightmare of travelling across Africa.The three-time African champions will get the second round of the World Cup qualifiers going on September 3 in Lagos against Liberia, before they travel to Cape Verde on September 7 in continuation of the qualifying series.Nigeria will then play a double header against Central African Republic between October 6 and 12.The Super Eagles will play first at home, before they travel to CAR.They will then play reverse ties against Liberia and Cape Verde the following month.These two matches will be played between November 11 and 16.In March 2022, the overall winners of this group will then play a final playoff against a winner of one of the other nine groups for a Collapse
One eBook Every Games Master and School Proprietor/principal in Nigeria Should Read
27/07/2021 - Benson Chukwueke'sBest Guide For Organising School Inter-House Sports CompetitionAbout the BookThe Expand
27/07/2021 - Benson Chukwueke'sBest Guide For Organising School Inter-House Sports CompetitionAbout the BookThe goal of organising an inter house sports competition may be way beyond just fulfilling the extra curricular activities of the school, to become a great public relations tool for cementing cordial relationship between the students, teachers, parents and the school management board.Inter house sports event could be a great promotional tool for the school, if well planned and executed to continually attract neighborhood parents and make them prefer to enroll their kids into the school. All these you will find in this book how it works and how you can achieve it for your school.Keep Reading Collapse
Top10 Players to Watch At the Tokyo 2021 Olympics Men's Football
25/07/2021 - In the last Olympics, Brazil 2016, we saw clubs in Europe stop most Nigerian rising stars Expand
25/07/2021 - In the last Olympics, Brazil 2016, we saw clubs in Europe stop most Nigerian rising stars like Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi, Victor Osimhen, Alex Iwobi, from participating in the Olympics. Olympic football is, famously, not a big deal - and though it remains one of the most beautiful memories we have of our football, yet NFF and the Ministry of sports usually treat it with kid gloves. The Nigerian dream team had won gold in Atlanta 1996, beating the star studded Brazil and Argentina in the semi and finals. As players like Kanu, Jay-jay, the bull Amokachie shunned like a thousand stars. I have always thought Olympics football is a good opportunity for our rising stars to gain such a formative experience and break out to limelightWhat an Olympic medal would mean, as it would often come across in your career, Messi won gold in 1992, Neymar in 2016... John Mikel Obi proved a point as he led a second rated Nigerian side to win bronze in Brazil even without Collapse
Ahmed Musa's Move to Turkey - American Based Agent Justus, Explains the Mouth Watering Deal
19/07/2021 - Ahmed Musa is in line to make a departure from Kano Pillars in Nigeria so as to complete his Expand
19/07/2021 - Ahmed Musa is in line to make a departure from Kano Pillars in Nigeria so as to complete his summer transfer to a club-side in the Turkish Super Lig this week.Our cirrespondence had exclusively reported last month that a Turkish Super Lig club offered Musa a mouth-watering one-year deal that is worth €2.2m (1.05 billion naira).According to an American-based agent, Justus who failed to disclose the identity of the Turkish outfit, “the club first offered Musa €2m a year but he turned it down.“The president of the club said that they could not go above that amount due to the coronavirus-induced financial problems every club in Europe is facing,” Justus told our correspondence“However, the club’s president has said that they are desperate to have Musa on their pay-roll next season and have come back with a final offer of €2.2m a year,” he said.But it appears Musa has finally reached an agreement with the Turkish side and the 28-year-old attacker will travel to the European Collapse
[Season 3] 2021 Free Kick! : Kiddies Holiday Football Training Camp - This August
15/07/2021 - * What's Your Plan? The long holiday is coming again between this July to September 2021. For Expand
15/07/2021 - * What's Your Plan? The long holiday is coming again between this July to September 2021. For 82 days or so, your kids will not be in school. * What's your plan for your kids?Will you take your annual leave and take them to summer holiday abroad or go to stay with grandma at the village. So what's your plan?Of course, this isn't the best time to travel abroad - COVID SCARE! I hope you are not thinking of a nanny, home teacher or planning to enrol them in a summer school or classes where they will go through another academic regime. That'll not be fair on the kids!! It's holidays for Christ sake! Your kids need to wind down so they can get revigorated for the next academic session in September.* Let your Kids Learn New ThingsIt's time for them to have fun and learn new things. Especially these days where most school no longer have robust sports curriculum, some don't even have enough space for playing ground or football pitch. This is the reason we are Collapse
Who Are the Six Nigerians to Play for Watford Next Season ? - Why Amaju Pinnick Seek A Closer Tie with the Premiership Club
13/07/2021 - President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr Amaju Pinnick says Premier League returnee, Expand
13/07/2021 - President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr Amaju Pinnick says Premier League returnee, Watford is becoming the new home for the Super Eagles.Pinnick was at the Hornets training ground on Saturday and watched the first training session of Nigeria midfield ace, Oghenekaro Etebo who recently joined English Premiership side Watford FC from Turkey’s Galatasaray.Hard-tackling Etebo has been a key figure in the Super Eagles’ set-up since impressing at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, where the U23 boys won Team Nigeria’s only medal at the games – a bronze. He featured prominently in the qualifying campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, played at the FIFA World Cup in Russia and also featured in the qualifying race and finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He was also influential in the squad that won the ticket to the 2021 AFCON.“Watford FC is gradually becoming a Super Eagles’ camp,” said a beaming Pinnick as he met with Club’s Technical Director, Cristiano Giaretta.“I told Mr Collapse
GreenHunters Sports International - An Innovative Sport Marketing and Management Company in Lagos Nigeria
09/07/2021 - One of Africa's leading sport marketing and management consulting agency based in Lagos is Expand
09/07/2021 - One of Africa's leading sport marketing and management consulting agency based in Lagos is revolutionising the way sports business is being done in Nigeria and the entire African region. Our trans-disciplinary composite and collaborations with some of the best sports nomenclatures across the globe has made GreenHunters a-must-go place for millions of clients the world over. OUR VISION:Our vision to touch lives, fulfill dreams and make the world a better place through football possibilities keep driving us to conquer new heights and gives us the audacity to apply disruptive innovations. OUR MISSION:Our mission is to deliver prosperity to individuals and families through sports and to make football a major economic factor in improving the GDP of Nigeria and the entire Africa Nations. OUR SERVICES1. TALENT MANAGEMENTThe Talent Management division at GreenHunters is dedicated to the discovery, on-going nurturing, development and management of talented Collapse
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Alternative Ways to Finance Sports in Nigeria Using Natonal Lottery
22 HRS AGO - With dwindling government revenue, the time has come to seek alternative sources to fund Expand
22 HRS AGO - With dwindling government revenue, the time has come to seek alternative sources to fund Sports Development in Nigeria. IntroductionSports performance and achievements have been the avenue through which great nations of the world exhibit their supremacy over others (MOHAMMED 2017). Sports provide a touchstone for understanding how people live, work, think and play, and serve as a barometer of a nation’s progress and civilization.A country’s sporting performance in local and international competitions plays a vital role in fostering nationhood at home and projecting soft power overseas. As part of a diplomatic strategy, sporting performance improves and positively maintains a country’s reputation (FA 1999).Financial Services, Technology, and Automotive Industry to Spend $14.1bn on Sports Sponsorships in 2020In October 2012, former President Goodluck E. Jonathan convened a strategy retreat to analyse the reasons for Nigeria’s abysmal performance at the 2012 Collapse
Nigerians Stage Protest in Tokyo - Over Disqualification of 10 of their Athletes from the Olympics
4 DAYS AGO - There was a protest in Tokyo on Friday over the disqualification of 10 Nigerian athletes for Expand
4 DAYS AGO - There was a protest in Tokyo on Friday over the disqualification of 10 Nigerian athletes for not meeting the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 governing the National Anti-Doping Federation.Our correspondence reported that Jumper Ruth Usoro, sprinter Favour Ofili and eight other Nigerian athletes were on Wednesday disqualified from the track and field events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Aside Usoro and Ofili, others affected were Chioma Onyekwere (discus), Annette Echikunwoke (hammer), Chidi Okezie (4X400m mixed relays), Knowledge Omovoh (4x100m women), Rosemary Chukwuma (100m), Glory Patrick (4X400m mixed relays), Yinka Ajayi (4X400m mixed relays) and Tima Godless (4X100m relays) Collapse
Infographic of An Idealistic Super Eagles Team for Qatar 2022 World Cup
6 DAYS AGO - You may have this idea in your head as you see some of the victorious golden eaglets Expand
6 DAYS AGO - You may have this idea in your head as you see some of the victorious golden eaglets of 2013 and 2015 establish themselves in the Nigeria senior national team - Super Eagles. Players like Kelechi Iheanacho, Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze are currently in the first team. In building the team expected to compete favourably and possibly become the first African team to win the World in Qatar 2022, we reckoned that the defatible captains of Golden Eagles of 2013 and 2015 are missing in the jigsaw puzzle. The NFF took rather a new approach, and if Super Eagles must win the World Cup, then coaches must look beyond our shores to find players of Nigerian decendance playing in some of the top leagues and incorporate them into the national team. Ideally, we expected a Nigerian coach to be the one to lead the team to Qatar in 2022. As it is, no foreign coach had ever won the World Cup for a country. So in our heads as Nigerian fans we expect Emmanuel Amunike to be Collapse
2 Nigerians Make Olympic History in Tokyo
26/07/2021 - Team Nigeria shot into reckoning when two of her athletes, Segun Toriola and Funke Oshonaike Expand
26/07/2021 - Team Nigeria shot into reckoning when two of her athletes, Segun Toriola and Funke Oshonaike entered into history book( Club 7) as rare athletes to have competed seven times at the Olympics.Standing taller in the exclusive club dominated by men was Funke Oshonaike who not only becomes the first Nigerian, but also the first African and indeed the first woman in the world to compete at seven Olympic Games. Her induction yesterday wiped out her tears suffered on the green table in her first historic Games when she was flatly beaten by a Chinese-American.Her face lightened and she giggled sandwiched by five other men who had brought honour to their countries.Out of the six awardees, Team Nigeria stood elegantly with a male and a female, an achievement only Nigeria has recordedI hope this award for me and country will brighten the hearts of Nigerians. I am happy and thanks to Nigeria and this hardworking Sports Minister Sunday Dare”, Funke said.Her compatriot Segun Collapse
The First See-through Football Kit That Got the World Talking [Men's Talking] - Raise Women Eyes Brows
23/07/2021 - The kit's shirt is entirely see-through, with large white arrows pointed towards each Expand
23/07/2021 - The kit's shirt is entirely see-through, with large white arrows pointed towards each player's manhood, alongside text that says "Don't forget to check."A football club famed for their novelty kits has come out with the world's first "see-through" strip in a bid to get us talking about balBedale AFC's new kit has been created to try and help raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK, a charity that does fantastic work combating cancer up and down the country.The kit's shirt is entirely see-through, with large white arrows pointed towards each player's manhood, alongside text that says "Don't forget to check."PROMOTED STORIESIt's hoped that the kit will also help raise awareness of various forms of cancer, which can be caught earlier by regular self-examination.Thus far, the Yorkshire-based club have raised £200,000 for Prostate Cancer UK, with their overall objective being £250,000.Bedale currently play in the North Riding League, and are pledging to donate £5 for every kit Collapse
2021/22 New Season Kits - Top 15 Jerseys Red Hot in Nigeria Market Now
19/07/2021 - The 2021/22 season kits are already out in the Jersey market at Mandalas Lagos Island. And Expand
19/07/2021 - The 2021/22 season kits are already out in the Jersey market at Mandalas Lagos Island. And here I share with you in descending order, the top 15 clubs jersey selling like hot cake now! As we all know, football fashion has become part of our everyday lifestyle here in Nigeria. And in a curious expectation each coming European league season, fans across the country await the release of a whole new set of jerseys they can wear as casual to support their favorite club campaign. We see Chelsea home kits selling like wild fire in the market now and we attribute it to their UEFA Champions League success in May... Although, the fact remains that Chelsea has the largest number of fans in Nigeria. Well, we are beginning to see a cross pollination this days, where fans purchase jerseys not because they support the club perse, but for the aesthetic designs and beauty of the club's season kits. That could the reason Barcelona new home kits is currently the number one highest Collapse
Managing A Football Club in Nigeria - 360° Approach - Highly Recommended eBook!
14/07/2021 - Managing a football club in Nigeria can become a heckling task if the management team are Expand
14/07/2021 - Managing a football club in Nigeria can become a heckling task if the management team are parochial (have a narrow outlook) in their approach or myopic (short sightedness) in their view...as we largely see in Nigeria. It is poor management that plays out really. The outcome is seen in the form of players unrest over unpaid wages, poor state of accommodation and general welfare of player and coaching staff. The overwhelming challenge is government and private club owners put in so much funds in financing their team, but hardly make any revenue to support the venture. The cost of running a club is increasing in astronomical rate and putting large hole in the pocket of these private owners. At the point, when they cannot cope any longer, they are forced to disband the club. Government allocations are hardly enough for state clubs to carry out their daily activities and execute both home and away matches. So, we see clubs with players that are not well motivated putting Collapse
I Hugged the Best - Neymar Hails Messi in His First Copa America Win
11/07/2021 - Saturday night was a special occasion for Argentina and Lionel Messi. After 28 years without a Expand
11/07/2021 - Saturday night was a special occasion for Argentina and Lionel Messi. After 28 years without a major trophy, La Albiceleste lifted the 2021 Copa America, downing arch-rivals Brazil 1-0 at the iconic Maracana Stadium.It was also the first-ever major trophy that Messi has won with the national team, after having faced heartbreaks on multiple occasions over the past decade. The Argentine skipper also won the Golden Boot, having scored four goals while having set up five more as well, meaning he had a hand in nine of the 12 goals his team scored in the competition.While the 34-year-old was full of joy and elation, at the other end of the stick was his close friend and former Barcelona teammate, Neymar, who was left in tears after the defeat. Like Messi until Saturday, the Brazil superstar is also yet to win silverware with the senior national team, having not been part of the 2019 Copa America-winning squad.There was a genuine moment of warmth between Messi and Neymar after the game, as Collapse
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