Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Leicester City waxing stronger

 Klopp's men were beaten tonight by Leicester city. Two brilliant goals from Jamie Vardy. The first goal was world class through a volley by Vardy which passed Mignolet into the net. The goals were scored in the second half. Manchester city also pick three points by beating Sunderland 1-0 through Aguero and Arsenal were held at home by Southampton. Leicester win sees them three point clear from Manchester City who are in second place on the table.
 See below for the full result.

Saturday, 30 January 2016

Serena Williams stunned in Australian open final


  World number one, Serena Williams was stunned by seventh seed Angelique Kerber 6-4 3-6 6-4 at Melbourne Park. This is her first major grand slam. She is the first german to have won this major title since 1999. Serena Williams missed the opportunity of equaling  Graf's open-era record of 22 titles.The german will move up to second place in the world ranking due to match points saved in her first-round win over Misaki Doi.

Friday, 6 November 2015

Golden Eaglets qaulified for final


 In the early hours of today the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria defeated the El Tri of Mexico. The Golden Eaglets fell behind through Magana in the 7th minute. In the 35th minute, Kelechi Nwakali equalised for Nigeria through a beautiful free-kick. The Golden Eaglets added the second goal in the 43th minutes through Okonkwo with a thunder strike. In the second half, Cortes equalised for Mexico. Ebere put the Eaglets ahead and later the highest goal scorer for the tournament with nine goals, Osimhen made it four from the penalty spot. The match was very though for the Eaglets. They faced a very fast Mexican side.
  The Golden Eaglet will now face Mali who is the reigning African Champions on Sunday while Mexico and Belgium battle for third place.

Nigeria ranked 59

 In the latest FIFA ranking, Nigeria fell seven places from 52nd to 59th in the world despite the win against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. The performers of the Super Eagles have not been convincing after loosing to Congo in a friendly match.  In the Africa continent, Sunday Oliseh's men are ranked 12th. This is their worst position.

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Obafemi Martins called up by Sunday Oliseh


   Obafemi Martins, who plays for Seattles Sounders has been recalled back to the Super Eagles. He was brought back to play against Swaziland by Nigeria coach, Sunday Oliseh in the World Cup qualifiers which takes place next month.
  The striker who have not featured for the Eagles since 2013 was ignored by the former coach. Martins has improved his game in the MLS where he plays for Seattles Sounders. He has scored 15 goals for his club.
   Other players invited for the two leg qualifiers against Swaziland are
Carl Ikeme, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Dele Alampasu, Abdullahi Shehu, Kalu Orji, Elderson Echiejile,  Chima Akas, Leon Balogun, Godfrey Oboabona, Efe Ambrose, Austin Oboroakpo, Ogenyi Onazi,  Paul Onobi, John Mikel Obi, Rabiu Ibrahim, Wilfred Ndidi, Sylvester Igbonu, Ahmed Musa, Moses Simon, Odion Ighalo, Ezekiel Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Obafemi Martins.

Thursday, 22 October 2015

Richest sportsmen


  These sportsmen are seriously making money from the different field. They are professionals who are specialized in what they can do best. They spend money, buying houses, riding expensive car, wearing expensive clothes. The list below shows the top 10 richest sportsmen.


  Names
Earning
Profession
1 Tiger Woods
$30 MGolf
2Phil Mickelson     $28 M Golf
3
LeBron James

$27 M
Basketball
4 Roger Federer    $27 MTennis
5 MS Dhoni$21 MCricket
6
Usain Bolt



$18 MAlthlete
7

Kevin Durant



$18 MBasketball
8 Cristiano Ronaldo

$16 M
Football
9 Rory McIlroy

$12 M
Golf
10 Floyd Mayweather     $11.5 M Boxing



Tuesday, 15 September 2015

UEFA Champions League

       


 The UEFA Champions League is back for this season. 32 teams are competing for this prestigious cup. The current champion Barcelona is in group E with the likes of Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, BATE Borisov while the runner-up of last season, Juventus are in group D. See below for the full groups.