A second half score from Jordi Alba was enough to nudge Barcelona past a tough Real Sociedad side on Saturday night at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Clement Lenglet stunned the home supporters by scoring his first league goal of the season just moments before half-time, only for Real Sociedad to answer through Juanmi. However,… Continue reading BARCELONA TWO STEPS AWAY FROM TITLE

The history of the Ballon d'Or is fascinating, however, it's been overshadowed by the decade long baton passing between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Essentially they had a vice like grip on the trophy between 2008 to 2018. That's an incredible achievement in today's competitive footballing environment – a shutout of all other players for… Continue reading 2019 BALLON D’OR: THE WINNER IS?

From the list of 27 officials that will handle the games of the 2019 AFCON tournament released CAF yesterday, no Nigerian referee was listed. Full list of referees: Mostafa Gharbal (Algeria), Helder Martinez (Angola), Joshua Bondo (Botswana), Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Botswana), Aliom Aliom (Cameroon), Gehad Geresha, Mahmoud El-Banna, Amine Omar (Egypt), Bacary Gassama (Gambia), Daniel Laria… Continue reading 2019 AFCON TOURNAMENT: NIGERIAN REFEREES MISSING FROM LIST_FEMI EHIABHI