Monthly Archives: January 2020

NBA: I ‘d still be playing if not for 2015 overdose- Odom

Harry Awurumibe with agency reports Basketball star, Lamar Odom’s career surely would have been longer if tragedy hadn’t so persistently tailed him. But he was already in his mid-thirties when he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers at a time his physical abilities are clearly diminishing. In October 2015, he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. He was ...

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Mane, Oshoala deserving of their Awards, says Pinnick

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has declared African Men’s Player of the Year, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Women’s Player of the Year, Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala as fully deserving of their honours at the 2019 CAF Football Awards ceremony in Hurghada, Egypt on Tuesday night. The NFF supremo, who is a Member of the ...

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2019 CAF Awards: How Oshoala beat Adjara to 4th title

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau More facts have emerged why Nigeria and FC Barcelona women’s team star, Asisat Lamina Oshoala edged her arch-rival, Adjara Nchout of Cameroon to the African Women’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2019. Oshoala and Senegal and Liverpool’s goalpoacher, Sadio Mane were crowned as African Player of the Year and African Women’s Player ...

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Revealed ! Why Enyimba fired coach Abd’allah

Harry Awurumibe, Head, AbujaBureau More facts have emerged why embattled Enyimba International FC have parted ways with coach Usman Abd’allah. Although a statement from the Chairman of the club, Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu attributed Abd’allah ‘s sack on a string of disappointing results, investigations have revealed that the players are not comfortable with the coaching style of the former handler. PromptNews ...

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2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: Nigeria’s chance to redeem image

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja.With Nigeria out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Football Tournament following the failure of the Super Falcons and the U-23 Men’s Team (Dream Team) to qualify for the biggest multi-sports competition holding in Japan this summer, the country will now focus on picking the tickets for the two FIFA Women’s World Cup final taking place this calendar ...

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