Ademola Lookman reckoned Atalanta deserved to beat Stuttgart in Wednesday night’s UEFA Champions League clash. La Dea defeated their hosts 2-0 to continue their impressive run of form. Lookman and Zaniolo scored both goals for Gian Piero Gasperini’s side. The 27-year-old said they can be happy with their performance in the game. “We had a positive first half. We created dangerous moments in the game, so (the aim was to) just keep doing what we were doing,” the winger told Uefa.com. “We knew the chances would come and we took them. We’re happy with the three points and we’ll keep…
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Imo State House of Assembly has hailed the renaming of the Imo International Conference Centre (IICC) after Chief Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu, the late Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General, by Governor Hope Uzodinma. The decision of the lawmakers followed the adoption of a motion moved by the member representing Mbaitoli Constituency, Innocent Ikpamezie who expressed gratitude to the State Government for heeding to the appeal earlier made by the house. Addressing the house, the Mbaitoli lawmaker noted that the renaming of the IICC after the late leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo is a mark of respect to what Iwuanyanwu represents in the political…
Nigeria International, Ademola Lookman, has backed Barcelona star, Lamine Yamal to win the Ballon d’Or soon. Yamal, 17, joined Barcelona’s senior team just last year 2023 but has established himself, scoring 13 goals and 17 assists in 66 games. The Spain International and Euro 2024 winner was named the best young player in the world by France Football recently. Lookman told DAZN that the youngster is heading towards a successful career in football when was asked to pick a player who could win the Ballon d’Or in the future. The Super Eagles star said via Yahoo Sports, “One player who…
Former France International, Emmanuel Petit, has given his opinion as to why Raheem Sterling has failed to deliver at Arsenal. The Frenchman, who played for both Chelsea and Arsenal during his active days, said the English forward who joined the Gunners on loan from the Blues, is a victim of his own success. DAILY POST reports that Sterling made the switch on transfer deadline day after it was made clear to him he was not in the plans of new Chelsea boss, Enzo Maresca. The Frenchman told Instant Casino that the English attacker has a lack of hunger after the…
On Monday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, came down hard on the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government of President Bola Tinubu, insisting that the prevailing economic hardship in the country was a direct outcome of Tinubu’s incoherent plan, a development he equally attributed to the President’s hasty assumption of power without a clear cut policy direction. Atiku was responding to the Presidency’s dismissal of his earlier submission on Sunday, regarding what he would have done differently if he had won the 2023 presidential election to keep the economy in a good standing. He had insisted that the Federal Government cannot…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has forecast sunshine and haziness from Thursday to Saturday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja predicted a sunny and hazy atmosphere over parts of Borno, Adamawa and Taraba states on Thursday with moderate dust haze. NiMet forecast localised horizontal visibility of 2km to 5km over the other parts of the northern region during the period. According to the agency, in the North Central region, moderate dust haze with localised visibility of 2km to 5km is anticipated during the forecast period, while in the southern region, a sunny and hazy atmosphere…
Former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder, Emmanuel Petit, has said that the Gunners’ summer signing, Raheem Sterling was a panic buy for Mikel Arteta’s side. Petit added that Gunners boss, Mikel Arteta had his eyes set on another winger but had to settle for Sterĺing. Raheem Sterling was deemed surplus to requirements by new Chelsea boss, Enzo Maresca and was asked to leave the club. And when Arsenal called he saw it as an opportunity he would never miss and reunited with Arteta, who worked with him at Manchester City. However, the England winger has failed to impress since joining the…
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has claimed his team were harshly punished for a handball in their 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan. The referee pointed to the spot after Mikel Merino’s hands appeared to brush the ball just before the half time whistle. Hakan Calhanoglu stepped up to score the winner from the spot. Although the Gunners dominated the second half, they failed to break down the hosts. Arteta, talking to TNT Sports after the game, said: “I am very proud of my players, the level of domination we had. We were very harshly done by in the sense that it…
Liverpool are top of the Champions League table after Match Week 4, thanks to a 4-0 demolition of Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday. The result means the Reds have won all four fixtures so far and are yet to concede a single goal. Arne Slot’s men are also the only team with maximum points so far. Sporting Lisbon thrashed Manchester City 4-1 and are in second position, tied on 10 points with Monaco, Brest and Inter Milan. Real Madrid are in 18th place after a shock 3-1 defeat at home to AC Milan, while PSG are 25th following a last-gasp loss…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Even before Democratic candidate Kamala Harris conceded defeat, world leaders, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu congratulated the US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. Trump gained an unassailable lead with 266 Electoral College votes – four short of the 270 threshold before the congratulatory messages started pouring in. 2. The death on Tuesday of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja has thrown the nation into mourning. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered flags to be flown at half-mast nationwide for seven days. 3. Bandits on Wednesday abducted over 50…