Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface flew his childhood coach, Johnson Blessing Perez from Nigeria to Germany for their Bundesliga title party on Saturday. Coach Perez, as he is fondly called in Akure - a city in the southwestern part of Nigeria, mentored Boniface through his youth academy - Royal Gold Soccer Academy during his teenage years. Boniface starred in Germany in his debut season at Bayer...
Seven Nigeria players featured in the 2023-24 Premier League season for four clubs. Taiwo Awoniyi and Ola Aina played for Nottingham Forest, Gabriel Osho and Femi Onyedinma are in the books of Luton Town, Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi featured for Fulham and Frank Onyeka impressed at Brentford. Afrosport ranks the performances of each player ahead of their final league games of the campaign. 1. Alex...
Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface has clinched the Rookie of the Season award in the German Bundesliga following his fine performances for Bayer Leverkusen. The 23-year-old joined Leverkusen in July 2023 and he has made a remarkable start to life in Germany. The Rookie of the Season award honours the best young player in the German top-flight and the Nigeria international saw off competition from RB...
Marseille’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been honoured as the best African player in the 2023-24 French Ligue 1 season. Aubameyang claimed the annual award for the second time in his career on Monday - first was in the 2012-13 season at Saint-Etienne. The Gabon international played a starring role for Marseille this campaign with his contribution of 28 goals and 11 assists in 47 games...
The leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has paid a condolence visit to former Super Eagles and Ajax star, Tijani Babangida who was involved in a deadly car accident on Thursday. The NFF delegation, led by President Ibrahim Gusau, visited Babangida in an Abuja hospital as he continues his recovery from injuries in the accident. The accident happened along the Kaduna-Zaria road in Kaduna State...
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