Inter Milan and Sampdoria have condemned the racist abuse that was targeted towards Ebenezer Akinsanmiro during the latter's Serie B match against Brescia on Sunday, Afrosport reports. The 20-year-old Nigerian is currently on loan at Sampdoria from Inter and was racial abused by Brescia fans during the course of the match. Things got heated when Massimo Coda put Sampdoria ahead and Akinsanmiro went towards the direction...
Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen scored the first goal as Napoli defeated already-relegated Sampdoria 2-0 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Sunday to finish as the Serie A top scorer for the 2022–23 season. The Nigerian won and converted a penalty in the 64th minute to end the campaign with 26 league goals and claim the Capocannoniere award for the first time since he moved...
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has responded to compatriot Ademola Lookman's comment about catching up to him with a sublime strike in a nailbiting 2-1 win over AS Roma on Sunday. The strike was the Super Eagles forward's 14th in the Italian top flight this season, tying his last season's record in eleven fewer games. Osimhen and substitute Giovanni Simone scored either side of Stephan El Shaarawy's...
Italian football federation (FIGC) has hit Serie A giants Juventus with a 15-point deduction as a sanction following an investigation into their transfer businesses in the past. The Old Lady were accused of financial misdoings and false accounting as a result of cooking their balance sheets through artificial gains from club transfers. Massimiliano Allegri's side are currently third in the Serie A standings, however, the points...
Victor Osimhen has stated he feels like a leader in Napoli following their 2-0 win over Sampdoria in Sunday's Serie A game. Osimhen opened proceedings at Luigi Ferraris in the 19th minute before Eljif Elmas doubled it eight minutes from time. The strike took Osimhen to 10 Serie A goals for the season, becoming only the second African after George Weah to hit double digits in...
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