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Super Eagles trio Alex Iwobi, Calvin Bassey and Samuel Chukwueze will not win the English FA Cup this season after Fulham were knocked out of the competition, Soccernet.ng reports. The Premier League side suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat to Championship club Southampton at Craven Cottage on Sunday afternoon. The result ended Fulham’s run in this season’s tournament at the Round of 16 stage. Iwobi has already won the FA Cup once in his career, lifting the trophy with Arsenal in 2017. However, Super Eagles teammates Bassey and Chukwueze must now wait at least another season for their first success in…

Gift Orban and Daniel Oyegoke played key roles as Hellas Verona secured a surprise 2-1 away victory over Bologna in a dramatic Serie A clash on Sunday, Soccernet.ng reports. Orban provided the assist for Verona’s second goal as the visitors came from behind to record only their third league win of the season. The 2024 Super Eagles invitee was making his first appearance after serving a suspension. He had missed Verona’s last three league matches following a controversial red card during the 2-1 defeat to Parma in mid-February. Hellas Verona striker Gift Orban. Copyright: xIPAxSport/ABACAxIMAGO Despite the break from action,…

The Athletic Club vs Barcelona fixture was a tough game, but the Blaugrana ran out with a narrow win…. Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala has taken a playful jab at Real Madrid following Barcelona’s narrow 1-0 victory over Athletic Club, Soccernet.ng reports. ​The race for the La Liga title is getting tughter as the season enters its home stretch. This year, the script remains familiar, with the usual suspects—Barcelona and Real Madrid—slugging it out at the summit. ​On Friday, Real Madrid kept the pressure on with a dramatic stoppage-time winner from Federico Valverde to defeat Celta Vigo 2-1. That victory…

Victor Osimhen and Galatasaray head into their Champions League round of 16 first-leg clash against Liverpool on Tuesday with a renewed sense of belief, Soccernet.ng reports. This follows their hard-fought 1-0 victory over arch-rivals Besiktas in the Turkish Super Lig. The match, played at Tüpraş Stadium on Saturday, saw the Lions extend their lead at the top of the domestic table to seven points, but more importantly, it provided a timely psychological lift ahead of the European showdown at RAMS Park. The derby was a tense affair, with both sides creating chances in a fiercely contested Istanbul classic. The breakthrough…

If you have been looking for a worship song to play on repeat this week, Dunsin Oyekan and Theophilus Sunday have something for you — and it is called “Baruch Hashem Adonai.” The track brings together two of gospel music’s most powerful voices for a release that arrives as more than just another worship song. Rooted in Scripture and built around the declaration “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord,” the song draws from the same cry that welcomed Jesus during His triumphant entry into Jerusalem, the moment that announced the arrival of the King. Dunsin…

Beşiktaş head coach Sergen Yalçın has claimed that Victor Osimhen should have been sent off during their heated clash against Galatasaray on Saturday, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Galatasaray traveled to the Tüpras Stadium for one of the most prestigious fixtures in Turkish football. Despite the intensity of the derby, Yalçın was unable to lead his side to victory on home turf, as they succumbed to a 1-0 defeat courtesy of a clinical header from the Nigerian talisman. Victor Osimhen during the Turkish Super Lig match between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray. Copyright: Imago ​The Black Eagles were handed a significant lifeline in the second half…

A member of the House of Representatives from Ajeromi/Ifelodun/Federal Constituency, Lagos State, Kalejaiye Adeboye, has said no political coalition can defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Kalejaiye, in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, said the opposition’s attempt to remove Tinubu from power would fail, insisting that the President remains the best option for the country. He said, “Everybody is colluding and looking for how to remove him from office, but let them continue to try. They call it a coalition, but I call it collusion because when you continue to assemble people who have failed this country,…

Legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon believes Brentford defender Michael Kayode has shown enough quality to earn a call-up to the Italian national team, Soccernet.ng reports. Kayode has been one of the most impressive young players in the Premier League this season. The 21-year-old right-back has attracted attention not only for his energetic runs down the flank for Brentford, but also for his powerful long throw-ins, which have caused serious problems for opponents. The former ACF Fiorentina defender has played 28 league matches this season and has become an important part of a Brentford side currently sitting seventh in the table…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday attended the return of the bodies of the first six US soldiers killed during the escalating war with Iran. Trump, wearing a white “USA” baseball cap and accompanied by several Cabinet members, saluted as each flag-draped case was carried from a military transport plane at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the remains of US troops killed overseas are returned to American soil. The troops were killed last Sunday when a drone struck a key US command centre in Kuwait, a day after the United States and Israel launched a sweeping military campaign…

Tola Dehinde “Eat better.” It is one of the most common pieces of advice given to people living with chronic illness. Eat more vegetables. Increase protein. Reduce processed foods. Stay hydrated. Support your immune system. On the surface, it sounds reasonable. Even empowering. But what if “eat better” ignores the structural realities shaping who can access nutritious food in the first place? When discussing nutrition in Sickle Cell Disease, we must move beyond individual responsibility and examine the politics of food access. Chronic illness and nutritional demand SCD is characterised by chronic inflammation, haemolytic anaemia, vascular injury, and increased metabolic…