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Victor Osimhen says he is ready for the challenge laid down by Juventus defender Lloyd Kelly ahead of Wednesday’s decisive Champions League playoff clash, Soccernet.ng reports. Italian giants Juventus host Galatasaray at the Allianz Stadium in Turin for the second leg, with the Turkish champions holding a strong advantage. Galatasaray won the first leg 5-2 in Istanbul last week, with Victor Osimhen delivering a standout performance. The Nigeria international registered two assists and played a key role in several goals as Juventus struggled to cope with his movement and physical presence. Copyright: IMAGO The task facing Juventus is clear. The…

Everyone is talking about the Citrini Research report that sent the market into a tailspin yesterday. Buried in its 7,000 words of wisdom is a huge buy signal for Solana and Ethereum Layer 2s.The report, entitled The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis, is a work of fiction that explores a future scenario in which AI disruption leads to what it describes as a “negative feedback loop with no natural brake”. JUNE 2028. The S&P is down 38% from its highs. Unemployment just printed 10.2%. Private credit is unraveling. Prime mortgages are cracking. AI didn’t disappoint. It exceeded every expectation.What happened?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​https://t.co/JzzwCrbJgS— Citrini…

​Former AC Milan head coach Vincenzo Montella believes Juventus will have an edge in their UEFA Champions League playoff second-leg clash against Galatasaray if Victor Osimhen is not fully fit to feature, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Osimhen has dominated pre-match discussions ahead of Wednesday’s showdown at the Allianz Stadium, with the spotlight mainly on his fitness. The 27-year-old missed Galatasaray’s 2-0 defeat to Konyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday after experiencing knee discomfort, leading to initial fears he might miss the trip to Turin. Victor Osimhen in Kocaelispor vs Galatasaray. Copyright: ImagoxGokhanxTanerx He was left out of the squad as…

Super Eagles and Werder Bremen full-back Felix Agu has picked up another injury just weeks after he returned from a four-month lay-off, Soccernet.ng reports. The 26-year-old suffered a syndesmosis ligament injury, which meant that he had to undergo surgery, and in turn, missed four months of action, including the AFCON 2025 tournament. Felix Agu returned to action two weeks ago against Freiburg, playing 28 minutes, before playing another 65 minutes against Bayern Munich. Felix Agu Werder Bremen looks dejected in the Bundesliga match between Werder Bremen vs FC Bayern München at the Weserstadion. Photo by Marco SteinbrennerxImago Get Our Sports…

Arizona just put XRP into state legislation. Senate Bill 1649 cleared the Senate Finance Committee in a 4–2 vote, advancing a proposal to create a Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund.Unlike most state level crypto bills that focus only on Bitcoin, this one explicitly names XRP and DigiByte as eligible assets alongside BTC.The bill does not authorize Arizona to buy crypto with taxpayer funds. Instead, it allows the state to hold digital assets seized or surrendered to it, rather than liquidating them immediately. XRP added to Arizona digital reserve bill. After a 4–2 committee vote, the Arizona State Legislature advanced a…

Galatasaray head coach Okan Buruk has decided that star striker Victor Osimhen will no longer be benched unless a serious injury completely rules him out of action, Soccernet.ng reports. ​The decision follows heavy backlash from supporters after a shock 2-0 defeat to Konyaspor in the Turkish Super League on Saturday. ​Osimhen missed training sessions last Thursday and Friday after experiencing knee discomfort and was left out of the clash as a precautionary measure. Victor Osimhen during group phase match between Galatasaray and Liverpool Copyright: ImagoBerkxOzkanx-xDepoxPhotos 18846378 Unfortunately for them, his absence was glaring. Despite fielding several high-profile stars, yhe reigning…

Super Eagles attacker Ademola Lookman came off the bench to provide a vital assist as Atletico Madrid secured a dominant 4-1 victory over Club Brugge in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 clash, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Lookman has been in scintillating form since joining Atletico Madrid from Atalanta last summer. However, in a surprising move, coach Diego Simeone opted to start the Nigerian from the bench as they welcomed the Belgian giants to the Estadio Metropolitano. Ademola Lookman for Atletico Madrid. (Photo by Imago) Despite the first leg ending in a high-scoring 3-3 draw, Los Colchoneros…

Bitcoin just lost one of its biggest support engines.U.S. spot ETFs have now recorded five straight weeks of net outflows, draining roughly $3.8B from the market in just over a month. Nearly $400M was pulled in a single session, accelerating a trend that has quietly flipped the institutional narrative from accumulation to de-risking.Source: Spot Bitcoin ETF Total Net Flows / TheBlockThis matters because ETF redemptions are mechanical. When investors pull capital, issuers must sell underlying BTC. That creates direct spot selling pressure. In a market already thin on bids, the impact compounds quickly.BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC both saw notable…

Spotify has turned five in Nigeria and to mark the milestone, the streaming giant just dropped some numbers that are going to make every Nigerian music lover very proud. The platform launched in Nigeria in February 2021, and the very first song a Nigerian user streamed was, interestingly, not an Afrobeats track. It was Shiga Lin‘s Cantopop ballad from Hong Kong, which Spotify described as “a fitting start for what the next five years would look like: borderless, discovery-driven listening.” Five years later, the data tells a story that is hard to argue with. Nigerian users have created more than…

Victor Osimhen has admitted he could one day return to Italian football, despite the difficult circumstances surrounding his departure from Napoli, Afrik-Foot reports. The Nigerian striker enjoyed a remarkable spell in Italy, quickly becoming one of the most exciting African players ever to feature in Serie A. In only his second season, Osimhen won the league’s Best Under-23 award and was also named Emerging Player of the Year at the Globe Soccer Awards. His finest moment arrived in 2023 when he fired Napoli to their first league title in 33 years, a historic Scudetto triumph that secured his place in…