Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

 Nicolas Jackson goal saw Chelsea beat Brighton in an intense game to reach the Carabao Cup fourth round at Stamford Bridge. These two sides have dealt with each other a lot in the past 12 months with 10 members of staff having moved to Chelsea for around £200m – and the match carried an extra edge. Jackson’s winning strike came in the 50th minute after a fine move. That goal was the first Chelsea had scored in four matches and gave them a much-needed boost as boss Mauricio Pochettino looks to get his project moving in the right direction. Ian…

Liverpool are into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup for the fifth successive season after coming from behind to beat a plucky Leicester City team at Anfield on Wednesday night. Liverpool were caught cold in the first few minutes when McAteer gave Leicester the shock lead. Kostas Tsimikas was punished for losing possession and the Foxes broke with lethal impact as Yunus Akgun put the goalscorer through one on one with Caoimhin Kelleher. From there, the first half was one way traffic as the heavily rotated home side set about getting back into the game – the Leicester goal…

Arsenal progressed into round four of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 win at Brentford on Wednesday. Arsenal took the lead with eight minutes on the clock. Zanka mis-hit a pass back to Ethan Pinnock, who was beaten to the ball by Eddie Nketiah and he selflessly squared for Reiss Nelson to finish from 12 yards. Midway though the first half, Takehiro Tomiyasu made a heroic block to deny Vitaly Janelt after the ball fell to the German following a well-worked throw-in routine. The visitors went close to doubling their advantage on the half-hour mark when Emile Smith Rowe wriggled…

Victor Osimhen was on target as Napoli returned to winning ways by thrashing Udinese 4-1. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was brought down in the box by Festy Obesele and, after viewing the sideline video, the referee awarded a penalty kick which Piotr Zielinski took and finished with aplomb by sending Marco Silvestri the wrong way. After a dramatic 24 hours where his agent said he was considering suing Napoli over a club social media post, Osimhen got on the scoresheet, taking Politano’s ball in his stride before flicking past Silvestri. The lead was made three by Kvaratskhelia, who after twice hitting the post, brilliantly…

Real Madrid returned to winning ways with a comfortable victory over Las Palmas at the Santiago Bernabeu. Defeat to Atletico Madrid ended their 100% start to the season, but goals from Brahim Diaz and Joselu moved them up to second in La Liga. Carlo Ancelotti’s side dominated the first half but it was the third minute of added time before Brahim’s deflected effort found the top corner. Joselu’s glancing header in the 54th minute sealed the victory. Madrid made five changes from the defeat by Atletico, including resting Jude Bellingham. They would have won even more comfortably were it not…

The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has publicly ridiculed the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, labeling him a “serial loser.” Ganduje’s fiery remarks came to light on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, during a significant event where the Bauchi state NNPP governorship candidate for the 2023 election, Haliru Dauda Jika, officially switched allegiance to the APC. The grand defection ceremony took place at the national secretariat of the APC in the heart of Abuja. The former governor of Kano, Ganduje, wasted no time in launching his verbal attack, asserting that…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria said it needs “an additional US$ 3.3 million” till the end of the year to adequately respond to the diphtheria outbreak. It said with over 453 death tolls from diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, UNICEF Nigeria has issued an urgent need for mass immunisation. The outbreak has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected cases, more than 7,000 confirmed cases, and claimed the lives of 453 people with children mostly affected. This was disclosed in a statement signed by its Representative , Dr. Rownak Khan on Wednesday. Khan noted that most cases are children…

Jorge Vilda – the former head coach of Spain’s World Cup-winning side – is being investigated as part of the criminal case against Luis Rubiales. Vilda was sacked this month amid the fallout from the behaviour of Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Rubiales at the World Cup final on 20 August. Rubiales kissed forward Jenni Hermoso, which she says was not consensual. He denies charges of sexual assault and coercion. Vilda will appear before Spain’s National Court on 10 October. Spanish media report that Vilda is being investigated for his part in the alleged coercion of Hermoso, who said pressure…

Lagos State University (LASU) is set to begin a weeklong celebration of what it calls towering Communication Scholarship. This was communicated by the chairman of the Organising Committee, and immediate past Head of Journalism Department of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, FCMS, Dr Tunde Akanni, in a press statement. According to him, the programme would begin with a church service, running through the following week with assorted activities. He said, “From the ambitious beginning dating back to over twenty years ago, Communication Studies at LASU intervened to be a big player from its city centre take-off point at…

Santiago Gimenez completed his hat-trick to wrap up a 4-0 win for Feyenoord against Ajax in Wednesday’s restarted Eredivisie fixture. De Klassieker was abandoned in the 56th minute on Sunday, with Feyenoord leading 3-0, after fans threw flares on to the field. Trouble continued after the game with police using tear gas outside the stadium. Wednesday’s encounter was played behind closed doors. Gimenez scored twice in the opening 18 minutes on Sunday and Igor Paixao put the visitors 3-0 ahead after 37 minutes. The Mexican’s third came just three minutes after the game resumed on Wednesday’s, stroking in from close…

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag says Alejandro Garnacho has “space for a lot of improvement” despite an impressive goalscoring display in his side’s League Cup win over Crystal Palace. The Red Devils progressed into the fourth round courtesy of a routine 3-0 victory, with Garnacho opening the scoring in the 21st minute. It was the Argentinian’s first start for United since August 20 – and only his third of the season – and afterwards Ten Hag outlined the reasons why Garnacho has been a peripheral first-team figure. “You have seen at the start of the season we played him, his…

The Ukrainian Association of Football says it will boycott any Uefa competition Russia are allowed back into. On Tuesday Uefa said Russia can re-enter European Under-17 competitions for the first time since the country’s invasion of Ukraine 19 months ago. But the UAF called their reinstatement “groundless” and added the decision “tolerates Russia’s aggressive policy”. “We strongly urge Uefa to review this decision,” the Uaf said. “We insist on preserving the previous decisions of Uefa and Fifa regarding the prevention of all Russian teams from participating in international competitions.” Uefa, European football’s governing body, said boys and girls should not…