There was concern when Iheanacho left the King Power Stadium pitch just 18 minutes after coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for fellow striker Shinji Okazaki, following a collision with the German side’s Laszlo Benes.
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The Men’s 100 meters heat saw all the big-hitters on the track, except Canada’s Andre De Grasse, who pulled out due to injury
The Sam Vincent-tutored side is expected to touch down in Nigeria aboard a Delta Airline flight at the Murtala International Airport, Lagos
The 25-year-old penned terms on a world-record £200 million switch from Barcelona on Thursday night and had hoped to join Les Parisiens for the first game of the season on Saturday (today)
The 30-year-old is competing in his seventh and final World Championships, and recently clocked a season’s-best time of 9.95 seconds in a Diamond League meeting in Monaco.
The 27-year-old Briton, who also holds the IBF and IBO titles, had been due to face Wladimir Klitschko in a rematch of their April bout that Joshua won via an 11th round knockout.
The institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, Prof. Olumuyiwa Noah, gave the assurance on Friday while receiving the university’s contingent to the 25th NUGA competition, held in Makurdi, Benue State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Rangers will engage Wikki Tourists in the Match Day 33 in Bauchi on August 6.
Commenting on the initiative, Dada Ajai-Ikhile, an advertising practitioner whose child attends Grace High School, Gbagada, Lagos, said Promasidor has done well in ensuring that children learn the rudiments of football at an early age, which inspires their interest in the game.
“A sportsman needs challenges. And for the second time in my life, I am going against the advice of my Dad,” the Brazilian wrote in a long post in Spanish on his Instagram account on Thursday night.
The club in statement on Friday signed by its Media Officer, Albert Dakup, said the team was fully focussed and would surmount any obstacle in their way to achieve its ambition.
The Qatari, who will be visiting Africa for the first time, also says he considers the quality of players listed for the five-day tournament as the world’s best.
The match, which was played at the Sani Abacha Stadium, was watched by large number of spectators, including Super Eagles coaches, Gernot Rohr and Salisu Yusuf, as well as players of home-based Eagles.
The tennis star issued a statement Thursday morning explaining that pain in her left forearm would force her to miss the WTA Tour’s only Canadian stop. Her decision comes a day after the arm injury forced the 30-year-old to withdraw from the Stanford Bank of the West Classic.
The Rector of the pioneer tertiary institution in Kwara State, Alhaji Mas’ud Elelu, stated this while receiving members of the Main Organising Committee for the maiden Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Tertiary Institutions Football Competition in his office.
The 30-year-old was taken to a hospital in the administrative capital Pretoria, where he is serving his sentence, according to the website Pretoria East Record.
Since his leukaemia diagnosis was revealed, support has flowed in for the shot-stopper from across the globe – and backing has continued in recent days,
With just over three weeks to go until two of the world’s biggest sporting superstars clash in the ring, “The Money” has made a bold prediction of how things will go down.
Aluko insists the team aren’t going to dwell on disappointment, and told Sky Bet that promotion is the only aim for the upcoming campaign.
In a statement signed by the NBBF’s Secretary General, Chimezie Asiegbu, players and club managements in the Nigerian league system were warned to desist from dealing with any other entity or any other organ without the approval of the present Board.