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Bad News Hits Radamel Falcao, Asked To Leave Galatasaray As Turkish Giants Can No Longer Afford His Salary

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Galatasaray have asked star striker Radamel Falcao to leave the club as they can no longer afford his wages. The Colombian striker arrived at Galatasaray in 2019, with 25,000 fans waiting for him at Istanbul's Ataturk airport. But after scoring 19 league goals in his two seasons in Turkey, the former Atletico Madrid, Monaco, Chelsea, and Manchester United striker has been told to look for a new club. Galatasaray president Burak Elmas has said the club's financial problems after being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic's impact on ticket sales, meant they can no longer afford to keep Falcao or former West Ham midfielder Sofiane Feghouli.  'I talked to Falcao and Feghouli,' he told reporters. 'They provided very good services to us but with

Neymar shows off customized N5.7bn Mercedes helicopter

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Brazil international and PSG star Neymar mesmerised his fans on Instagram with a showstopping snap of his brand new £10million (about N5.7bn) personalised helicopter. The Brazilian published the picture of him sitting in front of his Mercedes helicopter to his millions of fans on Instagram, earning over five million likes in just over 24 hours. The all-black sleek helicopter is pictured glimmering in the sun, sitting on the freshly cut lawn of the Brazilian international’s £7m Rio home. Neymar’s initials ‘NJR’ are printed on the tail of the vehicle he used as transport during the Copa America, which took place in his home country of Brazil this year. Neymar seemed in high spirits as he put his Copa America misery behind him. The former Barcelona star

Confusion As Football Consider Stopping Headers As Top Scientist Reveals New Research Links Dementia To Repetitive Heading

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A leading scientist, researching into the possible link between dementia and football has urged the sport authorities to consider abandoning headers after a new study highlighted the risk of players developing neurodegenerative diseases due to repeated heading. Dr Willie Stewart of the University of Glasgow says football should now come with a warning regarding the dangers of heading in the sport over the course of a player's career. Previous studies had shown that footballers are more at risk of dying with dementia or other neurodegenerative diseases than the general population and Stewart says a new study published in the journal JAMA Neurology provides the "missing link" between the disease and the sport. According to the study, out of the 7676 former football players

JUST IN: Nigeria Finally Wins A Medal In Tokyo Olympic As Ese Brume Makes The Country Proud In Long Jump

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Nigeria’s Ese Brume has won a bronze medal in the Olympic Long Jump event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Nation reports Brum qualified for the final stage on Sunday morning after she leapt to a distance of 6.76m, 1cm more than the required mark to seal her place. Brume, clinched the bronze medal with a 6.97m jump. Germany’s Malaika Mihambo clinched the gold medal with 7.00m jump while U.S.A’s Brittney Reese clinched the silver medal with 6.97m on count back. Brume is Nigeria’s sole representative in the jumps in Tokyo since the disqualification of Ruth Usoro by the Athletics Integrity Unit. Apart from Ajunwa’s gold in 1996 Atlanta, Blessing Okagbare is another Nigerian to have won a medal in the Olympic Long Jump

BREAKING: Cheering News For Nigerians As Wrestling Set to Fetch First Medal At Ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic

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Nigeria’s search for a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games became a reality on Monday after Blessing Oborududu qualified for the final of the women’s freestyle 68kg in the wrestling event of the games. The 10-time African champion started her campaign against Azerbaijan’s Elis Manolova in the first round (round of 16) and she dominated the European champion and world championship bronze medallist with 13-2 victory by technical superiority with points scored by opponent (VSU1) to advance to quarterfinal where she faced Kyrgyzstan’s Meetim Zhumanazarova, 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist. The close encounter saw the Nigerian prevailing at 3-2 victory by points with points scored by the opponent (VPO1). The semifinal bout, which ensured that Nigeria was certain of its first medal

Tokyo 2020: Dream Dashes As Nigerian Athletes Protest In Shame After Disqualification

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After ten of her athletes were declared ineligible to compete at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics Games by the Athletics Integrity Unit, the image of Nigeria suffered further battering yesterday when some of the athletes took to the streets of Tokyo to protest their fate. While other countries were celebrating heroic feats and struggling for more medals in Tokyo, Team Nigeria‘s situation took a turn for the worse as the athletes protested the ‘shame’ brought upon the country by negligent sports administrators. Ten of the country’s athletes were disqualified from taking part in the Olympic Games due to their failure to undertake the mandatory three out-of-competition tests expected of athletes taking part in a competition of this magnitude. The Sports Ministry had labelled those

Tokyo Olympics: France Teaches Nigeria’s D’Tigress Basketball Lesson, Thumps Them 87-62

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A commanding display by France handed Nigeria’s D’Tigress a second loss of the Tokyo Olympics basketball event in as many games. Nigeria lost the first three quarters; 18-12, 26-15, 23-15 and drew the fourth 20-20, falling to the superior shooting power of the fifth best female basketball team in the world. After a barren first three minutes of the opening quarter, France went up by 8 points and dominated to win by 18-12, despite Nigeria rallying back to draw 11-11 at some point. Too many missed shots by D’Tigresses coupled with France maximizing their three pointers was Nigeria’s undoing. The performance was a far cry from what was expected having pushed world number one USA to lose by just nine points in their opening

Tokyo Olympics: Heartbreak For USA As Star Gymnast Simone Biles Withdraws From Women’s Team Final

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Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles was replaced in the US team after starting Tuesday's Olympic women's team final. Simone Biles withdrew from the Olympic gymnastics team final "due to a medical issue" and will be assessed every day to determine whether she can continue in the Tokyo Games, USA Gymnastics told AFP. "Simone has withdrawn from the team final competition due to a medical issue. She will be assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions," the statement said. More to follow...

BREAKING: Finally, FC Barcelona, Neymar Reach Agreement To End Contract Dispute

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FC Barcelona and Neymar have reached an amicable agreement to end their long-running dispute over the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward’s contract. The Brazil international had claimed he was owed 43.6 million euros (51.3 million dollars) in unpaid bonuses by the Spanish La Liga giants. Neymar insisted he was due the huge sum as a loyalty bonus, having signed a new five-year contract with the Catalan club in 2016. A judge ruled in Barca’s favour in June 2020, ordering Neymar to pay his former employers 6.7 million euros. Barca on Monday revealed the case is now closed. A club statement said: “FC Barcelona announces that it has extrajudicially closed amicably different labour and civil litigations that had opened with the Brazilian player Neymar da Silva Santos

Tokyo 2020: Team Nigeria Rock Stylish Green And White Outfits For Opening Olympic Ceremony (Photos)

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The Olympics Opening Ceremony officially kicked off the Tokyo 2020 Games, which were initially delayed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At the opening ceremony, Team Nigeria showed out in style in stylish green and white outfits and, were led out by flag bearer Odunayo Adekuoroye and captain Aruna Quadri.

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