2 weeks Ago By Boma Achenimie
Here is the Saturday Telegraph’s weekly Sports news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news stories making headlines from Monday, April 21, to Saturday, April 26, 2025 Yesterday four scheduled matches in the top flight of Italian football were postponed following the death of Pope Francis. The Vatican announced yesterday morning that Pope Francis..
. Read more Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, are firm and ready to pick the ticket for the country’s eighth appearance at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, despite the predictably cold atmosphere of the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida (outside Algiers), tonight..
. Read more Leicester City captain Jamie Vardy will leave the club at the end of the season but intends to continue his playing career. Announcing the news yesterday, the Foxes described Vardy as “our greatest ever player”.
The 38-year-old striker, who joined in 2012 from non-league...
Read more The stage is set for the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship, with the draw results placing Nigeria’s D’Tigress, the four-time defending champions, in Group D. D’Tigress will face off against Mozambique and Rwanda in the three-team group..
.. Read more Manchester United are interested in signing Wolves forward Matheus Cunha this summer.
The Brazilian, who has a £62.5m release clause in his Wolves contract, is expected to leave Molineux at the end of the season. Multiple club sources have told BBC Sport the 25-year-old.
.. Read more Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha believes Victor Osimhen would be the perfect signing to fix the club’s struggling attack.
United have had a disappointing 2024/25 season, even after bringing in new players like Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund. Both forwards have struggled to score regularly, and the team..
. Read more English Premier League club Everton are ready to spend big on Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon. Reports say the club is planning to offer around N27 billion (about £18 million) to bring the Nigerian star to England.
Moses Simon currently plays for FC Nantes in France’s...
Read more Paris Saint-Germain manager, Luis Enrique, has admitted that Arsenal has strength at set-pieces. However, Enrique has insisted his team will not have a special plan to nullify it. According to the Spaniard, they will “prepare the same.
.. Read more Head coach of Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, Bankole Olowookere, says his players are fully motivated and focused on securing a second consecutive win over Algeria as they prepare for the return leg of their 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying tie.
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