Nigerian football legend, Okocha welcomes Messi to Paris

Jay Jay Okocha, an old football legend, has taken to social media to welcome the new Paris Saint Germain player, Lionel Messi. The former Nigerian player welcomed the former Barcelona captain to PSG, where he will continue his soccer career. In a post Okocha made on his official Instagram account, he wrote, “welcome to Paris.” […]

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Messi’s arrival and Mbappe’s future at PSG

Lionel Messi has been reunited with his old Barcelona team-mate Neymar in an all-star attack at Paris Saint-Germain, but the question now is whether the arrival of the Argentinian superstar could actually push Kylian Mbappe out of the French giants. PSG’s plan is to have the three forwards playing together in an all-star attack that […]

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Messi’s PSG shirt sold out in 30 minutes

Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint Germain’s jersey.sold out in 30 minutes after the football club displayed them for sales on its website. When our correspondent visited the website, only limited women’s and kids were available for sale at over €100. The men’s shirt sold for €107.99 (£92) when available for sale. The club made available for […]

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Messi’s £1 million weekly pay: Okocha jokes ‘I came too early’

Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, declared yesterday that his footballing days ‘came too early.’ He was reacting to news of Lionel Messi’s weekly take home of £1 million at Paris St-Germain. After more than 20 years, 778 games, 672 goals, 35 trophies, including 10 La Liga titles, four Champions Leagues and numerous […]

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Messi gets hero’s welcome in France after PSG deal

Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi received a hero’s welcome after flying to France on Tuesday to join Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) following his shock departure from FC Barcelona. The agreement to sign the 34-year-old Argentine is a major coup for wealthy PSG. They will be adding one of the best football players of all time […]

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Minister raises panel to probe disqualification of 10 Nigerian athletes in Tokyo

To monitor Okagbare’s temporary suspension, appeal Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, has set up a panel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disqualification of 10 Nigerian athletes at the just concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Team Nigeria finished in the 74th position on the overall table and sixth best in Africa with a silver and a bronze […]

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Minister Dare and politics of the Olympics

Credit: Twitter / NigeriaFMYS By Abiodun Adeniyi Minister Sunday Dare was lately in the eye of the storm, obviously for the Olympics. He had assumed duties as a minister on the back of an illustrious journalism career, a media entrepreneur, broadcaster, author, public relations manager, and as a public administrator. These trades are service oriented […]

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‘Most challenging’ Tokyo Olympics declared closed

The Tokyo 2020 Games were declared closed on Sunday by IOC chief Thomas Bach, who said it had been the “most challenging Olympic journey” after a year’s pandemic delay and threats of cancellation.Bach called the Tokyo Games “unprecedented” as he addressed the 68,000-seat Olympic Stadium, which was empty of spectators as Japan battles a record […]

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