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Nigeria Super Falcons striker Desire Oparanozie became unpopular among Nigerians after her penalty miss against England at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Oparanozie has apologised to Nigerians after being the penalty villan as the Super Falcons exited the World Cup. The European champions England defeated Nigeria 4-2 on penalties following …

Reactions as Nigerian football fans believe Asisat Oshoala should have taken Super Falcons first penalty against England. The Super Falcons of Nigeria suffered a 4-2 loss to the Lionesses of England in a round of 16 2023 Women’s World Cup match played on Monday, August 7, 2023. It was a …

Nigeria Super Falcons forward Desire Oparanozie is not the most popular footballer at the moment after her outing against England at the FIFAWWC. Nigeria Super Falcons forward Desire Oparanozie has written her name in the black book of Nigerians after her cameo against England at the FIFAWWC.  Oparanozie was in …

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have failed to advance to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 quarter-finals after they lost to England following a dramatic penalty shoot-out over England.    The two nations failed to find the back of the net in 90 minutes, and after 30 minutes of extra …

Megan Rapinoe says her miss in the United States’ penalty shootout defeat to Sweden at the Women’s World Cup felt like “a sick joke”. Rapinoe skied her team’s fourth spot-kick as the USWNT suffered their earliest ever World Cup exit, bowing out at the last 16 stage of the tournament …

Eddie McGuire doesn’t believe Hawthorn should be stripped of draft picks for its investigation into racism at the club. Hawthorn is likely to be hit with sanctions of some sort for the Binmada report it commissioned which led to allegations of mistreatment of First Nations players being made against former …

The 1998 First Division play-off final between Charlton Athletic and Sunderland is arguably the greatest play-off game in history, a game which finished as a 4-4 draw after 120 minutes and headed into a penalty shootout.  Clive Mendonca, who had scored a hat-trick in the game, confidently stepped up for the …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has explained his anger after Ilkay Gundogan took a penalty instead of Erling Haaland late in the 2-1 win over Leeds on Saturday and ended up missing the spot-kick. Gundogan was on a hat-trick after two fine finishes put City 2-0 up at half-time and …

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has slammed a fine of N5 million on Channels Television for breaking the broadcasting law during an interview with the Vice-Presidential candidate of Labour party, Datti Baba-Ahmed.   The sanction was communicated to the Chief Executive Officer of the television station in a letter titled …

Manchester City moved within two points of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday. Erling Haaland’s second-half penalty was the difference between the two sides after Michael Olise felled Ilkay Gundogan inside the box. City (opens in new tab) were …