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27 Feb
The international friendly game between world champions Argentina and Nigeria's Super Eagles billed for March 26 in Los Angeles, USA, has been called off. According to BBC sports journalist, Oluwashina Okeleji, the game was called off due to the short time to process visas for the Nigerian delegation. Okeleji said the US promoters for the…
26 Feb
Lionel Messi scored a last-gasp stoppage time equalizer as Inter Miami escaped with a 1-1 draw at the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer on Sunday.
24 Feb
Argentina Football Association has confirmed that the Lionel Messi inspired World Cup winning team will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the Coliseum in Los Angeles on March 26.
21 Feb
Chinese sporting authorities have cancelled next month's international friendly between Argentina and Nigeria's Super Eagles over a row involving eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi. World champions Argentina were billed to play Nigeria in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in March before facing AFCON 2023 winners Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire in Beijing But Messi's failure…
11 Feb
I had planned to write on leadership lessons from the late General Murtala Muhammed who was assassinated 48 years ago. Tuesday this week is the anniversary of that sad memory. I
7 Feb
Lionel Messi will start on the bench for Inter Miami's pre-season friendly in Tokyo on Wednesday, according to a line-up released shortly ahead of kickoff.
2 Feb
Lionel Messi should be able to take the field for Inter Miami's pre-season friendly in Hong Kong at the weekend despite an injury niggle, coach Gerardo Martino said Friday, to the relief of thousands of football fans in the city.
15 Jan
Lionel Messi may have quit the dizzy heights of European football, but his exploits at Major League Soccer club, Inter Miami, were adjudged good enough to earn him the Best FIFA Awards on Monday night. Coming three months after he won the Ballon d’Or for a record breaking eighth time, Messi beat his former Paris…
12 Jan
Lionel Messi's Inter Miami face a globe-trotting pre-season schedule, travelling almost 25,000 miles to play seven friendlies in five countries but coach Gerardo Martino is confident they can handle the workload.
1 Jan
Lionel Messi’s legendary No.10 Argentina jersey will be retired ‘for life’ when he hangs up his boots, the country’s FA President has revealed, reports dailymail.co.uk.
16 Dec
Enugu State is a place often synonymous with Coal hence its slogan “The Coal City State” but it is anything but just a coal entity as it’s a state that has constantly churned out talents on the football pitch and is home to perhaps the most famous club in the East and in Nigeria -…
20 Nov
A set of six jerseys that Lionel Messi wore during Argentina's victorious 2022 World Cup run will be auctioned in December, Sotheby's announced Monday, estimating their value at $10 million.

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