Former Dutch international Edwin van der Sar has resigned from his position as chief executive at Ajax Amsterdam Football Club. The 52-year-old former Manchester United, Fulham and Nether lands goalkeeper, who started his playing career at Ajax, has been on the Eredivisie club’s board of directors since 2012. He was initially director of marketing, then became…
Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions for the fifth time in six seasons on Saturday without even having to kick a ball after second-placed Arsenal’s challenge ended in defeat away at Nottingham Forest. Arsenal, who enjoyed an eight-point lead over City as recently as mid-March, needed at least a point to stay mathematically…
Barcelona won La Liga for the first time since 2019 by thrashing Espanyol 4-2 on Sunday, wrestling the title back from rivals Real Madrid. The Catalan giants clinched their 27th Spanish championship at the home of their neighbours, with scenes turning ugly at full time as celebrating Barcelona players were chased from the field by…
Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage, will perform at the coronation concert of King Charles III, scheduled for Sunday, May 7, at Westminster Abbey. The coronation ceremony will hold on Saturday, May 6 at the Windsor Castle. The ‘All Over’ crooner will join other international artists such as, Take That, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Sir Bryn…
A Nigerian fintech, Accelerex, has won the Excellence in Commerce Enablement Award at the Africa Fintech Summit 2023 held recently in the United States. Accelerex, in a statement signed by the Managing Director, Mr Olukayode Ariyo, said the award celebrates companies that have contributed to the growth and development of the fintech business landscape in…
Arsenal’s Premier League title jitters returned in a potentially costly 2-2 draw at West Ham United on Sunday as for the second week in a row they threw away a two-goal advantage. The leaders were 2-0 up and cruising towards restoring their six-point cushion over Manchester City with Gabriel Jesus tapping home in the seventh…
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria, CEAN, said it generated N441 million from tickets sold across the country in March. The National Chairman of CEAN, Mr Opeyemi Ajayi disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Ajayi said the total admission of viewers into cinemas across the federation, for the period under review…
Israel Adesanya reclaimed his middleweight title by brutally knocking out Alex Pereira in their UFC 287 rematch. Adesanya was looking to get a win against Pereira after losing his UFC middleweight title to the Brazilian in their fight last Novemeber. ‘The Last Stylebender’ was also beaten twice by Pereira in kickboxing, losing a controversial decision to his bitter…
Roma manager, Jose Mourinho, has reportedly been offered more than £100million to coach Saudi Arabia in a two-year deal which would make him the highest paid manager ever, Daily Mail reports. The English news platform on Thursday also indicated that Cristiano Ronaldo’s club Al-Nassr are interested in Mourinho with current manager Rudi Garcia likely to…
The club and Lampard are in advanced talks
