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Super Eagles, the Premier League through Naija eyes, and the stars.

  1. About 80,000 tickets for Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua at Cardiff's Principality Stadium sold out within an hour of going on sale at midday on Friday, 9 October 2026, Reuters reported.
  2. Ticket prices ranged from £88.50 to £13,128 including booking fees, and more than 500,000 fans were reported to be in the online queue.
  3. The fight is on Friday, 11 December 2026, with ring walks expected around 1am UK time on 12 December, and it streams live on Netflix at no extra cost to members.
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Athletes · 3 min read

Fury vs Joshua: 80,000 Cardiff tickets sell out within an hour

About 80,000 tickets for Anthony Joshua's December fight with Tyson Fury in Cardiff sold out within an hour on Friday, with more than 500,000 fans reported in the queue.

Tickets for Fury vs Joshua, the heavyweight fight between British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, sold out within an hour of going on sale at midday UK time on Friday, 9 October 2026, Reuters reported, citing British media. About 80,000 tickets were on sale for the bout at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on Friday, 11 December, according…

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  1. Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu scored second-half goals as the Super Falcons beat Comoros 2-0 in Ikenne on Friday, 9 October 2026.
  2. The win came in interim coach Augustine Eguavoen's first competitive match in charge, and Joy Igbokwe made her senior debut.
  3. The return leg is at Remo Stars Stadium on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, and the aggregate winner meets Morocco in the third round in February and March 2027.
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AFCON · 3 min read

Alozie and Kanu give Super Falcons 2-0 first-leg win over Comoros in Ikenne

Second-half goals from Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu earned Nigeria a 2-0 win over Comoros in Ikenne on Friday. The return leg is on Tuesday, 13 October.

Second-half goals from Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu gave the Super Falcons a 2-0 win over Comoros at Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State, on Friday, 9 October 2026, in the first leg of their second-round qualifier for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The result puts Nigeria firmly in control of the tie before the return leg at the…

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  1. The Super Falcons beat Comoros 2-0 at Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne, on Friday, 9 October 2026, in the first leg of a second-round LA 2028 Olympic qualifier.
  2. Michelle Alozie scored in the 48th minute and Uchenna Kanu headed in a second on the hour; the return leg is at the same ground on Tuesday, 13 October 2026.
  3. The winner of the tie faces Morocco in the third round, and only two African teams will qualify for the Los Angeles 2028 women's football tournament.
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AFCON · 4 min read

Super Falcons beat Comoros 2-0 in first leg of LA 2028 Olympic qualifier

Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu scored as the Super Falcons beat Comoros 2-0 in Ikenne in the first leg of their LA 2028 Olympic qualifier. The return leg is on Tuesday, 13 October.

Updated 09:10 WAT, 10 Oct 2026: The Super Falcons won the first leg 2-0 on Friday, with second-half goals from Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu. The Super Falcons beat Comoros 2-0 at Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State, on Friday, 9 October 2026, in the first leg of their second-round qualifier for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Michelle Alozie…

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  1. Portugal beat Nigeria 2-1 in a World Cup warm-up friendly in Leiria on Wednesday, 10 June 2026, with Francisco Conceição scoring the winner.
  2. Super Eagles left-back Bruno Onyemaechi swapped shirts with Cristiano Ronaldo after the match, and the first picture in Ronaldo's Instagram post from the night showed the pair together.
  3. Fans resurfaced the scenes after Lionel Messi's farewell match against Benin on 6 October 2026, when Benin coach Gernot Rohr said security stopped his players from reaching Argentina's dressing room.
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Super Eagles · 4 min read

Ronaldo’s post-match warmth towards Nigerian players draws fresh fan praise

Four months after Portugal beat the Super Eagles in Leiria, one image keeps coming back: Cristiano Ronaldo, shirt in hand, making time for a Nigerian defender who had just marked him for the best part of an hour.

The story of Ronaldo and Nigerian players has found a second life this week. A friendly played in June is trending again, and the reason has little to do with the football itself. Fans on social media have resurfaced videos and photographs of how Cristiano Ronaldo behaved after Portugal beat Nigeria 2-1 in Leiria. They are placing those scenes beside…

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  1. Granit Xhaka said on Thursday, 8 October 2026 that Lucerne prosecutors had given him a suspended fine of 50 daily rates of 3,000 Swiss francs, 150,000 francs in total, over a forged Covid-19 vaccination certificate he obtained in 2022.
  2. The fine will not have to be paid unless he reoffends during a two-year probation period; he has already paid the procedural costs.
  3. Xhaka missed Switzerland's first four Nations League matches while the case was live, and no sporting ban has been imposed.
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Premier League · 6 min read

Granit Xhaka gets suspended fine over forged Covid certificate, but no sporting ban

Swiss prosecutors have handed Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka a suspended fine of 150,000 Swiss francs and two years' probation over a forged Covid certificate he obtained in 2022. He faces no sporting ban so far.

Updated 11:30 WAT, 15 October 2026: Xhaka played in Sunderland's 2-0 home defeat by 10-man Brighton on Saturday, 10 October; no football authority has taken action, and the Swiss FA is expected to decide on his international future later this month. The Granit Xhaka fine is now official, and it is far lighter than many people feared. The Sunderland captain…

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Premier League · Video

Manchester City Guilty: Inside the £830m Funding Scheme That Has Shaken English Football

An independent commission has found Manchester City guilty on 114 of 115 charges, exposing a £830.69m disguised funding scheme. Here is what it found, what City says, and what comes next.

Manchester City guilty. Those three words have hung over English football for more than three years. On Tuesday 29 September, the Premier League published the independent commission's findings in full. After a hearing that concluded in December 2024, the panel ruled that the club had committed serious breaches of Premier League financial rules, finding it guilty on 114 of the…

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  1. Man City were found guilty on 114 of 115 financial charges, with no punishment announced yet.
  2. Mikel said he will never discredit the players' on-pitch achievements, but would not want to win a title that way.
  3. Fans call it double standards after his March claim that Arsenal were "cheating" with corners.
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Premier League · 4 min read

Mikel Man City Verdict Sparks Double Standards Row

Mikel says he would never discredit City's players, but fans have dug up his March claim that Arsenal were "cheating". Here is the full gist.

The Mikel Man City verdict debate has become one of football's loudest arguments this week. Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel defended the on-pitch achievements of City's players after the club was found guilty on 114 of 115 financial charges. Fans quickly replied by dragging up his March claim that Arsenal were "cheating" with their corner routines. What the Manchester…

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  1. Fans are split: Pogba's flair and big-game pedigree against Bellingham's engine and consistency.
  2. Bellingham scored a record seven goals at the 2026 World Cup and was voted England's player of the year again.
  3. Pogba, now 33, left Monaco by mutual consent in August after a season wrecked by injuries.
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Sports · 3 min read

Pogba vs Bellingham: Fans Split Over Who Was Better

Football fans are locked in a fierce debate over Paul Pogba's prime and Jude Bellingham's record-breaking World Cup summer. Here is what the facts really say.

The Pogba vs Bellingham debate has exploded across football social media this week, and it shows no sign of cooling. Supporters are arguing over one simple question: was prime Paul Pogba better than the Jude Bellingham the world is watching right now? Why the argument has erupted now The timing is no accident. Bellingham has just been named England men's…

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  1. Bergkamp says Pires' pass arrived slightly behind him and he adjusted to it, because he wanted to go through on goal with one touch.
  2. He has never called it an accident: "I'm glad it looked like that, and that everyone is still talking about it today."
  3. Arsenal fans voted it the club's greatest goal, and it was later voted the Premier League's best ever.
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Premier League · 4 min read

Bergkamp Goal Debate: Did He Mean His 2002 Newcastle Wonder Strike?

A resurfaced clip of Dennis Bergkamp's famous 2002 goal against Newcastle has fans divided again: deliberate mastery, or a lucky miscontrol that worked out?

A resurfaced clip of the Bergkamp goal against Newcastle United has reopened one of football's oldest arguments. More than two decades on, fans still disagree. Some say his touch showed deliberate genius; others say it was a slightly awkward control that happened to work. The Bergkamp goal that started it all The goal came on 2 March 2002 at St…

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AFCON · Video

Guinea-Bissau Beat Nigeria 3-0 as Super Eagles Stumble

Guinea-Bissau beat Nigeria 3-0 in Bissau, ending a 36-year record and leaving the Super Eagles under pressure in AFCON 2027 Group L.

Guinea-Bissau beat Nigeria 3-0 in Bissau on Tuesday night, handing the Super Eagles a painful blow in their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. The result also ended a 36-year record. Nigeria had not lost a competitive match by three goals to an African side since 1990. The Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro witnessed a night the visitors will…

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  1. The Ronaldo Messi treatment row splits Portugal after a Record editor urged fans to show Cristiano Ronaldo Argentina-style respect.
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Sports · 4 min read

Ronaldo Messi Treatment: Record Editor’s Plea Splits Portugal

The Ronaldo Messi treatment row splits Portugal after a Record editor urged fans to show Cristiano Ronaldo Argentina-style respect.

The Ronaldo Messi treatment debate has split Portugal. A single sentence on a Portuguese sports programme reopened football's most stubborn argument: how much deference does a living legend deserve from his own country? On 29 September, Record na Hora aired a comment from Luís Pedro Sousa, an editor at the sports daily Record. He argued that Portugal must treat Cristiano…

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Premier League · Video

Man City found guilty over £900m ‘sham’ deals: appeal first, sanctions later

Independent commission says sham arrangements inflated revenue and cut reported costs by more than £900m; City says it will appeal.

Independent commission says sham arrangements inflated revenue and cut reported costs by more than £900m; City says it will appeal. Manchester City face the most consequential disciplinary process in Premier League history after an independent commission found the club guilty of serious financial-rule breaches across nine seasons, from 2009-10 to 2017-18. The Premier League said the commission concluded that City…

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