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Iheanacho scores in 11th straight league game as Bursaspor close on top spot

The Super Eagles striker's 62nd-minute goal against Pendikspor on Monday extended his Turkish record run and left Bursaspor a point behind the leaders.

Kelechi Iheanacho has scored in 11 consecutive league matches for Bursaspor after his 62nd-minute goal sealed a 2-0 win over Pendikspor in Bursa on Monday, 19 October 2026, according to the club's official match report and NTV Spor, which carried an Anadolu Agency report. The run matters for Nigerian fans as well as Bursaspor's. The Super Eagles have AFCON 2027…

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  1. Kelechi Iheanacho scored in a ninth consecutive Trendyol 1. Lig match for Bursaspor on Sunday, 11 October 2026, breaking the club record of eight set by Fernandão in 2014/15.
  2. His 81st-minute equaliser was not enough, as Zdravko Dimitrov's stoppage-time goal gave Mardin 1969 Spor a 2-1 win in Bursa.
  3. Iheanacho has 12 goals in nine league games since joining from Celtic, and Bursaspor visit Muğlaspor on Thursday, 15 October.
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Athletes · 3 min read

Iheanacho sets Bursaspor record with goal in ninth straight league game

Kelechi Iheanacho scored in a ninth successive Turkish 1. Lig match on Sunday to break a Bursaspor record, but a stoppage-time goal gave Mardin 1969 Spor a 2-1 win in Bursa.

Kelechi Iheanacho set a new Bursaspor record on Sunday, 11 October 2026, scoring in a ninth consecutive league match, but his 81st-minute equaliser could not stop Mardin 1969 Spor winning 2-1 in Bursa with a goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time, according to Hürriyet and Complete Sports. The Super Eagles striker now has 12 goals in nine games…

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  1. Nigerian pharmacist Chika Onochie, a PhD researcher at McGill University in Montreal, has won a doctoral scholarship worth up to CAD$100,000 from the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Pulse Nigeria reported on Friday, 2 October 2026.
  2. Chika Onochie's research looks for biomarkers that show whether sperm can fertilise an egg, beyond the count, movement and shape measured in a standard semen analysis.
  3. Chika Onochie graduated with first-class honours in pharmacy from the University of Benin in 2021 and began a PhD in pharmacology at McGill University in 2023.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Chika Onochie wins award worth up to CAD$100,000 for male fertility study

The University of Benin first-class graduate, now a PhD researcher at McGill, is hunting for sperm biomarkers that standard semen tests miss. He says the gap is one he saw first-hand as a pharmacist in Nigeria.

When a couple can't conceive, the tests usually start with the woman, and often stay there. Chika Onochie wants to change that, and Québec has put up to CAD$100,000 behind him. The Nigerian pharmacist, a PhD researcher at McGill University in Montreal, has won a scholarship worth up to CAD$100,000 from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) for his…

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