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Ballon d’Or: Aguero Names Player Who Deserves To Win Award This Year

Sergio Aguero, the world-famous Manchester City legend, has named Real Madrid’s Vinicius as the player that deserved to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or award.

Aguero said the Brazilian international had a great 2023/24 season.

According to the Argentine, Vinicius won both the La Liga and the UEFA Champions League trophies.

“I think the award should be Vinicius. He had a great season, winning the La Liga title and the Champions League, too, with a goal to go with it,” Aguero told Stake.

“Bellingham started out really well, towards the final, after his injury, his performance waned a little.”

Vinicius scored 23 goals and registered 11 assists across competitions for Los Blancos

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NFF Accepts Finidi’s Resignation

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has officially accepted the resignation of the head coach of the Super Eagles, Finidi George.

The decision came after an initial hesitation due to procedural issues with the resignation letter, which was reportedly unsigned at first.

The resignation process faced a hiccup when Finidi George’s initial resignation letter was found to be unsigned, leading to delays in its acceptance by the NFF.

However, the matter was promptly resolved as the letter was subsequently signed and made available to all members of the executive committee.

The official acceptance of his resignation was confirmed following the Sallah holidays, as reported by ScoreNigeria.com.

Finidi decided to step down following the NFF’s decision to appoint a foreign technical adviser to oversee his work.

In his resignation letter addressed to NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, Finidi expressed his concerns about the changes to the technical crew, which included several appointments made without his input.

He stated that under these circumstances, he preferred to resign from his position.

With Finidi’s departure, the NFF is now faced with the task of finding a suitable replacement before the commencement of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers, which are set to begin in the first week of September.

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EPL: Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea 2024/2025 Opening Day Matches Confirmed (Full Fixtures)

On Tuesday morning, the Premier League confirmed the opening-day fixtures for the 2024/2025 season.

The new season will run from Saturday August 17, 2024 to Sunday May 25, 2025.

Champions, Manchester City begin the campaign away at Chelsea. Arsenal welcome Wolves.

Manchester United are at home to Fulham and Liverpool travel to Ipswich Town.

2024/2025 opening day fixtures:

Arsenal vs Wolves
Man Utd vs Fulham
Everton vs Brighton
Ipswich vs Liverpool
Newcastle vs Southampton
Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth
West Ham vs Aston Villa
Brentford vs Crystal Palace
Chelsea vs Man City
Leicester City vs Tottenham

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NFF To Punish Victor Osimhen Over Improper Conduct

Victor Osimhen is likely to be sanctioned by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in the coming days.
The striker will be charged for improper conduct over his verbal attack on the former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, Finidi George, according to Vanguard.
Finidi who was the coach of the team until Friday when he tendered his resignation letter following the announcement by the NFF that they will be appointing an expatriate coach, was called out by the Napoli forward who was angry over reports that the coach questioned his commitment to the team.
Osimhen went all out on the coach on the reason why he missed the team’s world cup qualifiers games against south Africa and Benin Republic, which they drew 1-1 and lost 1-2 respectively to drop to 5th in their group, four points behind leader Rwanda.
“Already the president of the NFF Ibrahim Muse Guseu has spoken with Osimhon over his outburst and Finidi also reached out to him. The report he reacted to is fake and misleading, sadly he didn’t confirm bofore reacting”, a board member of the NFF told Owngoal Nigeria.com.
 
“Osim ben is a role model and the only way we can help the incoming coach stamp his authority is by using him to set example. He crossed the line with his outburst even when Finidi called him to explain he still didn’t deem it fit to retract his statements. We won’t condone that and after the Salah break, we will sit on the issue. I can tell you he won’t be in the team until he says sorry for his actions”, he concluded.
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Super Eagles: I Have Lost Respect For You – Osimhen Slams Finidi George

Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has taken a swipe at  Finidi George, who has resigned as the head coach of Nigeria.

It is claimed that Finidi accused Osimhen of pulling out of games for the national team with minor injuries.

Osimhen, who netted 15 goals for Napoli in Serie A this season, claims he suffered an ankle injury against Lecce on May 25.

And although he was planning to travel to the Super Eagles camp ahead of their two 2026 World Cup qualifiers, he was told not to by Finidi.

In an Instagram Live video, Osimhen said he would not accept disrespect and opened up on why he was not taking part in the World Cup Qualifiers.

He said;

: “I won’t let anyone believe anything about me.

“I don’t just address anything, everybody knows when I play for Nigeria I play my heart out, I just let everything go.

“But I won’t take disrespect from anybody

“I’ll share the screenshot and videos of my conversation with Finidi for the sake of those believing what Finidi said.

“I’ve lost respect for that man because before I disrespect anybody, I always respect them.”

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Finidi George Reportedly Resigns As Super Eagles Coach

Finidi George has reportedly tendered his resignation from the role of head coach of the Nigerian football team, Super Eagles.

Popular sports news reporter, Toyin Ibitoye, disclosed this on X some minutes ago.

‘’News just in Finidi George @FinidiGeorge_FG has resigned from his  @NGSuperEagles manager position”

Finidi, a former Nigerian international and member of the iconic 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the nation’s second African Cup of Nations title, took over as head coach last month.

His resignation comes days after the NFF disclosed it is in search of a foreign Technical Adviser following a poor run in the WCQ.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) or Finidi George have yet to confirm his resignation.

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Serie A: Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman Voted Atalanta’s Player Of The Month

Ademola Lookman, the Super Eagles winger, has been voted Atalanta’s Player of the Month for May and June.

Lookman, 26, beat Gianluca Scamacca and Ederson to the individual accolade.

The talented winger scored six goals and provided three assists in the two months.

The former Leicester City player was the hero of Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League final victory over Bayer Leverkusen.

Lookman scored a superb hat-trick in the encounter played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

He finished the campaign with 17 goals and eight assists across all competitions.

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Ballon d’Or 2024: Dani Carvajal Picks Player That Should Win Award

Dani Carvajal, the right-back for Real Madrid, has chosen his teammate Vinicius Junior as the deserving recipient of the 2024 Ballon d’Or award.

According to the Spain international, the Brazilian deserves the top individual prestigious award after his performances this season despite injury.

Overall, Vinicius made 39 appearances across competitions for Real Madrid in the 2023-24 campaign.

He scored 24 goals and provided 11 assists for the Los Blancos.

Vinicius helped Carlo Ancelotti’s side to win both the LaLiga and the UEFA Champions League.

Asked to name his favourite for the Ballon d’Or this year, Carvajal told MARCA (via @MadridXtra):

“Ballon d’Or? The one I see with the most options is Vinicius. He was injured for three month but this didn’t stop him from scoring many goals and be decisive in the Champions League and La Liga.

“He and Bellingham may be the ones who can win.

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Ballon d’Or 2024: Mourinho Names Player to Win Award

Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho has named the player to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or award.
He spoke during an interview with TNT Sport.
Mourinho was asked several questions about the European Championship with kicks off this weekend.
In the quickfire chat, the former Chelsea and Manchester United predicted his native Portugal will win the Euros and England will be runners-up.
Mourinho also said Three Lions captain, Harry Kane, will finish top scorer and his team-mate Jude Bellingham will be named Player of the Tournament.
When asked who will win the Ballon d’Or, he simply answered “Vinicius Jr”.
Vinicius is a strong contender for the prize, after winning the LaLiga and Champions League titles with Real Madrid this year.
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2026 WCQ: They Thought It Was Done – Rohr Mocks Super Eagles After Benin Defeat

The head coach of Benin Republic, Gernot Rohr has mocked Nigeria after the Super Eagles lost to their Republic of Benin counterpart.
The Super Eagles lost 2-1 win in a 2026 World Cup qualifier on Monday.
Reacting, Rohr slammed the mentality of Super Eagles players.
Nigeria had taken the lead in Abidjan, thanks to Raphael Onyedika’s first goal for his country.
But they fell apart and conceded twice in the space of twelve minutes.
It was Benin’s first-ever victory against Nigeria, and Rohr, who coached the Eagles between 2016 and 2021, pointed out their lapse in concentration.
“We had the right organization, Nigeria scored the first goal, perhaps, they believed it was already done.
 
“But the reaction, the desire of my team was so strong that they could come back to win the match,” Rohr said, per Favour Itua.

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