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SPORTS: STEPHANIE FRAPPART BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO OFFICIATE UEFA MATCH   Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to referee a major men’s match organised by UEFA, when she takes charge of the Liverpool v Chelsea Super Cup clash in Istanbul on August 14. Frapper, 35-year-old refereed the recent Women’s …

40-year old Drogba retires October     Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast star Didier Drogba plans to retire at the end of Phoenix Rising’s 2018 United Soccer League season. Drogba, now player-owner of USL side Rising, has enjoyed an illustrious career in football. The striker, who turned 40 on Sunday, …

Ex-Super Eagles star, Godwin Okpara, arraigned for wife battery         Former Super Eagles player, Godwin Okpara, was arraigned on Thursday before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja for alleged wife battery. The 43-year old ex-football star was accused of battering his wife of 25 years, Linda. …

Football Violence: Ondo commissioner not fit to hold public office – Aregbesola’s aide Osun State Commissioner for Sports, Mr. Biyi Odunlade, has launched an attack on   his Ondo State counterpart, Mr. Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye,  saying the latter  is not fit to hold  public office. Odunlade, who was reacting  to Yusuf-Ogunleye’s   allegations …

DISCRIMINATION:England coach racially abused me — Chelsea Striker; Eniola Aluko Footballer Eniola Aluko has spoken publicly for the first time about the “bullying and discrimination” she says she was subjected to by England head coach Mark Sampson. In her first broadcast interview since details of the controversy emerged earlier this …

OSUN WINS COPA COCA-COLA Osun State’s Progress Comprehensive High School on Friday defeated Owerri City College, Imo State, to win the 2017 Copa Coca-Cola tournament at the national final match played at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos Island. Both teams put up a strong fight for the trophy, prize money and …

  DUKE UDI DUMPS OSUN UNITED … Set To Join Sunshine Stars   Former Nigeria midfielder Duke Udi on Monday  resigned as National League outfit  Osun United  coach. The PUNCH reported exclusively on Monday that Udi was set to ditch the Osogbo side to take over at struggling  Premier League …

  HOW ROBBERS ATTACKED OSUN UNITED FOOTBALL TEAM IN ONDO … They are hoodlums, not robber – Police Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday morning attacked  Osun United players and  their officials along the  Ore-Ondo Expressway. The  team were  travelling to Osogbo from Calabar where they lost 2-0 to Unicem Rovers …

Kwara Utd player slumps, dies in training! Kwara united A player of the Nigeria National League (NNL) side, Kwara United FC of Ilorin, Saka Azeez, on Friday slumped and died in training. The club’s Media Officer, Abdulwaheed Bibire, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday …

  THE DECAYING STATE OF OSUN SPORTS FACILITIES … Athletes now live on menial jobs Our correspondent, who went round the state during the week, discovered  that  many government-owned sports facilities in the state had been abandoned, leaving the state athletes without conducive  training  venues. Osun athletes have missed   a …