Author: PiusJoeAndCo

On Thursday, Marcelo Vieira da Silva, widely known simply as Marcelo, announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 36. The former Real Madrid and Brazil left-back shared the news in an emotional video (at the end of the page) posted on X, stating, “My journey as a player ends here, but I still have so much to give to football. Thank you for everything.” Marcelo’s retirement marks the end of an illustrious career that spanned over 16 years at the top level of world football. Throughout his career, he was known for his attacking prowess, agility, and…

MATCH PREVIEW After securing an important home victory on matchday 9 over visiting Bayelsa United, the head coach of Lobi Stars, Daniel Amokachi, and his lads are inspired to shift attention to the Remo Stars clash on matchday 10 in the ongoing 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season slated for Sunday (tomorrow) 3rd November 2024 at Remo Stars Stadium Ikenne, Ogun State. The gaffer, during his post-match reaction shortly after securing his first victory since taking charge of the dugout of the Makurdi-based side, says, “It works in process and the most important thing is getting the three points…

BRAZIL DISMANTLES CANADA 37 – 0 The ongoing ISF World Cup, known as secondary schools World Cup, is currently ongoing in Dalian, China. The games kicked off with great football from participating schools across the globe. Brazil set the tournament ablaze last night when they decided to humiliate Canada by 37 goals to 0. A football game, the Candadian school coach will not easily erase off his books in a long while. Some crazy results in both the boys and girls teams so far. The boys’ teams saw Guinea demolish India 22 – 0. China beat Bulgaria 11 – 0.…

A YOUNG PLAYER IN THE NPFL TO WATCH OUT FOR: KUMAGA SUUR OF LOBI STARS FC This name came to my mind when I was looking up the internet for the records set by young players who broke into the NPFL from nowhere and had a great first season. Kumaga Suur was a player discovered by a football academy Galaxy Sports Academy . The same academy gave another young duo their first professional break into the Chinese League One, Chris Tavershima Shimbayev and Joseph Atule Jnr. Suur was nicknamed Hazard by his fellow teammates and football fans when he started…

Lobi Stars FC Makurdi Benue State Appoints Mika Lönnström as Head Coach!! Is is not news that the Finnish flamboyant coach has agreed to work with Daniel Amokachi as his assistant. This appointment comes at a time the team is struggling with the effects of changing its management team just a day to the kickoff of the season. This is a giant step taken by the new management of the team, supported by the Benue State Governor H.E. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. We definitely expect the team to continue the struggle for a while and await the technical impacts of coach…

POST-MATCH REPORT LOBI STARS CLAIM 2-1 WIN AGAINST BAYELSA UNITED Lobi Stars returned to winning ways on matchday 9 in the Nigeria Premier Football League, overcoming Bayelsa United 2-1 to claim an important win at Lafia City Stadium. Technical Adviser Daniel Amokachi’s tactical changes yielded dividends, notably in midfield. Jimmy Iteji and Peter Onah’s partnership with Assurance Ifeanyi produced the desired pressure forcing Bayelsa United defender Gabriel Bariduba to clear the ball under pressure for a corner kick. Suur Kumaga capitalized on a corner kick and delivered a pinpoint cross, enabling Martins Ossy to head the ball into the net,…

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Thursday moved to enforce arbitration decisions of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Players Status/Arbitration Committee following the failure of affected clubs to take advantage of extended windows of moratorium. The clubs were respectively dragged to the NFF Committee in disputes over salaries and entitlement of some of their former players and coaches. The Committee entered judgment in favour of the petitioners and gave the affected clubs a time frame and process for compliance. “Having exhausted the period of grace, we have moved to enforce the judgment and the first step is to withdraw…

Bayern Munich secured a comprehensive 3-0 (Agg: 3-1) victory over Lazio at the Allianz Arena to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg and reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Kane headed Bayern level in the tie in the 38th minute, cancelling out Lazio’s lead from the first leg with his first Champions League knockout goal in five years. Thomas Mueller doubled the hosts’ lead with a clever header before half-time and Kane doubled up in the 66th minute, tapping in the rebound from a Leroy Sane shot to seal Bayern’s progress to the next round. “Everyone with energy, all…

Guangxi Pingguo Football Club China has set a high standard for the 2024 season, which is to see the Southern China team play in the China Super League next season. The Chinese League One team from Guangxi kicked off the league with a 2-0 win against Jiangxi Lushan FC tonight. The atmosphere at their home stadium readily brought the feeling of the Super League to the team. The football club from South China is planning to stage a ‘4 Nations Cup’ in Southern China in the summer of 2024. Some NPFL clubs are supposed to be a part of the…

Heartland FC was gradually becoming a club of crises as the season 2023/2024 also hit the club with diverse crises. From the change of leadership to a new state Governor to a change in management structure, change in coaches and players, etc. The club seemed just doomed until the breaking news that stunned Nigerian football entirely. The arrival of Mr. Mike Idoko, another sports guru with a difference. Idoko seems a better option for the team like many thought the arrival of Kennedy Boboye as Technical Adviser was, but the club owner, the Governor of Imo State Hope Uzodinma never…