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The mesmerizing show of skills of some talented sportsmen especially footballers will most certainly convince their fans and the general audience that their out of the sports life is almost perfect. As much as this is what the average spectator will think, this is not really, really the reality for most of them. Going through notable names names that have accomplished certain feats in the football, we will discover that they have a certain 'demon' outside of the pitch that they are trying to curtail and kick behind. In 2019, Daniel Sturridge, A senior team player and striker for Liverpool FC in the English premier league was banned from involvement in football related activities for the club and also fined seventy-five thousand pounds (75,000) after being investigated and found guilty of breaching betting rules. In a similar situation, Brentford player and also a prolific striker, Ivan Toney was charged with a Two hundred and thirty two (232) counts of breaching English FA'...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have just secured the services of former Mali boss Eric Chelle to head it's coaching team. The Super Eagles hhave not been lucky with coaches in recent times as coaches who have come in into the fold have stayed no longer than two years in recent times. A pattern that have worried stakeholders of the team (Nigerians). Jose Peseiro managed the team till the end of their involvement in the continental competition in Ivory Coast. But of course, staying above two years seems to be a bad luck and so he resigned with former player, Finidi George standing in at the interim. Finidi took over on the 29th of April and managed the team to a few games that cumulated in poor results. He had to resign following pressure and backlash he received from the Nigerian people and even some of the key players in the team. He left the job same year and also taking a position at NPFL team, Rivers United. Eric Chelle managed the Mali team since 2022, playing twenty two 22, games...

It was a chilling encounter at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia where the finals of the Spanish super cup competition was held. The competition saw a three match fixture culminate into a frenzy for the Catalan giants on Sunday, 12th January 2025.  FC Barcelona coming into this cup competition after a back to back home defeats against the duo of Leganes and Atletico Madrid in the La Liga have always seemed to be the underdog considering the size and caliber of players involved on the Madrid  side. Madrid came into the competition with a winning streak advantage of six wins in seven games without a loss. There run of form was only stopped by FC Barcelona at the Super Cup finals. A finals that was hugely anticipated to deliver key events especially Madrid fans who consider their team invincibles. Now, someone has to remind and convince them that this is football and the unimaginable happens at a time when no one expects. The game kicked off at 8pm at the King Abdullah Sports City with the ...