Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has renewed his contract with Napoli which will now see him remain at the club until 2026. The Italian champions announced the contract extension of the African Footballer of the Year in a post on its official X handle on Saturday. “Victor and...
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Friday revealed the names of players listed for consideration in the men’s categories for the CAF Awards 2023. Super Eagles and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen and nine other players, including last year’s winner Sadio Mane of Senegal, remain in contention for the...
Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen put his social media storm with Napoli to one side to score as they return to winning ways with a 4-1 victory over Udinese on Wednesday. Last season’s Scudetto winners entered this fixture after a three-match winless run in Serie A, which had turned...
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, who played a pivotal role for Napoli and also helped win the Scudetto for the first time in 33 years, made the 30-man shortlist alongside Lionel Messi and 28 others. Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi, who led Argentina to a World...
Champions Napoli survived an early scare as they began their title defence with a 3-1 win at newly-promoted Frosinone in their Serie A season opener on Saturday after Victor Osimhen scored twice. Napoli now have Rudi Garcia in the dugout after Luciano Spalletti took the Italy national team...
Goals from Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Simeone secured a 2-0 victory for Serie A champions Napoli over already-relegated Sampdoria on Sunday in their season finale. Hosts Napoli finished a triumphant campaign with 90 points from 38 games, while Sampdoria ended bottom on 19 points. The match was the final...
Victor Osimhen saw one penalty kick saved before scoring another as Napoli marked their Scudetto celebrations with a 1-0 win against Fiorentina amid a carnival atmosphere. Having ended a 33-year wait to win the Serie A on Thursday, Luciano Spalletti’s men were greeted by a jubilant crowd at the...
Football fans have called on Nigeria international,Victor Osimhen to replicate club form for the national team as Napoli bag Serie A title on Thursday night. Some fans who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Friday celebrated Osimhen and Napoli for the great feat. Mr...
Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti broke down in tears after his side claimed their long-awaited third Serie A title with a 1-1 draw against Udinese on Thursday. Spalletti explained that it is the club’s fans who deserve this joy the most after 33 years of waiting. “Seeing the Partenopei smiling...
Napoli won their third Serie A title, and their first in 33 years, on Thursday after a 1-1 draw at Udinese gave the Naples side an unassailable lead in the standings. Napoli’s triumph ended the city’s long wait for the Scudetto since Argentine great Diego Maradona led them to...
AC Milan reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since they won the trophy 16 years ago thanks to a first-half goal from Olivier Giroud at Napoli. Giroud’s goal secured a 1-1 draw and 2-1 aggregate win despite a barrage of pressure on Tuesday. Napoli battled until...
Napoli forward Victor Osimhen will be fit for their UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to AC Milan next week, manager Luciano Spalletti said on Thursday. This was after the Nigeria forward missed Wednesday’s 0-1 loss in the first leg match. Osimhen, Serie A’s top scorer with...
Napoli forward Victor Osimhen will miss his side’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg game at AC Milan on Wednesday. This came after the Nigerian was left out of manager Luciano Spalletti’s match day squad due to injury. Osimhen, who is Serie A’s top scorer this season with 21...
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen returned to Italy after international duty with Nigeria without his facemask. The 24-year-old, who has been in sensational form this term and is one of the most sort after strikers in Europe, has been wearing the mask, following a collision with Milan Skriniar during an...
If striker Victor Osimhen manages to lead Napoli to their first Italian Serie A title in more than 30 years, he believes he will become a club “icon”. However, the 24-year-old Nigerian said he would not be able to reach the status of late Argentine great Diego Maradona, whom...
Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia were again the stars of the show for Napoli as the Serie A leaders won 3-0 at Spezia to extend their advantage to a whopping 16 points. Wing wizard Kvaratskhelia put Napoli ahead from the penalty spot two minutes after the break on the...
Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen scored his ninth league goal of the campaign to help Napoli claim a 3-2 win over Udinese on Saturday. Luciano Spalletti’s side were cruising to the three points after Osimhen, Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas gave them a three-goal lead just before the hour mark. But...
Italian giants, Napoli have unveiled a statue with a golden left foot in honour of club legend Diego Maradona. The Italian club made an emotional tribute on Saturday, one day before what would have been the 62nd birthday of the iconic Argentine forward, who died of heart failure and...