Newly promoted Armenian side Sevan FC have signed Plateau United trio of Isah Ndala, Bernard Ovoke and Ibrahim Abubakar Babawo, the club has announced.

The trio have been training with the team the past three weeks and after impressing in pre season games they have been handed a three years deal as the modest side aim to make a splash next season.

Ndala is a midfielder who can play multiple role across the middle while Ovoke is a winger who is adept playing from the right or left side of attack.

Babawo is a winger who have also shown he can play effectively as a right back or wing back from both flanks the past two seasons in the Nigeria Professional League for Plateau United.

We gathered they are the first set of players from famous Jos based Nigerian academy GBS who will be joining a team in Europe before the end of the ongoing summer transfer window.

Countless people are keeping a strict eye on the 2021 Summer Olympics and bettors are pretty excited about wagering on some traditional events, like gymnastics and swimming. 2021 marks the initiation of surfing in this year’s Summer Olympics. When you happen to be a fan of surfing then you will be hugely benefitted from your familiarity with this sport as you will be eligible towager on the action.

Surfing betting at an online website

Many fans of the Summer Olympics might fail to realize that there is present a thing called lawful betting and the sports world has changed through the advancement of legal wagering on some professional sports. As surfing has turned into a vital portion of the 2021 Summer Olympics, lots of sports betting sites have engaged themselves in proposing wagers.

The schedule of the Summer Olympics Surfing 2021

The surfing event of the Summer Olympics will take place at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach and people will watch the action for 4 days. However, event organizers can make some postponements in case the water conditions or weather becomes very harsh. However, the action is supposed to start from 25th July to 28th July. Again, there are 4 days of backup too and after that period, events can be held.

The working mechanism of 2021 Summer Olympics betting

When your interest lies in the sport of surfing you can legally bet through one or a couple of methods:

Most people find it tough to locate a physical sportsbook but even when they are within their reach, it becomes a troublesome affair for them to remain physically present for making a bet. This problem becomes graver when they lead a busier lifestyle.

Important tips

For surfing in Summer Olympics, you must follow the tips mentioned below:

A player of the senior national team of Nigeria says Rangers of Scotland defender Leon Balogun has little or no regards for coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr.

Balogun didn’t make his international debut for Nigeria under Rohr but he became a mainstay of the team under the German coach forming a formidable partnership in defence with William Troost Ekong enroute qualification for the last World Cup in Russia.

The partnership famously referred to as the “Oyibo Wall” played a big role on the pitch in helping Nigeria qualify for the World Cup but it has since been broken up by Rohr , no thanks to Balogun’s poor form at his previous club Brighton and Hove Albion.

Speaking on the rekindling of the partnership, a member of the team who spoke with this portal on the condition of anonymity said it’s not possible because Balogun’s relationship with Rohr has hit rock bottom.

“ Rohr has tolerated Balogun a lot. They are always quarreling. That many of us believe made Rohr to pick Ekong ahead of him as captain. From our point he doesn’t seem to have respect for Rohr.

“ Most times when they disagree in training it’s in German so we don’t understand what exactly is the issue but during team meetings or reviews of past games we see how they exchange words.

“ The once quiet Balogun is now the most vocal and difficult to handle. I think that combination with Ekong is dead. However knowing how Rohr treats us as a father he might give him another chance. For now he is a back up defender”.

In April this year during a live chat on Instagram monitored by Owngoalnigeria, Balogun confirmed that he is usually involved in heated arguments with the coach, which according to him surprises most of his teammates.

“I do challenge the coach sometimes, it helps that we both speak German,” he said.

“Sometimes, when the discussions are heated, the other players will say ‘this Balogun is crazy oh’, but it’s all for the good of the team and constructive”.

Attention: This story was first published on the 1st of October 2020.

One of the untold stories of John Mikel Obi last days as captain and player of the senior national team of Nigeria was his clash with coach of the team Gernot Rohr during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mikel was a starter in the first game of the Super Eagles which ended in a 1-0 win over Burundi but he picked up a thigh injury which led to his substitution in the game around the 58th minute mark.

He didn’t play another group game until the final match of the and he lasted about same time before he was subbed off. After that game he didn’t get to play again with Rohr claiming that he wasn’t fully fit.

A year ago Rohr confirmed he indeed dropped Mikel for Alex Iwobi who according to him gave the team more balance in the run which ended in a bronze medal.

An out of favour Super Eagles player who was a part of the squad revealed to OwnGoalNigeria.com that Mikel did have a clash with the manager after the group stages which led to his axing.

“ Mikel wasn’t happy with the way we were approaching games and he told the coach who felt his ideas and authorities was being questioned. Mikel felt we were too boring as a team and wanted us to be more adventurous, Rohr didn’t think we should go that route”, he said.

“ It led to a misunderstanding and most of us believe it’s why he didn’t get to play again in the tournament”, he concluded.

Despite the uncertainty surrounding his future Ike Ugbo showed his predatory instinct in front of goal with the winner for Chelsea in a 2-1 pre season win over Bournemouth.

Ugbo who is back at Chelsea after a fairly successful time on loan in Belgium with Cercle Brugge nodded home what ended as the decider in the 76th minute off a corner kick from Ross Barkley.

His goal will have little or no impact in his future at the club as he is presently locked in talks with Genk over a permanent transfer to the Belgium side. He is expected to replace hot in demand striker Paul Onuachu.

The move which is thought to be well advanced will be concluded in the coming weeks with Ugbo who has already filed papers for a nationality switch from England to Nigeria keen on finding a permanent home after several loan spells.

Rangers of Scotland defender Leon Balogun has taken a swipe at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the unpaid bonuses of the senior national team of Nigeria.

The senior national team of Nigeria at a point in time didn’t collect any form of bonus for 18 months despite actively getting involved in qualifiers games and friendly games.

33 year old Balogun who has been an integral part of the team since 2016 when present coach Gernot Rohr took over discussed the issue of unpaid bonuses in a show monitored by OwnGoalNigeria.com.

Balogun speaking in a recent edition of The Beautiful Game podcast hit out at the NFF for the lack of transparency in the handling of the issue as they contradict themselves.

Below is an extract on some of the things he said about the treatment of the Super Eagles and why many see him as a troublemaker for speaking up for his teammates.

“We are not been provided with the best to do our job. It starts with pitches or it starts with accommodation but it goes on to pitches and all these kind of things. As I said I am always quite outspoken. I know if some people hear that from here, they might come after but I don’t care . Because that is just how it is, If you say you want to see the next Messi coming out of Nigeria or the next Cristiano Ronaldo or whatsoever.

“If you want to see us soar then you need to make sure that back home in Nigeria we have the best possibilities like why don’t we have a base in Nigeria where we meet up like St. George’s Park in England. We don’t really have something like that.

“ And you spoke of the unpaid bonuses in the news. It’s not a secret even and then I have read something recently when people in charge they contradict themselves said things have been paid, then they admit they haven’t been paid.

“It’s like everybody is so concern about the look of Nigeria we have to represent Nigeria well and we cannot embarrass Nigeria but make sure you are not embarrassing Nigeria with your own action.

“ I think it’s also a matter of. It’s a culture thing also to show respect in these kind of things and that’s also something where I clash probably because I’m not afraid to speak my mind even if it is with the coach or the manager.

“If I feel like something is wrong, I might at one point talk just about it and then they will always like okay this boy is a troublemaker but I’m not a troublemaker because at the end of the day I stand in for my teammates, I do that with pleasure and if I have to take the fall, I probably did in the past and it’s always also motivated by personal issues not issues but things I feel like I don’t have to deal with this now and any of us should. So there is lot of work to do”, he concluded.

Nigeria international wing forward Henry Onyekuru has agreed to join Greek giants Olympiakos on a permanent deal from Ligue 1 side Monaco, OwnGoalNigeria.comunderstands.

Monaco have told the Nigerian that he isn’t in their plans for next season and he was subsequently axed from the pre season squad as reported by this portal two weeks ago.

He had interest from teams in Turkey where his rating is very high owing to the successful time he had at Galatasary where he led them to the league title during a loan spell from Everton. He also played on loan at the same club last season but with little success.

Galatasary couldn’t reach an agreement with Monaco on signing him permanently and his agent confirmed that he is also in talks with Fenerbahce and Besiktas but Olympiakos is where he is heading on a permanent deal.

It hasn’t been the best of move for the talented winger since he joined Monaco in a permanent deal from Everton. He has failed to stamp his authority in the team despite working with several managers. He will be hoping to launch himself with this move especially as they will be playing in the UEFA Champions League.

Captain of Enyimba FC of Aba Austin Oladapo has been handed a one year ban from football by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after failing a routine drug test.

Oladapo had his sample taken after the game against Pryamids of Egypt on the 16th of May during the CAF Confederation Cup and test revealed the presence of prohibited substances “Prednisolone/Prednisone.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) were informed about the result and asked if the player will like to have an analysis of another of his urine sample taken but the player in his reply by his club elected not to have another sample taken.

Enyimba maintained any trace of the prohibited substance found in his sample might have resulted from a medication the player was on during that period of time. CAF argued that he didn’t file for a therapeutic exemption prior to the test and he is in charge of what goes into his body.

Even though Enyimba physician argued the clean record of the player in a hearing held on the 14th of July, CAF maintained the suspension which will run from a year starting from 4th of July when he was provisionally suspended.

Alex Iwobi will get the opportunity to play in his favorite role as the number ten of English Premier League side Everton, OwnGoalNigeria.com understands.

Rafael Benitez the new coach of Everton has signed two wingers in Demarai Gray and Androos Townsend effectively taking Iwobi from the flanks where he has played for the majority of his time at the club.

In their recent friendly game against Colombian side Millionarios James Rodriguez, who is Iwobi’s main rival for the number ten role was substituted during the half time break with speculations saying he has been told he can leave if a suitable offer comes in for him.

Iwobi played in the number ten role and lasted owner 70 minutes and according to reports Benitez loved his contributions from that role and want to see more of him in the coming days.

The 25 year old Nigerian have always maintained that he is best suited playing the number ten role and it appears he will get the chance next season if he impresses in the remaining pre season games.