Tag: Bukayo Saka
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EPL: Why my Yoruba name means so much to me – Arsenal star boy, Bukayo Saka
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has opened up about his Nigerian heritage in an interview with the BBC.
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Euro 2024: Saka named England’s player of the tournament
Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has named winger Bukayo Saka as England’s ‘player of the tournament’ at Euro 2024.
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EPL: Palmer better than Saka – Expert gives reason
Former Liverpool striker, Danny Murphy has posited that Chelsea’s Cole Palmer is a better overall footballer than Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka. It would be recalled that Palmer joined Chelsea from Manchester City last summer, scored a hat-trick on Thursday night to secure a late win against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.
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UCL: Saka, Haaland listed in UEFA team of the week
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane and Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka have all ben named in the UEFA Champions League team for this week.
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EPL: Injury boost for Arsenal as Saka, Partey train fully
Arsenal football club on Monday received injury boost ahead of matchday 8 clash with Manchester City at the Etihad. Prolific forward, Bukayo Saka showed up in training and trained with the rest of the squad. Arsenal had defeated Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday with Saka scoring for the Gunners. Recall that Saka became an injury doubt…
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Messi, Haaland, Saka, 27 others nominated for 2023 Ballon d’Or award
France Football the Ballon d’Or award organizers have released a 30-player shortlist for the men’s category. Seven-time winner Lionel Messi is favoured to take home yet another trophy on the heels of completing his career-long quest for World Cup glory with Argentina at Qatar 2022.
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Saka wins England player of the year award
Arsenal Winger, Bukayo Saka has won the England Player of the Year for the second year running. Saka beats Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham to the prize. Saka finished top of the voting for the 2022/2023 season with the most votes from fans.
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Bukayo Saka scoops PFA Young Player of the Year award
For his heroic displays during the 2022/23 season, Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka has been bestowed with PFA Young Player of the Year award. Recall that Saka was nominated on three occasions for the same category of the awards but luck finally shone on him in 2023.
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EPL: Awoniyi scores in Nottingham 2-1 loss to Arsenal at Emirates
Nigerian forward, Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal wasn’t enough to rescue a point for his visiting team Nottingham Forest as they succumbed 2-1 to the superior firepower of Arsenal at the Emirate.
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Speaker Abbas and the burden of polygamy – By Francis Ewherido
Many Nigerians watched in shock and/or amusement as the two wives of the new speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas were shoving each other in a battle for supremacy during the swearing in of their husband as the speaker of the 10th House of Representatives. It was not a pretty and comfortable…