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Foreign transfer money tears NPFL club apart

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5 days ago

February 27, 2026

In a developing story, fresh crisis has engulfed an NPFL club over the sharing of money for the transfer of one of their players to Europe with even some top officials threatening to expose the massive corruption behind the whole drama.

The NPFL club based in Northcentral Nigeria recently transferred a player to Europe and the European club have now made an initial payment of the transfer fee that has caused trouble at this state government-owned club.

One of the officials told SCORENigeria: “Those behind this corruption will soon be exposed as the matter may even be taken to the courts and other relevant authorities.”

More details of this messy scandal are now expected to be brought to the attention of the public in the coming days.

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Ademola Lookman starts in Copa del Rey rematch vs Barcelona

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18 hours ago

March 3, 2026

Kenny Malone

Ademola Lookman is most likely to start for Atletico Madrid in tonight’s Copa del Rey semifinal return leg at Barcelona.

The Super Eagles forward scored a goal and made an assist for Atletico to thrash Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg.

Ademola Lookman only played the first half of his club’s last La Liga match against Real Oviedo this past weekend s second striker alongside Alexander Sorloth.

In the likely starting XI from Monday’s final training, he was played from the left flank with Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez the two strikers in a 4-4-2 formation.

Atletico seek to reach their first Copa del Rey final since 2020.

Kick-off is 9pm.

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Trabzonspor give injury update on goal hero Nwaiwu

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18 hours ago

March 3, 2026

Logan Mclaughlin

Turkish giants Trabzonspor have provided an update on the injury suffered by defender Chibuike Nwaiwu.

Trabzonspor announced that Nwaiwu, who scored twice in a 3-1 home win over Fatih Karagumruk at the weekend, suffered a thigh injury during the game.

An MRI scan showed that the defender suffered bleeding and edema in the inner left thigh that forced him out of the game.

Trabzonspor doctor Ahmet Besir said the player has begun treatment of the muscle injury.

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Moses Usor is Man of the Match

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2 days ago

March 2, 2026

Bryce Mullins

Moses Usor posted a Man of the match performance for Austrian club LASK FC in a thrilling 2-2 draw at Austria Wien.

LASK are third on the league table with 34 points in 21 games.

The 24-year-old forward opened the goal scoring for the visiting team in the 23rd minute.

He went on to assist Christoph Lang in the 73rd minute to give his side a 2-1 lead.

The former Slavia Praha player has now scored eight goals in 20 league games and one in the cup games.

He was substituted in the 74th minute with Maximilian Entrup.

Nigerian-American George Bello was in action for LASK for the entire duration of the game.

Samuel Adeniran was an 81st minute substitute for LASK as he replaced Sasa Kalajdzic, while another Nigerian at the club Emmanuel Michael was an unused substitute.

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