Friday, June 19, 2026

Players Round-Up: Osimhen, Tammy Abraham Score, Lokosa Opens Esperance Goal Account, Akpom Nets Winner For PAOK


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Nigeria Players Abroad Round-Up: Osimhen, Tammy Abraham Score, Lokosa Opens Esperance Goal Account, Akpom Nets Winner For PAOK By Our Reporter Victor Osimhen continued his rich rein of form for Belgian club Sporting Charleroi by grabbing a goal in their 3-0 win against Beerschot-Wilrijk at the Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp on Saturday. Osimhen scored Sporting Charleroi’s second goal in the 25th minute of the encounter. It was the forward’s 16th league goal of the campaign for Sporting Charleroi. The 20-year-old who is on loan at Sporting Charleroi from German club Wolfsburg was replaced by Jeremy Perbet nine minutes from time. In Tunisia, Junior Lokosa scored on his first start for Esperance who defeated US Monastir 3-1 in an FA Cup fixture on Saturday. Lokosa who gave a good account of himself in the game also bagged an assist. Esperance will square up against CS Sfaxien in the semi-final on Tuesday in Sfax. Chuba Akpom netted the winning goal as PAOK defeated AEK Athens 1-0 to win the FA Cup title in Greece. Akpom scored the decisive goal in first half stoppage time. In Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Musa featured for 81 minutes in Al Nassr’s 3-0 away win against Al Hazm at the Ar-Rass Stadium. Musa was replaced by Fahad Bin Jumayah nine minutes from time. The winger who joined Al Nassr from English Premier League side Leicester City last summer has scored seven goals in 23 league appearances for the club. In English championship, Tammy Abraham's penalty put Aston Villa in a driving seat in the first leg of the Premier League playoff which 2-1 in favour f the hosts at the Villa Park. Credit: completesports
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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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