Onyeka Wins Championship Title With Coventry, Leicester City Relegated To League One

Super Eagles of Nigeria midfielder, Frank Onyeka, has won the English Championship with Coventry City.

The title win was confirmed after Coventry smashed Portsmouth 5-1 at the Coventry Building Society Arena, with Onyeka lasting over an hour during which he ensured Coventry was three goals up before he was rested by Coach Frank Lampard.

The Sky Blues had confirmed their promotion and return to the English Premier League last week, ending 25 years of absence.

Coventry scored once in the first half through Haji Wright, before exploding in the second half with four goals to begin the title party with over 32,000 fans.
Ephron Mason-Clark tapped into an empty net to double the lead, Regan Poole’s own goal made it 3-0, Mason-Clark scored the fourth, substitute Kaine Kesler-Hayden rounded off the goal with a cool strike for 5-1.

They sealed a first-ever Championship title, and a second league title in the lower tiers of English football.

Onyeka, on-loan midfielder from Brentford in the EPL, wins his first title in England, and his fourth title in his career. He is the fifth Nigerian to win the Championship, following in the footsteps of Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, Nathan Tella, and Sone Aluko.

Also in the Championship, Leicester City has been relegated from the Championship into League One. The relegation comes 10 years after they lifted the EPL title in 2015/16 season.

The 2021 FA Cup winners are 23rd on the table with 42 points, seven points from safety with just two matches to the end of the season, and will play in League One 17 years after escaping the EFL.