Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand, has named Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, among ‘top five’ best players in the world. According to Ferdinand, Sterling is impossible to play against, adding that the England international is getting better all the time. He said this while reacting to Sterling’s hat-trick in Man City’s UEFA Champions League 5-1 victory […]
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Barcelona have announced a strong squad to face Slavia Praha in today’s UEFA Champions League fixture at the Sinobo Stadium. Barcelona coach, Ernesto Valverde, has released a list of 20 players on the club’s official website. Barcelona head to the game following a 3-0 victory over Eibar in the LaLiga last weekend. Below is Barcelona’s […]
Nigerian-born striker, Joshua Zirkzee, scored hattrick for Bayern Munich in their 4-0 thrashing of Olympiakos Piraeus 4-0 at the Proponitiko Kentro Reti stadium on Tuesday afternoon. The Netherlands youth international scored an impressive treble in Athens, which takes his goal tally in the UEFA Youth League this season to four in just two games. He […]
With a European track record dating back to August 1964, it’s not often Liverpool tread new territory on the continent, facing an opponent they’ve never met in a stadium they’ve never previously visited. But that’s the situation Jürgen Klopp’s Reds find themselves in tonight at the KRC Genk Arena in the eastern Belgian province of […]
Matchday 3 Tuesday 22 October Group A: Club Brugge 0-5 Paris, Galatasaray 0-1 Real Madrid Group B: Tottenham 5-0 Crvena zvezda, Olympiacos 2-3 Bayern Group C: Shakhtar 2-2 Dinamo Zagreb, Manchester City 5-1 Atalanta Group D: Atlético 1-0 Leverkusen, Juventus 2-1 Lokomotiv Moskva GROUP A: KROOS CONTROL GUIDES REAL Real Madrid managed to get their […]
– Cheruiyot participated in the Graz Marathon in Austria where he withdrew midway before complaining of a headache – The athlete flew back home and was admitted at a Nairobi hospital with malaria. – The elite runner succumbed to brain hemorrhage days later at the health facility Promising Kenyan marathoner Patrick Cheruiyot has been reported […]
Back in March — missed that I guess — FIFA announced that they have decided to revamp the exceedingly useless Club World Cup competition by also scrapping the equally useless Confederations Cup and creating an even bigger mess. Under the new format, 24 (club) teams will take part in a quadrennial event, to be played […]
Nicolas Pepe could have given Arsenal the lead with a tap in midway through the first half but he fluffed his line Arsenal fans didn’t hold back in slamming Pepe for his dreadful miss in the first half against Sheffield United. Sheffield United had the better of the chances in the opening 20 minutes of […]
Former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has tweeted that he’s ‘done’ with Unai Emery after the Gunners’ latest poor result away to Sheffield United. Emery’s side were beaten 1-0 at Bramall Lane and put in another poor performance following some questionable selection decisions from their Spanish tactician. Arsenal once again left Mesut Ozil out of their […]
Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has made it clear he wants to win the Treble with the Italian club this season. Speaking to the media ahead of their Champions League clash against Lokomotiv Moscow, Ronaldo said he was eager to win the Serie A, the Italian Cup and the Champions League. “We want to win Serie […]
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed November 16 for a fresh election in Kogi west senatorial district involving Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Festus Okoye, chairman, information and voter committee of INEC, […]
Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, will send two of his left-backs out of the club and pursue the transfer of Leicester City star, Ben Chilwell, to fill that role, according to The Sun, UK. Chilwell has been a star performer for Leicester of late and seems like a player who could make his way to a […]
Kopa award nominees have been revealed by France Football. -This is the award for the best young player in the world in 2019. -Last year Kylian Mbappe won the prize. Who do you fancy this time? Sees the �Nominees: *Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus/Netherlands)* *Vinicius (Real Madrid/Brazil)* *Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen/Germany)* *Mattéo Gendouzi (Arsenal/France)* *Andriy Lunin […]
Barça Women are still unbeaten at the Johan Cruyff Stadium after a great 5-0 win against Logroño. Tacón and Atlético Madrid had conceded nine goals and six goals respectively at the new ground, and another five on Sunday meant a total of 20 goals in three league games at home, and a total of 27 […]
Asisat Oshoala is now the second highest goal scorer in the Primera División Liga Iberdrola with 5 goals in 6 games. The highest goal scorer is her Barcelona team mate Jenni Hermoso. There are 2 Africans in the top 5, Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria and Jade Boho (Sayo) of Equatorial Guinea (well, Spanish born Equato-Guinean). […]
Goalkeepers are the last line of defense, they orchestrate play from the back and save their teams from conceding whenever possible. African countries in the past have produced top- class goalkeeper over the past couple of years and as a matter of fact, become role models to European goalkeepers who made them their source of […]
Hawk-Eye company apologises for VAR confusion on 19 Oct, From the section of a Premier League. A wrong graphic is displayed during Tottenham’s match against Watford The big screen initially adjusted the scoreline to show Tottenham’s goal had been given – but also read ‘no goal’ in an error by Hawk-Eye. The company that provides […]
– FIFA has handed China the hosting right of the new Club World Cup tournament – A 24-team format have received FIFA’s blessing for the 2021 tourney as replacement for Confederations Cup – Liverpool and Chelsea are to represent UEFA, with Europe granted eight spots, including last four winners of UCL and Europa League Premier […]
Fresh reports and data have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo apparently earns more from Instagram than he does from playing soccer for Juventus. The 34-year-old pockets an annual $47.8 million from paid Instagram posts, according to a study by social media firm Hopper HQ on Buzz Bingo. In contrast, his salary at Juventus is reportedly $34 […]
Al Ahly ’s Nigerian forward , Junior Ajayi, goal in their 3- 2 win against Zamalek was voted as the club goal of the month for September . Ajayi scored at either half of the match in the Super Cup clash on September 20 at the Borg El Arab Stadium to help claimed the trophy. […]
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