Category: Sports

English clubs have created European football history by taking all four final spots in the continent’s two major competitions.Arsenal won in Valencia and Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday to reach the Europa League final.That followed dramatic wins for Liverpool over Barcelona and Tottenham against Ajax in the Champions League.It is the first time all […]

The Spanish stopper apologised to fans for his actions which left Blues boss Maurizio Sarri furious at Wembley.And the 24-year-old keeper was fined £190,000 by the club, which was donated to the Chelsea Foundation.Kepa said in a statement on Chelsea’s official website: “Although there was a misunderstanding, on reflection, I made a big mistake with […]

Mohamed Salah has again emerged as the African Player of the Year 2018. While the Egyptian is keeping the coveted award for the second time in a row, Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has been dethroned as the best female player on the continent. Last year, Salah, 26 , became the first Egyptian player to win the […]

Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, has said he would love to have Neymar back at Camp Nou. In an interview with Marca, he also ruled out the possibility of leaving the Catalan side. Neymar, 26, left Barca to join Paris Saint-Germain in a world record €222million deal in 2017. Since leaving, he has regularly been linked […]

Unai Emery claimed Arsenal’s 2-1 win at Bournemouth was a big moment in their season after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang extended the Gunners’ unbeaten run to 17 matches. Emery’s side took the lead through Jefferson Lerma’s bizarre own goal before Josh King equalised on the stroke of half-time at Dean Court on Sunday. Aubameyang netted his eighth […]

  Radamel Falcao secured Thierry Henry his first win as Monaco boss with a free-kick that would have made his manager proud as Paris Saint-Germain warmed up for Liverpool’s visit by strengthening their hold on Ligue 1 with a routine win over Toulouse without Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. The Colombian striker struck with a dipping […]

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will not be making any signings in January, effectively ruling out buying a short-term replacement for the injured Benjamin Mendy. Guardiola believes his squad is strong enough to get through to the end of the season, despite the injury absences of Mendy, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and back-up goalkeeper […]

Super Eagles’ Manager, Gernot Rohr believes Nigeria has grown tremendously since its early exit at the Russia 2018 World Cup, adding, however, that there are still room for improvement. Nigeria has won three matches and drawn two since that infamous night in St. Petersburg, where Argentina sent the Eagles out of the World Cup. Since […]

Amaju Pinnick, the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday said world football body FIFA deserves commendation for approving the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba for international football matches. Pinnick said this at the Asaba International Airport, where Delta’s Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa received the Super Eagles on arrival from their 2019 AFCON Qualifier in […]