Cristiano Ronaldo recovered from a punch in the face to score twice against Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday in a lively reunion with his great rival Lionel Messi that demonstrated the financial firepower of the resource-rich Gulf. Ronaldo, 37, was decked by PSG ‘keeper Keylor Navas’s flailing fist but he...
SPORTS
A Saudi real estate mogul has won a ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi face off in a friendly after bidding $2.6m at auction, an official said. The match will take place on Thursday, January 19, in Riyadh. Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain will play against a select...
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp on Tuesday said he was not being “too loyal” to long-serving players who are underperforming at the club. Klopp pointed out that a lack of adequate replacements has meant he has to keep picking them. Liverpool have failed to mount an English Premier League (EPL)title...
Arsenal moved eight points clear at the top of the 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) with a 2-0 derby win at Tottenham on Sunday. Mikel Arteta’s side did the damage in the first half with Hugo Lloris putting through his own net, before Gunners captain Martin Odegaard rifled home...
Christophe Galtier sucked up another painful Ligue 1 defeat for his Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) team on Sunday and told his 2022 World Cup stars they must find their focus again. PSG began the year with a seven-point lead at the top of Ligue 1, but that has been clipped...
Enyimba International Football Club of Aba on Saturday in Jos beat hosts Nasarawa United FC of Lafia 2-1 in a 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture. The Group A Match Day 1 fixture saw the winners scoring their first goal in the 33rd minute through Elijah Akanidomo, after...
Brighton, Jan. 14, 2023 (Reuters/NAN) Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp blasted his side’s effort in a humiliating 0-3 English Premier League (EPL) defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion which he called the worst ever in his reign. Winger Solly March scored twice and created a third for Brighton as they...
Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes scored in quick succession as Manchester United came from behind to beat Manchester City 2-1 in a dramatic derby at Old Trafford on Saturday. Just four minutes separated the two efforts from Erik ten Hag’s side, as Fernandes first levelled the scores with a...
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are among the leading nominees for FIFA’s The Best award for last year, world football’s governing body, FIFA announced on Thursday. Messi, who has won the prize once before, captained Argentina to victory in Qatar, a career-defining triumph that has boosted his chances of...
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has been quizzed by two Swiss prosecutors appointed to take over an investigation into his alleged secret meetings with the country’s former prosecution chief, one of the magistrates confirmed to AFP on Wednesday. “I confirm to you that a confrontation hearing was held in the...
Chelsea have signed Portugal forward Joao Felix from Spanish clubside Atletico Madrid on a loan deal until the end of the season, both clubs said on Wednesday. British media reported that Chelsea would pay around 10 million euros (10.75 million dollars) for Felix. The 23-year-old has struggled for consistency...
Noel Le Graet, the President of France’s FFF Soccer Federation has been suspended from his duties, BFM television said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. It said an urgent meeting of the FFF executive committee named Vice Chairman Philippe Diallo as acting interim Chairman. Le Graet, 81, has been in...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr contract does not include any commitment to promote a 2030 World Cup bid, the Saudi Arabian club stated on Tuesday. “Al Nassr FC would like to clarify that contrary to news reports, Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract with Al Nassr does not entail commitments to any World...
Kylian Mbappe will be taking on “a huge responsibility” if he becomes the new France captain now, after Hugo Lloris retired from international football. That is the verdict of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) head coach Christophe Galtier, who steered clear of either recommending the role to Mbappe or putting any...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reviewed downwards the registration fees that Clubs will have to pay to take part in this year’s Federation Cup competition. While the male Clubs will part with the sum of N70,000 to be part of...
By TARGBA SHAAGEE, Abuja – After the disappointment of failing to make the dream of La Decima (The Tenth) come true at the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in staged by Morocco last year – the Super Falcons even failing to make the podium for the first...
Ogba Ijaiye Football Club has won the 2022/23 Elephant Cup, a five-a-side grassroots soccer tournament, organised for teams in Agege area of Lagos State. The team defeated Mago FC 3-0 in the final of the tournament ,played at the Ashade Ogba Playing Ground on Monday,to emerge winner. Ogba Ijaiye...
WIkki Tourists Football Club’s Chief Coach, Abdullahi Adamu, says he is confident his players will win their Match Day 1 fixture in the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football league (NPFL). Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi that his team would beat visiting Niger Tornadoes...
Manchester City piled pressure on Chelsea boss Graham Potter as Riyad Mahrez inspired a 4-0 rout in the FA Cup third round, while Aston Villa crashed to a stunning 2-1 defeat against fourth tier Stevenage on Sunday. After Premier League sides Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth were humiliated by...