Son Heung-min, the Tottenham Hotspur forward, has snubbed Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi and named Brazil’s Neymar as the best player in the world. Son said this while speaking to reporters ahead of South Korea’s international friendly with Brazil at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on...
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French authorities were warned three days before Saturday’s 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League final match that thousands of Liverpool fans would come to Paris without tickets, a report claimed on Tuesday. They were also warned that some of the fans would try to get into the Stade de France with...
Lionel Messi says there can be “no doubts” Karim Benzema will be a worthy Ballon d’Or winner after the Real Madrid star cemented his frontrunner status with Champions League glory. The France international is the favourite to succeed Messi as the next recipient of the game’s most prestigious individual...
Lionel Messi, the world-famous Paris Saint-Germain forward, has predicted that next season will be way better for him at the club. Messi left his boyhood club Barcelona on a free transfer to join PSG last summer. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner did not really impress during his debut season at...
UEFA announced on Monday it was opening an “independent report” into the security chaos before the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris. European football’s governing body said the report would “examine decision making, responsibility and behaviours of all entities involved...
Liverpool are in no hurry to sell Sadio Mane despite reported interest from Bayern Munich, with the Reds unprepared to let the Senegal star move on the cheap. The Africa Cup of Nations winner has been linked with a move to Bayern Munich, who themselves could be set to...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick and some football stakeholders have hailed the Super Eagles over its performance in an international friendly game against Mexico on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles of Nigeria lost 1-2 to Mexico in an...
Karim Benzema admitted he had done all he could with Real Madrid this season to make himself favourite for the Ballon d’Or after helping the Spanish giants beat Liverpool 1-0 in Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris. Benzema did not score in the final at the Stade de France...
Super Eagles’ captain William Troost-Ekong on Saturday cleared into his team’s net to gift Mexico a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in an international friendly at Dallas in the U.S. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match was the Super Eagles’ first of two international friendlies lined...
Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool’s players were hurt after their UEFA Champions League final match defeat to Real Madrid on Saturday in Paris. But he declared the Reds “will come again” after the narrow reverse. Klopp added next year’s final in Istanbul was already a target, advising supporters: “Book the...
Police in Paris said that 68 people were arrested in the French capital after the UEFA Champions League final match, which saw Real Madrid defeat Liverpool 1-0 on Saturday. In the early hours of Sunday, the Paris Police Prefecture said that it carried out 68 arrests in connection to...
Vinicius Junior scored the only goal of the game as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris to become kings of Europe for a record-extending 14th time after a night marred by problems outside the ground that led to the kick-off being delayed by...
Jurgen Klopp wants Liverpool to show they can more than match Real Madrid as the European giants collide in a Champions League final on Saturday for the second time in five seasons. Real were too strong when the sides meet in Kyiv in 2018, but Klopp’s men bounced back...
Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, Samuel Chukwueze and Zaidu Sanusi have withdrawn from the friendly match against Mexico. Three other players; Samson Tijani, Alhassan Yusuf, and Azubuike Okechukwu will also not feature in the game due to various reasons. Defender Leon Balogun has also been ruled out of the...
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has said he will not be afraid to take a penalty if their Champions League final against Liverpool goes the distance on Saturday. Courtois has an impressive record saving penalties this season, having stopped three of his five faced, including one from Lionel Messi...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he “couldn’t care less” about rumours linking Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich ahead of their UEFA Champions League final match against Real Madrid on Saturday. Klopp and Liverpool could, with this, be poised to lose one of the most significant players in their squad...
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool are seeking to cap a remarkable season by avenging their 2018 defeat against Real Madrid when the sides meet again in the Champions League final in Paris on Saturday, but the Spanish giants have their sights on a 14th European Cup triumph. It is Liverpool’s third...
The outcome of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid could decide who wins this year’s Ballon d’Or, according to former Reds defender Djimi Traore. The man who was left-back when the Anfield club won the trophy in 2005 thinks Senegal forward Sadio Mane is in contention...
World basketball body FIBA has threatened to sanction Nigeria over its decision to withdraw from international competitions for two years. FIBA in a letter signed by its Head of Legal, Jaime Lamboy, and dated May 18, 2022, the body said Nigeria’s decision was in breach of Article 9.7 of...
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says his team’s performances were far from perfect on their journey to Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final match against Liverpool.Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says his team’s performances were far from perfect on their journey to Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final match against Liverpool....