Chelsea shrugged off uncertainty over the club’s future to beat Newcastle 1-0 thanks to Kai Havertz’s late goal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, while Arsenal moved into the top four with a 2-0 win over Leicester. The European champions are still reeling from the impact of the sanctions placed...
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Cristiano Ronaldo answered all the questions about his continuing value to Manchester United with a superb hat-trick to secure a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur in an entertaining Premier League contest on Saturday. This was after just six days after doubts were raised about his injury absence for the...
Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a director of Chelsea by the board of the Premier League in England, but the club’s sale is expected to progress with British government oversight. The sanctioning of Blues owner Abramovich by the government on Thursday saw the Russian-Israeli billionaire’s British assets frozen,...
Liverpool maintained their relentless pursuit of Manchester City with a 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion to close back to within three points of the English Premier League leaders. The Reds lost for just the third time this term in their midweek clash with Inter Milan in the...
Chelsea have had several accounts and credit cards suspended temporarily following sanctions imposed on club owner Roman Abramovich by the UK government, British media reported Friday. Russian-born billionaire Abramovich had all his British assets frozen on Thursday barring Chelsea, with the Premier League club allowed to continue with “football-related...
Ralf Rangnick admits he does not know if Cristiano Ronaldo is happy at Manchester United as the Portugal star prepares to return from injury against Tottenham on Saturday. Ronaldo was missing from United’s dismal 4-1 defeat against Manchester City last weekend after suffering a hip problem. The 37-year-old reportedly...
The Ballon d’Or, awarded to the world’s best male and female footballer, is revamping its format from next season, organisers France Football magazine said on Friday. The award will now be based on performances across a whole football season, rather than a calendar year, and the jury that selects...
Chelsea Football Club’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich was on Thursday hit with a UK assets freeze and travel ban, throwing his plans to sell the European and world club champions into disarray. The billionaire owner of the English Premier League side was one of seven oligarchs slapped with restrictions...
Europe’s ruling body UEFA has received the referee report from Wednesday’s Champions League match between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain amid alleged misbehaviour from PSG top officials. UEFA said on Thursday it was looking into the report, without giving details. French side PSG lost the last 16 tie 3-2...
Ghanaian businessman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has submitted a bid to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich. In a letter made public on Wednesday, the 45-year-old is offering $3.1billion for the Premier League club. Chelsea have been put up for sale in the wake of controversies surrounding Russian owner Abramovich following...
Manchester City sailed through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals after a 0-0 draw with Sporting Lisbon in their last-16 round second leg clash on Wednesday, progressing 5-0 on aggregate. The English champions had already done the hard work in their thrashing of the Portuguese side in the first...
Mauricio Pochettino slammed match officials on Wednesday and questioned why VAR was not used to rule out Real Madrid’s first goal against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in their 1-3 loss. The French side were dumped out of the UEFA Champions League in sensational circumstances, losing 2-3 aggregate after having won...
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday described as devastating news of the death of Justice Christopher who represented Nigeria at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, in a statement said the federation was pained at the death of Christopher...
Robert Lewandowski scored three times as Bayern Munich rolled into the Champions League quarterfinals with a 7-1 win over FC Salzburg at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday. The Bundesliga leaders won the tie 8-2 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw against the Austrian side in Salzburg on Feb. 16....
Liverpool on Tuesday slipped to a shock defeat against Inter Milan at Anfield, but managed to seal their place into the Champions League quarterfinals with a 2-1 aggregate victory. Lautaro Martinez’s wonder strike sealed a 1-0 win for the reigning Serie A champions but Inter failed to capitalise after...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The first Secretary of the Nigeria Football Association (since 1958) late Etubom Orok Oyo popularly known as “Mr. Football” is to be immortalized by family and friends after 14 years after Federal Government’s unfulfilled promises. To this end, the family with support from friends and...
Former head coach of the Nigeria national football team, Samson Siasia has faulted Austin Eguavoen over the Super Eagles 25-man list for this month’s crucial 2022 World Cup qualifiers against the Black Stars of Ghana. Recalled that the interim coach, Austine Eguavoen released the names of the 25 players...
Following are the results of Match Day 17 fixtures played on Sunday in the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL): MFM FC 1-2 Kwara United Remo Stars 3-0 Sunshine Stars Dakkada FC 2-0 Enyimba International Plateau United 1-0 Katsina United Wikki Tourists 1-0 Lobi Stars Abia Warriors 0-0 Akwa...
Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez scored twice as Manchester City reopened a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League by brushing aside Manchester United 4-1 at the Etihad on Sunday. Defeat for United opened up a 22-point gap between the clubs and is another blow to...
Up to 10 parties are considering making bids for Chelsea, with investment bankers working on the sale expecting most of the interest to come from the United States of America. Russian, Chinese and Middle Eastern money has been behind the acquisition of many English clubs over the past two...