Barcelona suffered their first defeat under Xavi Hernandez on Saturday as a 1-0 loss at home to Real Betis inflicted another blow on their hopes of catching La Liga’s top four. A surprise defeat at Camp Nou damages Barca’s bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League, four days...
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Thomas Tuchel admitted Chelsea paid the price for too many “individual mistakes” as Arthur Masuaku’s fortuitous late winner gave West Ham a shock 3-2 victory on Saturday. Tuchel’s side went ahead through Thiago Silva but Manuel Lanzini’s penalty drew West Ham level at the London Stadium. Mason Mount restored...
The numbers: 1,097 games, 801 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to score 800 top-level career goals when he struck twice for Manchester United in a 3-2 win over Arsenal on Thursday. It was a typical Ronaldo response to recent suggestions that his style of play...
Chelsea squeezed past Watford 2-1 to maintain their slender lead at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday night. Mason Mount was decisive for the league leaders, scoring the 29th-minute opener and then setting up Hakim Ziyech for the winner after Watford had equalized from Bonaventure’s deflected 43rd-minute...
In a recent interview with iFL TV, Anthony Joshua admitted that his loss to Oleksandr Usyk has weighed heavily on him but that he is using it as fuel to improve. He said, “A lot of times I wake up in the morning and the fight and fighting is...
Four people died, including a baby and a three-year-old boy, in a fire that ripped through an abandoned bank occupied by squatters in central Barcelona on Tuesday, Spanish firefighters said. Firefighters rescued four other people who were inside the building while putting out the blaze, the head of the...
Robert Lewandowski and FC Bayern Munich did their best to hide their disappointment after Lionel Messi beat him to the Ballon d’Or. However, former Bayern star, Lothar Matthaeus, was adamant the Poland striker should have won. Lewandowski was awarded the new striker of the year award at the gala...
Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo is hoping that Victor Osimhen will recover in time to lead Nigeria’s attack at the forth coming Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon as he will be ‘needed’ at the tournament. Napoli forward Osimhen suffered a serious injury to his eye socket after collision...
Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or award for a record-extending seventh time at a ceremony in Paris on Monday. The Argentine beat, Polish forward, Roberto Lewandowski, to win the prize on the same night that Italian goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma, also clinched the Yashin Trophy. Below is a list...
Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or award for a record-extending seventh time at a ceremony in Paris on Monday. Messi won the last edition of the Ballon d’Or in 2019 before last year’s awards were cancelled due to the pandemic. He also won in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012...
Neymar is expected to be sidelined for between six and eight weeks after sustaining ligament damage to his left ankle, Paris Saint-Germain said on Monday. The Brazil star was stretchered from the pitch in tears after suffering the injury in the final minutes of Sunday’s 3-1 victory at Saint-Etienne....
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Sunday beat Uganda 95-69 to lead in the first round in Group A of the African Qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The Nigerian team, after their opening 71-79 loss to Cape Verde on Friday when the window one of matches began, had gone...
Premier League leaders Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United on Sunday as Manchester City moved to within a point of top spot following a 2-1 win over West Ham in swirling snow. Blues midfielder Jorginho rescued a point as the Italian’s penalty atoned...
Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has tipped Argentine superstar Lionel Messi to win the 2021 Ballon d’Or award. The Frenchman on Sunday took to his social media handle to congratulate Messi ahead of the award ceremony billed for Monday. “Congratulations to @leomessi for winning another Ballon d’Or,” he...
Robert Lewandowski threatens to deny Lionel Messi a record-extending seventh Ballon d’Or title as the prestigious awards ceremony returns Monday after it was cancelled last year because of the pandemic. The Bayern Munich and Poland striker pilfered a Bundesliga record 41 goals in just 29 games last season to...
Liverpool kept the pressure on leaders Chelsea in the English Premier League with a 4-0 win against Southampton at home on Saturday. Diogo Jota scored twice for Jurgen Klopp’s side in the 32nd and 97th minute apiece. Thiago Alcantara and Virgil van Djik also found the net for the...
FC Barcelona rode their luck to win 3-1 away to Villarreal thanks to two late goals against the run of play when the home side were in control of the game and creating chances. The result was harsh on Villarreal who were pressing for a winning goal when a...
Arsenal got back on track with a 2-0 win over Newcastle on Saturday as Eddie Howe suffered his first defeat as manager of the Premier League strugglers. Mikel Arteta’s side saw their 10-match unbeaten run in all competitions come to a painful end in last weekend’s 4-0 thrashing at...
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Friday opened their 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifier campaign with a defeat to Cape Verde. The 2015 African champions fell 71-79 to Cape Verde on Friday at the Benguela, Pavilhão Multiusos Acácias Rubras in Angola. The Nigerian men’s basketball team started the game on a high...
The Confederation of African Football on Friday gave its support to the “decision of the FIFA Congress to conduct a feasibility study” for a World Cup every two years. CAF is the first confederation to officially and publicly approve the controversial plan to hold a World Cup every two...