Liverpool’s 7-0 euphoria over Manchester United last week, came crashing down to earth on Saturday as Bournemouth stunned Juergen Klopp’s side with a 1-0 victory to move out of the relegation zone in the Premier League. Meanwhile, Manchester City beat Crystal Palace to keep pace with Arsenal for the league lead. A win would have Read More…
In Serie A on Saturday, goals from winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and defender Amir Rrahmani helped runaway leaders Napoli defeat sixth-placed Atalanta 2-0 at home, extending the visitors’ winless run to four games. Napoli, who last week lost to Lazio at home for just their second league loss, increased their lead at the top of the Read More…
Raheem Sterling’s first-half goal and a contentious penalty by Kai Havertz helped Chelsea defeat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 overall on Tuesday, erasing a first-leg deficit. As a result, Chelsea advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The 2021 champions Chelsea wasted opportunity after opportunity in the first half, with Germany’s Havertz hitting the post and Read More…
Victor Osimhen, a striker for Napoli, hopes to become the team’s “icon” if he can help his team win the Italian Serie A for the first time in more than 30 years. The 24-year-old Nigerian, who referred to the late Argentine great Diego Maradona as a “demi-god,” claimed he would not be able to equal Read More…
Monday’s semi-final match of the ongoing Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt saw Nigeria’s Flying Eagles fall to their Gambian opponents 0-1. The Nigerian team dominated the game, holding 62% of the ball compared to 38% for the Gambians, which took part in it at the Cairo International Stadium. They missed the last Read More…
Three new players have joined the Enugu-based Rangers International Football Club in order to strengthen their second-round 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League campaign (NPFL). Norbert Okolie, the club’s media officer, told reporters in Enugu on Monday that this was a sign the team was prepared for the rest of the season. Austin Osayande, Leonard Ugochukwu, Read More…
Neymar will miss the rest of the season due to ankle surgery, according to Monday’s announcement from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), a French club. The Brazilian has not played since injuring his ankle in the 4-3 victory against Lille in February. Neymar won the Ligue 1 match against Nantes 4-2 as club head coach Christophe Galtier Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined international leaders in mourning the death of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, a Brazilian soccer great who died on Thursday. The world’s finest football player died after a long battle with cancer. He won three World Cups and scored over 1,281 goals over his long career, earning Read More…
The renowned Brazilian soccer player Pele, who rose from barefoot squalor to become one of the finest and most well-known athletes in contemporary history, passed away on Thursday at the age of 82. Pele passed away at 3:27 PM, according to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital, where he was receiving medical attention “due to multiple Read More…
President Vladimir Putin stated in an interview that was aired on Sunday that Russia is willing to dialogue with all parties involved in the conflict in Ukraine but that Kyiv and its Western allies have so far declined to do so. Since the end of World War Two, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on Read More…
