Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck twice as Arsenal defeated Newcastle United 3-0 in the English Premier League (EPL) match played at the Emirates Stadium on Monday. The victory for Arsenal condemned Steve Bruce’s side to a ninth game without a win in all competitions. Aubameyang fired the Gunners ahead in the 50th minute, finishing off a counter-attack, Read More…
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[VIDEO] Messi red card: ‘Best left foot but also best right hand!’
Messi earns FIRST EVER Barca red after lashing out in Spanish Super Cup loss Lionel Messi was issued with his marching orders for the first time in his club career after he was dismissed for taking a swing at Asier Villalibre during Barcelona’s Spanish Super Cup final defeat to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Messi was Read More…
Guardiola doesn’t care about Liverpool-United – Man City have already sneaked into the title race
The Catalan’s side were written off after a slow start to the season but they are now just four points off the top of the table with a game in hand Pep Guardiola is more than happy for Manchester City to remain in the shadows of this season’s Premier League title race. The media spotlight Read More…
[VIDEO] Chinonso Eche, Guinness World record ball juggler, online sensation
“Amazing Kid Eche”, aka Eche Chinonso, is a 12-year-old football freestyle prodigy from Delta State, Nigeria. It became clear that Eche had a talent when he was just five years old, so his father began taking him to the field to practice regularly. At the age of eight, Eche began putting in more time to Read More…
Nigeria U-17 defeat Burkina Faso, qualify for WAFU final
Nigeria’s national under-17 male football team on Friday defeated their Burkina Faso counterparts 1-0 to qualify for the final of the WAFU U-17 tournament in Lome, Togo. With this win, the Golden Eaglets have also picked one of the tickets for the 2021 CAF U-17 AFCON scheduled for Morocco later in the year. In the Read More…
MFM FC Coach says securing 1st away point equivalent to 3 points
The Coach of Lagos-based MFM FC, Tony Bolus, says the away point secured by his team in Match Day 4 encounter against Uyo-based Dakkada was equivalent to three points given the nature of the game. “It was a technical game, and the team picking an away point is like getting three points,’’ Bolus said after Read More…
Who’s laughing now? Pogba, Solskjaer & Man Utd silence critics to go top of the Premier League
The Frenchman netted the winner in a 1-0 victory at Burnley as the Red Devils and their much-maligned manager moved three points clear of Liverpool On a freezing cold night and with the odds looked stacked against them, Paul Pogba and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United proved their doubters wrong once again, as they went Read More…
Ndidi and Iheanacho help Leicester City demolish Mikel’s Stoke City
The Nigeria stars were on parade as the King Power Stadium outfit secured a comfortable victory over the Potters Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho featured in Leicester City’s 4-0 demolition of John Obi Mikel’s Stoke City in Saturday’s FA Cup tie. Ndidi started for the Foxes in a 4-5-1 formation and starred in the midfield Read More…
FIFA to allow extra substitute for suspected concussions at Club World Cup
Football governing body FIFA said on Friday it would try the use of an extra substitute in the case of suspected concussion at the Club World Cup in Qatar next month. FIFA said the move prioritised player welfare and sent a “strong message that, if in any doubt, the player should be withdrawn” from the Read More…
From goalfeast to famine: Manchester sides smell blood as Liverpool blow Premier League points advantage
Poor performances were evident all over the pitch as the Reds surrendered their cushion at the top of the English top flight If 2019 and 2020 were Liverpool’s, then 2021 has started with a warning. Improvement is needed, and fast, if the Reds are to be celebrating again come May. Here they are at the Read More…