Arsenal’s hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2010 suffered a stunning blow as they slumped to a shock 3-1 home defeat by Monaco. The Gunners looked to have been handed a favourable draw but a display that plumbed the depths of incompetence and naivety leaves them facing […]
At last, Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, has lost in his bid to be engaged the Chief Coach of the Burkina Faso National team. The 2013 AFCON winner, Wednesday lost to another top contender, a 61 years old German, Genort Rohr, who now replaces the former handler, Paul Put. The controversial Keshi, was generally speculated […]
Luis Suarez marked his first return to England since a £75m summer move to Barcelona with two goals that leave Manchester City on the brink of a Champions League exit. The former Liverpool striker demonstrated the quality the Premier League has been missing – and which defenders have been spared – with two strikes in […]
Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic’s violent conduct ban has been reduced from three games to two, but he will still miss Sunday’s League Cup final. The Football Association’s independent regulatory commission partially upheld an appeal lodged by Chelsea on Tuesday. Matic, 26, was sent off in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Burnley after reacting to a high […]
By Adebiyi Adeseye – Ivorian and four times African Footballer of the year, Yaya Toure will be conspicuously missing in action tonight (Tuesday), when his Club, Manchester City filed out against the Spanish outfit, Barcelona due to suspension in the final group game of the tournament. Toure joined the English premier league champion from Barcelona […]
By Adesye Adebiyi – Ex-Arsenal Captain, Thierry Henry has returned to take a coaching career in his former club, with target to join the club’s backroom staff to focus on the development of the young Gunners. The former French mid fielder was Arsenal’s all-time leading scorer, having kicked into the net 228 times in 376 […]
Cristiano Ronaldo ended a three-game goal drought as Real Madrid took control of their Champions League last-16 tie with Schalke in Gelsenkirchen. The forward’s form was questioned before kick-off but he headed in Dani Carvajal’s cross to open the scoring. He also created the second goal which arrived moments after Schalke’s Felix Platte had smashed […]
By Adeseye Adebiyi – The much awaited 17 th UEFA Champions league round of 16 matches was kick started Tuesday night with Paris Saint German taking on Chelsea and Sharkter Doneskt slugging it out with the Bayern Munich. The kick off matches produced a mind blowing show of athleticism and sportsmanship as both games recorded […]
By Adeseye Adebiyi – Arsenal Football Club Manager Arsene Wenger is not a happy man at the moment just as his prolific midfielder, Aaron Ramsey is set to be out of action for a month due to hamstring injury. Ramsey 24, has been battling with the injury since December 2013 in a north London Derby […]
The 2015 AFCON competition ended Sunday in Equatorial Guinea with the emerging the current Champion as they defeated their Black Stars of Ghana counterpart in Bata, with 9-8 penalties. The game extended to penalties as it ended goalless after the extra time. The African defending Champion Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry took the last penalty which led […]
Promasidor Nigeria Limited (makers of Cowbell, Toptea, Loya and Onga) in association with BME Concern/Ripples of UK on Monday donated 1000 hockey sticks to 24 secondary schools in Lagos during The Lagos State Secondary Schools Sports Festival, held at the Union Bank Sports Complex in Lagos. Over 500 students benefitted from the presentation which was […]
By Adeseye Adebiyi – The Mauritanian referee, Rajin Draparsad Seechum who officiated Tuesday match between Tunisia and the host of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) – Equatorial Guinea has been slammed with a six-month ban from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized matches. CAF sanction was announced Wednesday, over the award of […]
Daniel Sturridge returned from a lengthy injury layoff with a goal as Liverpool bounced back from their energy-sapping League Cup loss at Stamford Bridge in midweek with a comfortable 2-0 win over West Ham United at Anfield. It was another impressive performance by Brendan Rodgers’ men as they dominated for long periods and continued their […]
Adeseye Adebiyi – Chelsea football club will be without the service of their top striker Diego Costa for Saturday’s match against the English premier league champions Manchester city, after he was handed a 3 match ban by the independent regulatory commission for a violent conduct for a deliberate stamp on Emre Can. The Spaniard will […]
Former Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Wilfred Agbonavbare is dead Agbonavbare, who was former safe hands of the Rayo Vallecano football club between 1990 and 1996, died at the age of 48, Tuesday morning from cancer related ailment, at the Príncipe de Asturias Hospital in Alcalá de Henares near Madrid. He was part of the 1994 Super […]
By Adesye Adebiyi – Lagos – The newly crowned African women’s player of the year, Asisat Oshoala has signed a fresh contract deal with the Liverpool Female club side. The came atop Friday of some top American and European clubs to sign the Canada World under 20 Female Golden Boot and the Golden Ball winners. […]
By Niyi Adeyi – Coach Mauricio Pochettino Tottenham of the English Football club has attributed his decision to hand over the headship of the team to Emmanuel Adebayor on trust and confidence in him over superb performance. Irrespective of the mounting resentment, Pochettino affirmed Adebayor was one of the team’s “potential” three captains, saying he […]
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or world footballer of the year award for the second year in a row. The Portugal captain beat Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to the award. Wolfsburg and Germany midfielder Nadine Kessler was named women’s player of the year, while Colombia’s […]
The Nigerian 2014 African Footballer of the year nominee and Super Eagles Skipper, Vincent Enyeama has hailed the winner of the award, the Cote d’Ivoire National team skipper, Yaya Toure. While making the post-award speech, Enyeama, pointed out that his failure to win the coveted award did not have any link with disqualification of the […]
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has become the first player to be named Confederation of African Football African Footballer of the Year four years in a row. Toure, 31, was nominated after playing a pivotal role in winning the Premier League and League Cup. He also helped Ivory Coast qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup […]
