Arsenal and Liverpool are the last two clubs left in the battle for Loic Remy after Spurs pulled out of the race last night. Advisers for the France international, 27, have made it clear that he wants to play in the Champions League next season. Spurs, in next season’s Europa League, will not try to […]
Mesut Özil is not just a World Cup champion after Germany’s victory in Brazil. The Arsenal play maker is also a world-class philanthropist for what he’s doing with his winnings. Özil, who had already committed to funding surgery for 11 sick children, bumped that number up to 23, he announced on Facebook. “Dear fans, Prior […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation which to the country being suspended by FIFA has been laid to rest after all as a High court sitting in Jos on Thursday vacated an order, which restrained the Nigeria Football Federation from functioning pending the hearing of a suit challenging the validity of […]
Germany coach Joachim Low says victory in Maracana showdown with Argentina is the culmination of a planned long-term project following a decade of international failure. After falling behind Spain, eight years of near misses and 14 years of foundational work following a dismal Euro 2000 in which they failed to win a game, Germany’s transformation […]
Germany became the first European side to win a World Cup on South American soil with a late goal by super substitute Götze that stopped Argentina claiming victory in the spiritual home of their biggest rivals. It secured Germany’s fourth World Cup and their first major tournament victory since 1996, relieving the pressure on Joachim […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri Management of Heartland FC of Owerri has adopted performance assessment policy as criteria for remuneration under the newly improved salary structure for its players. The policy which stems from the League Management Company (LMC) Players Contract Agreement Article 18.2 has also been approved by the state government. It allows clubs to review […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri Hard time now awaits anybody in Imo state that addresses anyone who dresses in northern attires as member of Boko Haram, as the state Police Command has threatened to deal with such individual. A statement issued on Friday in Owerri by the state police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Andrew Enwerem, stated that […]
Liverpool have reached an agreement with Barcelona for the £75 million transfer of Luis Suárez, the club confirmed on Friday. Suarez moves to the Nou Camp for the full value of his exit clause following a second week of talks between the clubs, and the Uruguayan. He will now undergo a medical in Spain next […]
FIFA has rejected an appeal by Luis Suarez and the Uruguay Football Federation (AUF) against his four-month ban from all football activities for biting an opponent. The appeal was lodged against the sanctions imposed on the Liverpool striker by FIFA’s disciplinary committee for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini. They included a nine-match international ban plus a […]
Nigeria has been suspended from all international football by Fifa following allegations of government interference in its football federation. Nigeria Football Federation president, Aminu Maigari was arrested and questioned by security officials in Abuja last week upon his return from the World Cup. The NFF was dissolved last week and replaced by a sole administrator […]
Riot police descended on Copacabana beach amid reports of gunfire as Brazil were demolished 7-1 by Germany in the World Cup semi-final Tuesday. An armed gang carried out a ‘mass robbery’ on a bar in a fanpark where thousands were watching the match on a big screen, according to reports. They ransacked the bar, firing […]
Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has claimed that the 7-1 semi-final humbling by Germany was “the worst day of my life”, as he asked the Brazilian fans for forgiveness. “I am responsible (for the) catastrophic result, ” he said following the record defeat in Belo Horizonte. “I made the choices. I was responsible.” “We ask […]
Germany coach Joachim Low piled the pressure on World Cup semi-final referee Marco Rodriguez with an extraordinary attack on the standard of officiating at the World Cup ahead of Germany’s semi-final with Brazil. Germany’s controversial coach claimed Brazil’s quarter-final victory over Colombia had turned into ‘a fight’ and went on to say that refereeing standards […]
Brazil players have gone to see the team psychiatrist to help them get over the shock of losing Neymar ahead of Tuesday’s semi-final clash with Germany. Luiz Felipe Scolari’s men are still clearly troubled by the injury to their biggest star which has cast a big shadow over their World Cup semi final with Germany […]
FIFA Disciplinary Committee says it can not consider any punishment for Colombian player Juan Camilo Zuniga Mosquera whose tackle caused the injury that has sidelined Brazil’s top player, Neymar, for the rest of the World Cup. Brazil’s soccer federation is pressing FIFA to punish the Colombian player for the tackle in their 2-1 quarter-final victory […]
Chinese online stores are couching on Uruguay striker Luis Suarez’s notorious bite of an opponent at the ongoing World Cup by selling bottle openers with his image. Liverpool forward Suarez has been slammed a four month ban from football for biting Italy defender, Giorgio Chiellini during their final group match in Brazil last month. He […]
Brazil have been dealt a major blow in their attempt to win the World Cup with news that star forward Neymar is OUT. The No.10 was stretchered off in the quarter-final win over Colombia in tears and raced to hospital. A few hours later team doctor Rodgiro Lasmar confirmed the Barcelona man would not be […]
Stephen Keshi has revealed his time as Nigeria coach ended because his contract was not renewed. It was widely reported that Keshi resigned after Nigeria were knocked out of the World Cup by France on Monday. In a statement on the Nigerian Football Federation website, Keshi said: “I was a bit shocked that the global […]
Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka has confirmed his desire to take Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo back to the Riverside Stadium on loan next season. The Chelsea youngster returned from World Cup duty with Nigeria this week and impressed the Middlesbrough boss during his four appearances in Brazil. “I like Kenneth not because of what he has […]
Stephen Keshi’s future is still undecided after the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) dismissed reports that the Super Eagles coach has resigned following Nigeria’s exit from the World Cup in Brazil. The African champions, one of only two countries from the continent that made it to the round of 16 were eliminated after losing 0-2 to […]
