Louis van Gaal has been sacked as manager of Manchester United, with former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho set to be named as his replacement. Van Gaal, 64, leaves after two years of a three-year contract and is currently discussing severance terms. The former Netherlands boss is believed to earn around £6.4m a year. Mourinho’s appointment […]
Manchester United are set to appoint Jose Mourinho as their new manager, BBC Sport understands. It is believed a deal with the 53-year-old Portuguese was agreed in principle before United’s FA Cup final win against Crystal Palace on Saturday. With United failing to qualify for the Champions League under Louis van Gaal, the Old Trafford hierarchy is […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chinese businessman Dr Tony Xia has indicated interest to buy relegated Aston Villa for £60m. The deal which is subject to Football League endorsement, will involve the new Xia taking over 100 per cent ownership of the club. The latest development followed decision by the American billionaire Randy Lerner, who […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 31 athletes from six sports are likely to be ban from competing at the forthcoming Olympic games, otherwise referred to as Rio 2016. Olympic Chiefs gave the hint after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) retested 454 selected doping samples from the 2008 Games in Beijing, China. The IOC confirmed […]
Sunderland sealed their Premier League safety and relegated Norwich and local rivals Newcastle with a comprehensive victory over Everton. Defender Lamine Kone struck twice from close range after Patrick van Aanholt scored with a 25-yard free-kick that was misjudged by keeper Joel Robles. Victory capped an impressive revival by Sam Allardyce’s side, who have lost […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UEFA President Michel Platini will soon resign his position as the Head of European Football’s governing body after failing to have a six-year ban from football upturned. A Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) panel reduced the ban to four years on Monday. Following the judgement, the 60-year-old football star […]
Manchester City’s top-four bid is no longer in their own hands as Alexis Sanchez’s equaliser spoiled Blues boss Manuel Pellegrini’s final home game. Sergio Aguero fired City’s early opener into the bottom corner from 18 yards. Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud headed in the equaliser within two minutes, but Kevin de Bruyne’s solo effort restored City’s […]
Jurgen Klopp remains on course for silverware in his first season in charge after Liverpool beat Villarreal to reach the Europa League final. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Liverpool levelled the tie on aggregate after Bruno Soriano’s early own goal. Daniel Sturridge, left out of the team in Spain, then put the hosts in […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian U-20 Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke has reduced the number of his players in the camp to 31. This followed last Saturday’s friendly match with Nigeria National League side – the Supreme Court FC. The friendly with the Abuja based team ended in 1-0. Amuneke is expected to drop one more […]
Leicester City have won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting stories of all time. Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Monday confirmed a stunning achievement for Claudio Ranieri’s side. Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated last season. But they have lost just three […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Hart kept Manchester City’s hopes of reaching their first Champions League final alive with two brilliant late saves that ensured their semi-final first leg with Real Madrid finished goalless. With star striker Cristiano Ronaldo missing because of a thigh injury, a cautious Real side offered little goal threat until […]
Leicester City will win the Premier League if they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. Victory at the home of the 20-time English champions would secure the title after Tottenham could only draw 1-1 at home to West Brom on Monday. It leaves Spurs seven points adrift of Leicester with each team only […]
Liverpool added to the growing pressure on Everton manager Roberto Martinez with a 4-0 victory which was as embarrassing for the visitors as it was comfortable for the hosts in the 226th Merseyside derby. Defender Ramiro Funes Mori also added to the Spaniard’s woes ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United with this […]
By Ridwan Adeola Yusuf Friday’s draw in Nyon, Switzerland of the glamorous UEFA Champions League handed the most successful football clubside in European cup, Real Madrid CF of Spain their brightest opportunity to further extend superiority in the history of the competition. Cristiano Ronaldo had been expecting his Portuguese counterparts, Benfica. Also, Pep Guardiola had […]
Aston Villa have been relegated to English football’s second tier for the first time since 1987 after defeat at Manchester United. Marcus Rashford scored the only goal, sweeping Antonio Valencia’s cut-back past goalkeeper Brad Guzan. Villa were second best for much of the game, although Rudy Gestede’s volley did hit a post late on. It […]
England Manchester City, first timer in the semi-finals of the UEFA Championship have been drawn with Real Madrid, while Bayern Munich are paired with Atletico Madrid. This fixture was contained in a release issued Friday by the European Football Governing body, for the 2016 UEFA Champions semi-final qualifier. The draw according to the release was […]
The draw for the semi-final matches of the EUFA champions league has just been drawn. English premiership team and first time semi-finalist Manchester City will play the 10-time winner Real Madrid in the first semi final game. While another Spanish side Atletico Madrid will tackle the German giant Bayern Munich. The first leg of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool incredibly stormed into the Europa League semifinals, securing an improbable over Borussia Dortmund to advance 5-4 on aggregate at Anfield on Thursday. Jurgen Klopp’s men fought back all night before finally overtaking his former team in stoppage time of the quarterfinal second leg. A day earlier, Dortmund manager Thomas […]
By Seun Adebosin The Nigeria U-23 football squad otherwise referred to as Dream Team VI, have been drawn in group B with Colombia, Japan and Sweden, for the football competition in Rio Olympics. Brazil which is the host of 2018 the world sports tournament were drawn in group A which features: South Africa, Iraq and […]
By Seun Adebosin, Abuja Two factions of the NFF Congresses are ongoing in Abuja. While one faction is led by its President, Amaju Pinnick, the other one is being presided over Chris Giwa who was adjudged last Thursday, by a Jos High Court as the duly elected NFF head. Wednesday’s Congress is at the instance […]
