Everton climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone despite a 10-point deduction as goals from Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Beto earned a 3-0 win over Newcastle yesterday. The Toffees have been galvanised by the perceived injustice at receiving the toughest sporting sanction dished out in Premier League history for breaches of f...
•Asisat Oshoala and Victor Osimhen Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been named in the CAF Player of the Year final three-man list for the men and women categories, respectively. Osimhen who finished as the top scorer in the 2023 African Cup Nations qualifiers will battle Egypt’s Mohammed Salah, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, and Alge...
•Santos FC Iconic Brazilian club Santos, cradle of late football legend Pele, were relegated to the second division Wednesday for the first time in their history, just shy of the first anniversary of his death. Santos suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Fortaleza in their final league match of the season, sealing their fate […]
•Super Falcons Super Falcons yesterday sealed a spot in next year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) with a 2-1 win against Cape Verde at the Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde in Praia. The Nigerian side had been ruthless in their reverse encounter at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja last Thursday. with an emphatic […]
•Pep Guardiola A bullish Pep Guardiola says he believes Manchester City will win a record fourth consecutive Premier League title despite a three-match winless run. The defending champions have drawn their past three league games, against Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham, and are three points behind leaders Arsenal ahead of tomorrow’s ma...
•Osimhen Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has been voted the winner of the 2023 Italian Footballers’ Association Footballer of the Year. This was after a standout 2022-2023 season with Napoli, reports Daily Trust. Osimhen was the biggest winner in the award ceremony in which the best squad, coach, club, and goal of the season were also [&hell...
Ten-man Chelsea shrugged off a red card for captain Conor Gallagher to edge Brighton 3-2 while West Ham drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace. Chelsea recorded just their second Premier League home win of the season against Brighton, despite being reduced to 10 men before half-time, reports AFP. Mauricio Pochettino’s men were cruising midway through th...
Ten-man Germany beat France on penalties to win the Under-17 World Cup football final in Indonesia yesterday, becoming the first team to win the world and European age titles in the same year. The match went to extra time when the teams were unable to break a 2-2 deadlock in humid conditions in Surakarta on […]
•Barcelona player, Joao Felix Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez called on Joao Felix to use criticism from his former Atletico Madrid team-mates to motivate him when both teams meet tomorrow in La Liga. The Portuguese forward, on loan at Barca from Atletico Madrid, failed to convince coach Diego Simeone during four years in the Spanish capital, [...
Bayern Munich’s clash against Union Berlin has been postponed due to heavy snowfall in the Bavarian capital, authorities confirmed today. The match had been scheduled to take place this afternoon but a press statement from Bayern said “security risks and the traffic situation made cancellation unavoidable”, reports AFP. Low temperatures brough...