England’s preparations for this winter’s World Cup took a hit Friday as Gareth Southgate’s side suffered the ignominy of relegation to the Nations League’s second tier. As reported by The Score, Italy beat England 1-0 courtesy of an excellent Giacomo Raspadori effort. The 22-year-old settled a long ball with a sumptuous first touch and wriggled…
Paris Saint Germane forward, Kylian Mbappe added another fine solo goal to his collection and Olivier Giroud moved closer to France’s scoring record as the defending World Cup champions beat Austria 2-0 in the Nations League on Thursday. Mbappe skipped past three defenders before drilling in his 28th international goal in the 56th minute, before…
Belgium international, Michy Batshuayi, has slammed former Chelsea and Inter Milan boss, Antonio Milan, saying the Italian manager was fond of contradicting himself. The Belgian striker said the Italian manager signed him under false pretenses. Batshuayi moved to Chelsea in 2016 in a deal worth £35million, after an impressive spell at Marseille. However, over a…
Former Real Madrid winger, Royston Drenthe has said that he failed at Santiago Bernabeu because he loved women and parties too much. Drenthe joined Real Madrid from Feyenoord after featuring at the 2007 Under-21 Euro for the Netherlands. The 35-year-old, who admitted that he was distracted during his time at Real Madrid and paid the…
Former Paris Saint-Germain manager, Mauricio Pochettino’s possible next club has been revealed. According to Foot Mercato, Ligue 1 club OGC Nice have reportedly scheduled a meeting with Pochettino to potentially take over from manager, Lucien Favre. The meeting WAS reportedly scheduled for Tuesday as Nice will have no problems meeting the Argentine’s financial demands. Nice…
Barcelona striker, Robert Lewandowski will wear the colours of Ukraine on the captain’s armband of the Polish national team at the World Cup in Qatar 2022. The striker met on Tuesday at the National Stadium in Warsaw with the legendary former Ukrainian player Andriy Shevchenko, who is currently an ambassador for Laureus, who presented him…
Mikel Arteta has revealed that William Saliba’s latest eye-catching display for Arsenal came on the back of missing 10 days of training. The French defender, who was absorbed back into the Gunners fold over the summer following a number of loan spells, was on target again during a 3-0 victory away at Brentford. He was…
Chelsea star, Callum Hudson-Odoi has regretted the experience he had to go through under former manager, Thomas Tuchel. Hudson-Odoi found it difficult to secure a regular role under Tuchel and was keen to leave in order to get more playing time. The England star had to move to Bayer Leverkusen on a season-long loan in…
Barcelona are eyeing another Chelsea raid as they seek a replacement for Sergio Busquets. The LaLiga giants want to land Jorginho from Chelsea next summer as a free agent, according to the UK Mirror. The 30-year-old Italy midfielder has only 10 months to run on his Stamford Bridge contract. And, unless he agrees new terms…
The French national team is once again in turmoil. Not forgetting the Paul Pogba case or that of the president of the Federation himself, Noel Le Graet, who is under investigation for sending sexually suggestive text messages to female employees, Kylian Mbappe’s image rights are now becoming a serious issue. Of course, it isn’t comparable…
Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez, clashed with Gerard Pique in front of the squad earlier this month, according to Sport. It is understood that this happened during their Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich. Xavi is said to have shut down Pique in the away dressing room. Pique is believed to have said “I don’t even…
Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, has confirmed that Chelsea are on the verge of finalising an agreement with Red Bull Salzburg for the appointment of Christoph Freund as their new sporting director. Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly is looking for a sporting director to work alongside Potter, who replaced Thomas Tuchel a few days ago. Chelsea…
Brighton have appointed Italian Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach on a four-year contract following the departure of Graham Potter. As reported on ESPN, the Premier League club made the announcement on Sunday. De Zerbi, 43, started his managerial career in the Italian lower leagues before he caught the eye of Serie A…
Real Madrid saw off crosstown rivals Atletico 2-1 in a fiery edition of the city’s local derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday to restore their two-point lead over Barcelona and stay perfect in LaLiga. Despite being second best for large periods of the first half and playing without talisman Karim Benzema, Carlo Ancelotti’s side…
Udinese moved to the top of the Serie A table after goals from Jaka Bijol and Tolgay Arslan sealed a 3-1 home win over Inter Milan on Sunday, their fifth successive league victory, as reported on ESPN. The hosts, who last won five consecutive games in December 2017, have 16 points from seven games, equalling…
Neal Maupay finally scored his first Everton goal to lead the side to their first Premier League win of the season with a 1-0 victory over West Ham United. It would be recalled that Maupay, who joined Everton this summer from Brighton, took an excellent touch from Alex Iwobi’s pass and volleyed into the back…
Former Barcelona defender, Jean-Clair Todibo has played his way into the headlines after receiving a red card and getting himself sent off the field after only 9 seconds into the League 1 match between his team, Nice and Angers. As reported by Marca, the moment the referee blew the whistle to kick off, Angers went…
Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest player to appear in an English top-flight match on Sunday after being brought on as a late substitute in Arsenal’s 3-0 victory against Brentford. Aged 15 years and 181 days when he entered the match, Nwaneri was born in March 2007 and wasn’t alive when the Emirates Stadium opened. Interestingly,…
Mexican forward Carlos Vela wants Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, to have a bad day against his team when both sides clash in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar later this year. Vela also branded Messi as one of the best players in the world currently. He strongly believes Messi could be a massive threat…
Erling Haaland added a strike from outside the area to his repertoire of goals since joining Manchester City in a 3-0 win at 10-man Wolverhampton in the Premier League on Saturday. As reported by The Score, City had already taken the lead through Jack Grealish after 55 seconds at Molineux when Haaland picked up the…
Relentless striker Robert Lewandowski pounced twice as Barcelona hammered 10-man Elche 3-0 to move a point clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday. The Polish forward continued his sensational form since joining from Bayern Munich this summer, taking him to 11 goals in eight appearances across all competitions. Real Madrid boast a 100…
Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte couldn’t have asked for a better response from Heung-Min Son after controversially leaving the struggling South Korean star out of his starting team to face Leicester City. After eight games without a goal, Son finally got back on the scoresheet Saturday, coming off the bench in the second half to…
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has extended worldwide the four-year ban on former Nigeria youth international, Orji Okwonkwo, for doping violations. Okwonkwo was previously banned for four years by the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal. Chairperson of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, Jorge Ivan Palacio, stated that the decision complies with the regulations of FIFA…
Arsenal can challenge for the Premier League title, according to Arsene Wenger, who doesn’t see any weaknesses in Mikel Arteta’s team. Former Arsenal manager was impressed with the club’s summer business and feels that they are now more than capable of returning to the Champions League – but sees no reason why they cannot also…
Barcelona have been handed a transfer blow by Paris Saint-Germain. The Catalan club received a blow in their attempts to bring Lionel Messi back to the club next year. Messi’s contract with PSG will expire at the end of the current season, but, according to L’Equipe, PSG are working on a renewal for the seven-time…
Jacob Ramsey netted his first goal of the season to give Aston Villa a scrappy 1-0 home victory over Southampton in the Premier League on Friday and snap a run of four games without a win, as reported by ESPN. With the cancellation of last week’s fixtures due to the death of Queen Elizabeth, the…
Nottingham Forest squandered a lead for the second successive Premier League game as they slipped to a 3-2 home defeat by Fulham on Friday. Taiwo Awoniyi gave Forest the perfect start when he headed them in front after 11 minutes from a Ryan Yates corner. But Fulham struck three times in six minutes early in…
Arsenal are ready to hand forward Gabriel Martinelli a new long-term deal, reports Calciomercato. The 21-year-old’s contract at Emirates Stadium still has two more years on it, but he has impressed enough since joining from Brazilian side Ituano in 2018 to merit a new deal. Martinelli has become one of Mikel Arteta’s key players since…
International sports kit manufacturing company, Nike has unveiled brand new jerseys for the Super Eagles and other Nigerian football national teams. It officially released the jersey and kits on Thursday. Nike and the Nigeria Football Federation had recently extended their contract agreement to 2026. The Super Eagles are expected to debut with the new jersey…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of the season as Manchester United got their Europa League campaign up and running with a 2-0 win at Sheriff on Thursday. Ronaldo, selected to lead the line as Erik ten Hag kept rotation to a minimum against the side that stunned Real Madrid in last season’s Champions League,…
Manchester United has maintained that the club’s embattled forward, Mason Greenwood remains suspended despite being included in an official squad for the 2022-23 season. As reported by Daily Mail, the 20-year-old has not been named in the 25-man squad but is on a list of U21 players who are eligible to play for the first…
A young woman has narrated the harrowing details of how she blacked out after allegedly having drinks and drugs and later came round with Manchester City full-back Benjamin Mendy’s friend and co-accused raping her. As reported by Sky Sports, the woman, aged 19 at the time, said she had gone to an apartment near Manchester…
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag faces a potential crisis up front after confirming Marcus Rashford has picked up a “muscle injury.” Rashford has been ruled out of Thursday’s Europa League clash at FC Sheriff and with Anthony Martial also injured, Cristiano Ronaldo is the only main option in attack. “He’s not available,” Ten Hag…
Benfica took their winning run to 12 matches with Wednesday’s 2-1 triumph at Juventus which put them level with Champions League Group H leaders Paris Saint-Germain, as reported by The Score. Roger Schmidt’s team have a perfect six points from their first two matches after coming back from Arkadiusz Milik’s early opener thanks to a…
Erling Haaland leapt high in the air to score one of the most spectacular goals you’ll ever see in the Champions League on Wednesday. Haaland swung his left foot at Joao Cancelo’s tantalizing cross to power home the winning goal in the 84th minute of Manchester City’s 2-1 comeback win over Borussia Dortmund. Four minutes…
The Premier League have accepted a request from Arsenal to postpone their game with Manchester City next month to accommodate a rearranged Europa League game against PSV Eindhoven, as reported by ESPN. The north London side risked forfeiting the points after the original match against PSV — due to be played on Thursday — was…
Sporting scored in the 90th minute and again in stoppage time to beat Tottenham 2-0 on Tuesday and make it two wins from two to open the Champions League group stage. As reported by Marca, both goals came from substitutes – Paulinho and Arthur Gomes – as Tottenham slipped to its first loss of the…
Bayern Munich extended their undefeated run in the Champions League group stage to 30 games by defeating Barcelona 2-0 at the Allianz Arena. The two clubs are no strangers having faced one another in the group stage last season. Tuesday’s match followed a similar script, with the Germans coming out on top once again thanks…
Joel Matip scored a late goal for Liverpool to secure a win against Ajax in Group A of the Champions League on Matchday 2. Jurgen Klopp’s side started the game well, then fizzled out before their perseverance paid off right before added time when the central defender headed to put his side in front. This…
The idea of Barcelona taking on Bayern Munich inspires very different thoughts to what it would have just a few months ago. The two meet in the Champions League on Tuesday, and the game comes at a better time for the Catalans than the Bavarians. It might even be said that Xavi Hernandez’s side are…
Recognition of Karim Benzema’s extraordinary year has extended into the realm of video games after the Real Madrid striker was named the top-ranked player in EA Sports’ latest installment of FIFA 23. The 34-year-old enjoyed the biggest jump in the rankings of the 23 players that were revealed Monday, moving up 13 places with a…
Thomas Muller will once again be on the pitch with Robert Lewandowski in the Champions League. However, this time they won’t be wearing the same shirt, as reported by Marca. It is this fact that is giving rise to some jokes in Bayern Munich’s training sessions ahead of the Champions League clash with Barcelona, as…
In what could possibly be a first in world soccer, two goalkeepers from the same league scored injury-time equalizers on the same day. The unpredictable chain of events on Saturday began with Santos Laguna’s Carlos Acevedo in an away match against Queretaro. His side down a goal, the Mexican goalkeeper stepped up during a corner…
Bukayo Saka has spoken of the honour he felt meeting now King Charles III, as reported by Football London. https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-star-saka-charles-king-24988587 The Arsenal winger met the new King in June during an England training camp in preparation for the UEFA Nations League tie against Italy, with manager Gareth Southgate allowing him time off to meet the…
New Chelsea manager, Graham Potter, has asked Brighton supporters to forgive his decision to “grasp a new opportunity.” Potter has signed a five-year contract earlier this week to replace Thomas Tuchel. Chelsea had to pay around £20million to Brighton in compensation in order to hire Potter, his assistant Billy Reid, first-team coaches Bjorn Hamberg and…
Former Chelsea coach, Thomas Tuchel has broken his silence since he was sacked and has admitted that he was “devastated” to leave Stamford Bridge. However, Tuchel insists the club will retain a “special place” in his heart. The former PSG and Borussia Dortmund boss was dismissed as Blues boss just seven games into the new…
Mathys Tel made history by becoming Bayern Munich’s youngest Bundesliga starter and goal scorer, but the home side was left disappointed after being held for a third league game running in their 2-2 draw with Stuttgart. Bayern were on course to snap their winless league run when Jamal Musiala restored their lead in Saturday’s contest…
Bernardo Silva was one of the players Barcelona targeted during the summer transfer window, but in the end, the problems faced by the club in registering new signings made it impossible to bring him in. As reported by Marca, Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano made it clear before the close of the window that he…
Manchester United led English football’s tributes to Queen Elizabeth II before their 1-0 defeat against Real Sociedad in the Europa League, while Roma boss Jose Mourinho was in mourning after the monarch’s death on Thursday. United, West Ham and Arsenal players – the Premier League teams in action in Europe’s second and third tier tournaments…
Certain Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham events have been cancelled already following Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday, hinting at the outcome of the DCMS meeting in the morning. Whilst Arsenal were opening their Europa League campaign abroad in Switzerland, Chelsea were trying to acclimatise and welcome Graham Potter. Meanwhile, Spurs were on the…
