‘Time flies when you’re having fun.’ Or so says the English expression. If that is indeed the case, Ashley Young’s spell at Manchester United will have gone in the blink of an eye with the former Aston Villa man describing the spirit at the club as ‘getting better and better’ since his arrival
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Once seen as a potential challenger for the CAF presidency, Ivorian Jacques Anouma saw his profile in international football politics dealt a crushing blow on Tuesday, as he lost his seat on the exalted FIFA Executive Committee. The former president of Ivorian football federation got only 20 votes at the election conducted as part of […]
Arsenal are in pole position to land Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain, according to reports. Napoli lost to Roma over the weekend putting their qualification for next season’s Champions League at risk. And reports in Italy suggest that Higuain could look to leave if the Serie A club are not playing in Europe’s top club competition […]
Almeria have wasted no time in replacing Juan Ignacio Martinez as coach, hiring former Spain international Sergi to lead them through the last nine games of the Liga season. Martinez paid for a 4-1 drubbing at home to Levante with his job on Sunday, and less than 24 hours later, Sergi has been installed as […]
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville believes there is no way back for Tottenham in their bid to qualify for the UEFA Champions League after the London club played out a lacklustre draw with Burnley on Sunday. Tottenham – sixth in the Premier League standings – slipped seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester United following their […]
Bayern Munich have revealed that Bastian Schweinsteiger’s ankle injury is not serious, but the midfielder is a doubt for Wednesday’s DFB-Pokal quarter-final at Bayer Leverkusen. The Germany captain limped out of Saturday’s 1-0 Bundesliga win at Borussia Dortmund in the second half after damaging his left ankle. Schweinsteiger missed training on Monday and
Marseille’s title hopes suffered a major blow with a 3-2 defeat to reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Marcelo Bielsa’s men remain in contention for Ligue 1 glory. PSG came from behind on two occasions to claim victory in a thrilling Classique and move back to the top of the table, […]
Jamie Redknapp has been full of praise for Arsenal star Mesut Ozil following the German’s “brilliant” performance against Liverpool. The World Cup winner scored in a 4-1 hammering of the Reds at the Emirates on Saturday. The 26-year-old has faced plenty of criticism for dipping in and out of form since his £42.5m move from […]
Arsene Wenger has revealed that he needs another player to score 10-15 goals in a season for his team to actually challenge for the title next season. The Gunners have scored 62 goals in the league thus far and Wenger insists that they can smell more goals coming their way in the seven matches left […]
Kuje Area Council has emerged as the new champions of the 2015 FOSLA U-13 Football Competition. The Kuje boys defeated the Karshi boys by two goals to one. Their two goals were scored in the first half of the game, while Karshi scored their consolation goal in the second half. The Kuje team had earlier […]
Loic Remy’s ‘ready-to-go’ attitude has impressed Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho after two match-winning goals in as many games. The French striker tapped in a square pass from Eden Hazard to give Chelsea a 2-1 victory over Stoke City on Saturday, having also scored the winner in the London club’s 3-2 triumph over Hull City before […]
Karim Benzema hailed Cristiano Ronaldo’s “phenomenal” talent after the Real Madrid forward produced a stunning five-goal salvo in Sunday’s 9-1 demolition over Granada. Having opened his account after half an hour, Ronaldo went on to record an eight-minute hat-trick before completing the rout in the closing minutes at the Santiago Bernabeu. His haul
Andre Ayew pointed to unfair treatment of Marseille by match officials following Sunday’s damaging 3-2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. Marseille twice took the lead against the reigning champions at Stade Velodrome, only to ultimately suffer a loss that leaves them five points behind table-topping PSG. Ayew was sent off after the final whistle for protesting […]
Brendan Rodgers has rubbished reports of a dressing room revolt at Liverpool and insisted there was no crisis meeting on Sunday. It was claimed in a national newspaper that Rodgers accused several players of not playing for him following Saturday’s 4-1 Premier League hammering at Arsenal. Senior players were said to have taken exception to […]
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, will receive the Platinum Order of Merit of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) today in Cairo. This will be during the 37th Ordinary General Assembly of CAF which officially opened on Monday evening in the presence of the FIFA President Joseph […]
Jordan Henderson insists Liverpool will not give up the chase for a top-four place despite Saturday’s 4-1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal. Having been beaten by Manchester United before the international break, Liverpool slipped to a second succesÂsive league defeat to one of their closÂest rivals, as three goals in eight minÂutes before half-time effectively […]
Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals, including a first-half hat-trick, as Real Madrid thrashed Granada at the Bernabeu. The world player of the year’s first three came within eight minutes following Gareth Bale’s opener, putting Real 4-0 up at the break. Ronaldo’s fourth came in the second half between two from Karim Benzema. Robert Ibanez reduced […]
The Confederation of African Football has is yet to confirm whether Morocco will play in the qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. On Thursday the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed CAF ‘s ban on Morocco from the 2017 and 2019 events. But today Friday, CAF’s director of communications Junior Binyam told the […]
Stephen Keshi has made a last-ditch attempt to save his job through his agent and brother, Emmanuel Ado, who has insisted the coach is willing to work with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president while also apologising on behalf of Keshi for the failure to qualify Nigeria for the 2015 AFCON. Keshi’s agent Ado in […]
Manuel Pellegrini admits Manchester City have to win all of their remaining games if they are to stay in with a chance to win the Premier League title. City have a total of eight games remaining in their campaign as they aim to finish top, but currently have Chelsea sitting above them and Arsenal, finishing […]
