Manchester City have what it takes to overhaul Chelsea and retain their Premier League title, according to Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew. The champions will find themÂselves nine points behind Chelsea if the leaders overcome Stoke City on Saturday, with Manuel Pellegrini’s men not in
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Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini is reportedly lining up a big money move for Manchester City‘s midfield powerhouse Yaya Toure and, according to report, Inter are willing to pay £43.5m for the 31-year-old Ivorian. Toure is yet to sign a new deal with Man City and it is looking increasingly more likely that he could […]
The 2014 FIFA World Cup 2014 was a momentous event for Brazil’s national football team. Their disappointing end to the competition not only brought about a change of coach but also gave many new players a chance to prove themselves for A Seleçao. Roberto Firmino is one of them. The 23-year-old attacking midfielder has delivered a […]
The 11th All Africa Games final qualifying round return leg match between Nigeria’s Super Falcons and the senior women’s team of Mali will now be played at the National Stadium, Abuja, on Friday, April 10. General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, revealed that a letter to this effect had been […]
The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed Match Commissioners for the finals of the 2015 Men and Women Federation Cup competitions in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, scheduled for this weekend. Former Super Eagles’ goalkeeper Etta Egbe will take charge of events in Cross River State, while Bright Omoregie will preside in […]
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has said he shares duties with coach Pep Guardiola, explaining: “He orchestrates our attacks, and I our defence.” Neuer, 29, said his role under Guardiola was different to that under predecessor Jupp Heynckes, meaning that “we as a team no longer understand it as 10 plus one but as 11 […]
Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery says that he will not risk another injury “disaster” just to feature against Borussia Dortmund this weekend. The former France winger has had numerous fitness issues over the past year and missed the 2014 World Cup with a back problem before deciding to call time on his international career to […]
Bayern Munich players talk about life as professional footballer at one of the world’s biggest clubs in Europe. Bayern Munich finance director Jan-Christian Dreesen has revealed that no player has turned down a move to the Bundesliga champions during his time at the club. Dreesen, 47, joined Bayern in February 2013, during the season that […]
The 2014 FIFA World Cup 2014 was a momentous event for Brazil’s national football team. Their disappointing end to the competition not only brought about a change of coach but also gave many new players a chance to prove themselves for A Seleçao. Roberto Firmino is one of them. The 23-year-old attacking midfielder has delivered […]
Week 4 games of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) scheduled for April 4 and 5 have been postponed till Sunday, April 19. A statement from the office of the Chief Operating Officer of the League Management Company (LMC), Salihu Abubakar, said the games have been rescheduled sequel to the directive of the Nigeria Football […]
Nigeria striker Leke James has sent a serious warning to other Norwegian clubs ahead of the new season after he scored a brace for Aalesund in a pre-season game on Monday. James scored a brace in a 2-2 draw with Molde. The 22-year-old striker scored his goals after his team were two goals down. He […]
Warri Wolves have maintained they will not be walked over by Ethiopia’s Dedebit this weekend in a CAF Confederation Cup due to a cash crunch. Warri Wolves beat the Ethiopian club 2-0 in the first leg in Warri. There have been fears that Wolves could follow the line of Dolphins in the Confederation Cup as […]
Nigeria’s flagbearers in continental competition return to action this weekend, with elite division champions Kano Pillars staring down the barrel of a huge task at the Sani Abacha Stadium on Saturday afternoon. They host Moroccan side, Moghreb Athletic Tetouane with a whole four goals deficit from the first leg at the Stade Saniat Rmel on […]
Nigeria assistant coach Daniel Amokachi has revealed that he and his technical team will continue working on striker Aaron Samuel, who failed to make the desired impact in the Super Eagles’ 1-1 draw with South Africa on Sunday. The burly 20-year-old was handed a start by Amokachi, but was pulled off after 66 minutes after […]
Kazakhstan have announced that they are considering making a bid to host the 2026 World Cup. The oil-rich country is already bidding against Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in Almaty and is now in discussions over a possible bid for the World Cup four years later. Kazakhstan FA president Yerlan Kozhagapanov is quoted […]
Tunisia will be allowed to compete for a place at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after they issued an apology to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) following accusations of bias. The Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) levelled the allegations against CAF following their controversial 2-1 defeat to Equatorial Guinea in the AFCON quarter-finals on […]
Macauley Chrisantus, 24, of AEK Athens, winner of the 2007 FIFA U-17 golden boot, says he was not bothered despite not scoring in his first five games for his new side. The Kaduna-born forward last scored a competitive goal on his debut for his former side Sivasspor a 2-1 loss to Galatasaray on the 26th […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has instructed the football associations of the 36 states and the FCT to comply with a directive to stage their state federation cup final matches this weekend. “we have outlined a programme for the 2015 men and women federation cup competitions and we don’t want anything to derail us. All […]
Nigeria professional football league (NPFL) club, Warri Wolves, are in danger of missing their trip to ethiopia ahead of their caf confederation cup match against dedebit fc this weekend. Supersport.com has been informed that the warri club could miss the trip to addis ababa as their financier, the delta state government, is yet to […]
China’s soccer club Guangzhou Evergrande is ranked above two Italian Serie A powerhouses AC Milan and Inter Milan in the world soccer club rankings, according to the latest release from a specialized soccer statistics website. As the top ranked club in Asian leagues and 2014 AFC Champions League winners, Evergrande slipped one place to 63 […]
