Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger is adamant there is no crisis in English football and has once again called for the away goals ruling to be abolished after his side were knocked out of the Champions League in the last 16. Arsenal failed to reach the latter stages for the fifth consecutive season
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Juventus fear no-one ahead of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw on Friday, according to defender Leonardo Bonucci. The Serie A champions booked their place in the last eight on Wednesday with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund, giving them a 5-1 aggregate win. It is the second time in three seasons Juve have […]
Angel di Maria has talked up the importance of Manchester United’s forthcoming clashes with their top-four rivals as they travel to Liverpool on Sunday afternoon looking for a victory to take a step closer to securing a top-four finish. The showdown at Anfield is promptly followed by games against Manchester City and Chelsea next month, […]
Mr Mohammed Sanusi on Thursday assumed duty as the new Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA). Sanusi, who was the NFA Director of Competitions until his latest appointment, took over from Musa Amadu, who resigned from the position on Wednesday. Amadu’s letter of resignation dated March 18 and addressed to the NFA Chairman […]
Nigerian football premier league side, Dolphins Football club of Port Harcourt have officially been kicked out from the CAF Confederation Cup, after their appeal against the walk over during their last continental fixture was thrown out on Thursday. Dolphins failed to show up early for Saturday’s CAF confederation game against Club Africain of Tunisia because […]
The ongoing feud between the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick and the General Secretary of the football body, Musa Amadu, has taken another dimension as the secretary general has quit his position after over four years on the job. According to information obtained on the official website of the NFF, Amadu’s […]
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli hit out at his detractors in an angry video published on his Instagram account late on Tuesday, telling them: “Shut up!” Speaking directly to camera in the short clip, he says: “Do you know me? Did you ever talk to me, personally? Do you know what I’ve been through in my […]
Simon Mignolet says Liverpool will not get carried away ahead of Sunday’s showdown with Manchester United. The Reds welcome their fierce rivals to Anfield knowing victory would take them above Louis Van Gaal’s side into the Premier League’s top-four. Liverpool are in form in the EPL right now, unbeaten in the league since losing at […]
Abby Wambach is the undisputed figurehead and talisman of the USA women’s national team. The 34-year-old has set and broken many a record since making her debut for the Stars & Stripes back in 2001 and remains a prolific attacking threat. Her glittering career record includes 178 international goals, two Olympic gold medals and most […]
Parma president Giampietro Manenti has been arrested over allegations of money laundering during his takeover of the club, according to reports. The Serie A club have been plagued with financial difficulties all season and are on the brink of bankruptcy, which has seen them deducted points twice for not paying players and staff. Italian news […]
Brendan Rodgers has warned Manchester United that the confidence amongst his Liverpool players is sky high ahead of this Sunday’s top-four showdown at Anfield. Rodgers’ watched his Liverpool side seal a 1-0 win at Swansea City on Monday night as they kept their bid for Champions League qualification on track. The Reds are currently fifth […]
Leighton Baines expects Dynamo Kiev to be a different proposition on home soil as Everton prepares for the second leg of their UEFA Europa League last-16 tie tonight. Everton head into the second leg at Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex – where Dynamo have only lost two of their past 26 Europa League/ UEFA Cup fixtures […]
Barcelona legend Hristo Stoichkov added a little extra intrigue to the upcoming Clasico between the Blaugrana and Real Madrid, claiming Cristiano Ronaldo is “obsessed” with Lionel Messi and that Los Blancos should consider cashing in on their biggest star. The former Bulgaria international spoke about Sunday’s match, which will have a massive impact on this […]
Arjen Robben is set to hand a fitness boost to Bayern Munich ahead of Sunday’s Bundesliga encounter against Borussia Monchengladbach. The Netherlands international was absent from Saturday’s 4-0 victory at Werder Bremen due to a trapped nerve that saw him last just 19 minutes of the 7-0 demolition of Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions […]
Stand-in Super Eagles coach Daniel Amokachi has recalled John Ogu and Brown Ideye for the friendlies against Bolivia and South Africa. Amokachi, who listed 28 players for the games, did not pick Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi, who is recuperating from a knee surgery and also put Victor Moses on standby. He also handed call ups to […]
Luis Suarez had made no secret of his admiration for Barcelona before signing, but it’s fair to say that his arrival wasn’t met with the same courtesy. The media frenzy whipped up after his biting incident at the World Cup surely helped inform public opinion. Why else would there be such a furore over the […]
House of Representatives Committee on Sports on Tuesday ordered the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) not to refund the $3.6million intervention fund given to it by the federal government during the FIFA World Cup in Brazil last year. Speaking at the NFF budget defence, Chairman of the Committee Hon Godfrey Ali Gaiya said the amount given to […]
Pep Guardiola will attend Manchester City’s Champions League showdown in Barcelona amidst increasing speculation he could be in line to replace Manuel Pellegrini at the Etihad. Pellegrini is feeling the heat as he battles to rescue City’s fading season and could face the sack this summer. The champions are struggling to defend their league title and […]
Barcelona have two season-defining matches in the space of four days that will go a long way in deciding how many trophies they end up with this campaign. And with 16 wins from 18 matches so far this year, the signs are promising. However, while all the talk is of the Clasico at the top […]
Former Barcelona star Ronald Koeman believes the Blaugrana are ‘unstoppable’ when Lionel Messi hits his best form. The Argentina international has been in superb form in 2014-15 and has already netted 43 goals in 39 appearances in all competitions. Koeman, who is now in charge of Premier League side Southampton, is not only impressed by Messi’s goalscoring […]
