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Players can now express themselves freer than before -Rashford

Ihesiulo Grace 18 June 2020 0

Manchester (UK) – Expressing opinions on social issues and campaigning for change is becoming more normal for the current generation of players, Manchester United striker, Marcus Rashford, has said. Rashford earned widespread praise after the England forward successfully campaigned for

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Players allowed for now to play for 3 clubs in a season — FIFA

Ihesiulo Grace 12 June 2020 0

Bern (Switzerland) – Players will be allowed to play for up to three clubs, instead of two, during the course of a season, FIFA said on Thursday. The global football body said this was a temporary rule change to alleviate the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the sport. It added that the move […]

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After songs from the forest, Union Berlin players go on to greet fans

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2020 0

Berlin – Union Berlin players greeted around 30 fans outside their stadium after Sunday’s 1-1 Bundesliga draw against Schalke 04 —- a match played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus epidemic. Throughout the match, songs could be heard from the group of home fans who gathered in the forest behind the traditional home end […]

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Learn new skills during lockdown, Gary Neville tells players

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2020 0

Gary Neville has asked footballers to learn new skills during lockdown so as to prepare for a potential financial hit. And Neville, who owns a stake in fourth-tier side Salford City said “If I was a football player today, I’d be online learning, doing a degree, doing a BTEC (qualification) and trying to get a […]

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Parma players, coaches agree to forego one month’s wages

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2020 0

Rome – Players and coaches at Parma have agreed to forego one month’s wages to help the Italian side through the stoppage caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, the club said on Wednesday. Parma became the third Serie A team to agree wage cuts with the players. Titleholders Juventus will see salaries reduced during a […]

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Serie A players, officials to be tested, then isolated when training resumes

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2020 0

Rome – The players and staff at Serie A clubs should be tested for coronavirus and then isolated in training camps when they begin preparing for the re-start of the season. The Italian football federation (FIGC) gave this recommendation on Wednesday, and it is among the guidelines drawn up by its medical committee. “The guidelines […]

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Players must ‘share financial burden’ during virus: PFA

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2020 0

The Professional Footballers’ Association insist they are aware players must “share the financial burden” during the coronavirus as the row over wage cuts for Premier League stars mounted on Thursday. The British Government’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock called on top-flight players to take a pay cut after several clubs placed non-playing staff on

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FIFA to launch fund to protect players’ salaries

Ihesiulo Grace 11 February 2020 0

World football governing body FIFA is launching a fund to support players who have not been paid by their clubs, a FIFA statement said on Tuesday. “The 16-million-dollar fund will start from July 1 and run to 2022 in an agreement reached with the FIFPRO, the world players’ union. “A share of 5 million dollars […]

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European clubs are always in need of players, especially Nigerians, visiting foreign scouts say

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2019 0

Abuja – Oleg Dziuba and Gianfranco Gazzoli, two of the foreign scouts have said that most players in Nigeria are going to get clubs in Europe because the European clubs are always in need of players, especially Nigerians They said this at the 60 Goals Soccer Stars Talent-hunt Programme, on Sunday as they gave an […]

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Ronaldo joins elite group of players with 700th goal

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2019 0

Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark on Monday by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal’s Euro 2020 qualifier at Ukraine. The 34-year-old scored a penalty as Portugal lost 2-1. His 700 goals so far have come from 973 matches – and he has scored at least once in 458 of those. My heart tells […]

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Onyekuru Named Nigeria’s Best U20 Player

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

Everton Loanee Henry Onyekuru Named Nigeria’s Best U20 PlayerOutside Of The Boot has unveiled its 100 Best Young Players to Watch in 2018, with Everton loanee Henry Onyekuru the only Nigerian young star listed by the scouting website. All players born on or after January 1st 1997 are eligible for the feature; 5 goalkeepers, 30 […]

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Rivers Utd protest non-payment of 2014/15 Sign On Fees

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

Rivers United FC players abandoned training on Tuesday to stage a peaceful protest at the Government House in Port Harcourt over the non-payment of their sign on fees for the 2014/2015 season. The some of the players carried placard with various inscriptions asking the government to pay up the outstanding monies owed them. Some of […]

Opinion

Modern day bravery in sports could be ignorance

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

At the 2017 ATP finals in London, male tennis’ highest ranked player and world number one, Rafael Nadal was all set to face opponent David Goffin in the first match of his group. Having withdrawn from the Paris Masters only a week before due to a knee injury, it came as a surprise for most […]

Features

The Economics of Team Success

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

If money does not buy performance, one practical measure is to promote salary fairness among team members. It’s a no brainer to think that talents lead to high performance. That’s why we go after them with money. But does it work for a team? Not necessarily, at least for the English Premiere League (EPL). In […]