Football

The official countdown to the all important clash between the Super Eagles and the black stars of Ghana has begun. This encounter determines who wins the sole ticket to represent Africa at the 2022 FIFA world cup in Qatar. First leg schedule; Ghana vs Nigeria: Date: Fri 25th March 2022 …

Tottenham Hotspur striker, Harry Kane, on Wednesday, broke Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney’s record for the most-away goals scored by a player in the Premier League’s history, LivesoccerTV reports. Kane achieved the feat after scoring in his side’s Premier League 2-0 victory over Brighton on Wednesday night.   Tottenham defeated …

Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel has set a new record for the most UEFA Champions League matches won in his first 50 games in the competition. Tuchel achieved the feat on Wednesday night after guiding Chelsea to beat Lille 2-1 in the Champions League round of 16 second-leg tie.     …

Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski has made Champions League history after his team hampered Salzburg 7-1 in their last-16 second leg tie on Tuesday, Newspremises reports. Lewandowski has become the first player to have scored an hat-trick in the opening 23 minutes of Champions League match. It was however, said …

Two Ukrainian football stars, Vitalii Sapylo and Dmytro Martynenko have been killed fighting against the Russian invasion.   The International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPRO) announced the death of Sapylo and Martynenko in a tweet via their Twitter handle. “Our thoughts are with the families, friends, and teammates of young …

Russia have been disqualified from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. FIFA and UEFA have released a joint statement confirming that Russian teams will not compete in their competitions. It is a slight U-turn on FIFA’s stance from Sunday, in which they insisted …

Liverpool’s prize money for defeating Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday has been revealed. The UK Mirror reports that the win only earned the Reds a small financial reward. The total pot for the entire competition is just £200,000. And that amount is shared among the four teams …

Chelsea were knocked out by Liverpool on penalty shootouts 10-11 after 120 minutes of intense action on the pitch with multiple goals disallowed and heroic saves being made by both keepers. In the recent clip, the club supporter who couldn’t come to terms with the fact that his club lost, …

Club statement: Marcelo BielsaStatement. Leeds United can today confirm the club have parted company with head coach Marcelo Bielsa. The 66-year-old was in charge of the team for over three-and-a-half years, having taken the reins in June 2018. He transformed the club’s fortunes on the pitch, which began with the …

Chelsea football club’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich has been ”effectively barred from living in Britain.” The billionaire has not been seen at his Premier League football club’s south-west London home, Stamford Bridge, for months and in 2018 withdrew his application for a British Tier 1 investor visa in the wake …