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A decision on the future of the Manager of North London side Tottenham, Antonio Conte is set to be made in the next 24 hours. There is a growing sense that it would be difficult for the Italian to continue as Tottenham head coach following his outburst after Saturday's 3-3 draw at Southhampton, as his comments reflect what he has felt for a long time, and he did not intend […]

Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen’s goal against Eintracht Frankfurt in the round 16 second leg tie has been voted UEFA Champions League Goal of the Week. UEFA disclosed this on their verified Twitter handle on Friday. Osimhen’s goal was picked ahead of strikes from Manchester City stars Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. The Nigerian striker bagged a brace as Napoli defeated Frankfurt 3-0 […]

Norwegian Striker Erling Haaland rewrote the history books by scoring an unbelievable five times as Manchester City blowout Rb Leipzig 7-0 to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Haaland became the fastest and youngest player to reach 30 goals in Europe's elite club competition and also the youngest player to score five times in a single Champions League game, joining Argentina great Lionel Messi and Brazil forward Luiz Adriano as the […]

Thousands of mourners yesterday gathered to pay their respects to Brazil legend Pele who was lying in state at the ground of his former club Santos. Pele's coffin was placed in the center of the pitch at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Sao Paulo, with fans lining the streets to get inside the ground. The three-time World Cup winner died at the age of 82 on 29 December. There will […]

Brentford made history yesterday after recording a famous first win over Liverpool since 1938, as an own goal from Ibrahima Konate and strikes from Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo sealed a remarkable 3-1 victory. Konate met the same fate as Leicester's Wout Faes did last night by accidentally turning the ball into his net for the opener in the 19th minute before Wissa deservedly doubled the hosts' lead from a […]

Rangers International F.C. of Enugu earned a goalless draw against oriental rivals, Enyimba International F.C. inside Enyimba Stadium, Aba on Saturday in its very last match of the year, 2022. Both coaches featured their best legs with the Peoples Elephants looking to do more harm to the ego of the Flying Antelopes in the 2022 calendar year but coach Abdul Maikaba had other ideas to earn some respect and points […]

Paris St-Germain lost for the first time since March as they were beaten 3-1 by in-form Lens in Ligue 1. Second-placed Lens have lost only once in 17 Ligue 1 games this season and are now just four points behind Christophe Galtier's star-studded league leader who were missing the services of both Neymar and Lionel Messi yesterday. The hosts led after five minutes when Przemyslaw Frankowski volleyed into an empty […]

Norwegian forward Erling Haaland has become the fastest player to reach 20 Premier League goals as Manchester City overcame a stubborn Leeds by three goals to one to reduce Arsenal's lead at the top of the table to five points. Frustrated by a disciplined and determined home side and their profligacy for much of the first half at Elland Road, City go the breakthrough before the break, through Rodri's follow-up […]

Defending champions Rivers United will face Lobi Stars in their opening fixture of the 2022/23 season on January 8 at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt. The draw ceremony for the 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League season took place in Abuja yesterday. The 20 teams were divided into two groups of 10 teams each after the interim Management Committee IMC and the Nigeria Football Federation NFF decided to adopt an […]