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Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich is assessing offers, submitted yesterday by the four groups trying to buy the club from him. The bidders include a group led by the co-owner of the LA Dodgers, Todd Boehly, and one by Tom and Laura Ricketts, the owners of the Chicago Cubs. A group fronted by Martin Broughton and Sebastian Coe has received support from Josh Harris and David Blitzer, the owners of the […]
Burnley have sacked manager, Sean Dyche, with eight games left of their season in the Premier League. Burnley chairman, Alan Pace said it was "an incredibly difficult decision" to part with Dyche, but "they felt a change was needed. The Clarets, who have lost five of their last six top-flight games, are 18th and four points from safety. Dyche was the Premier League's longest serving manager, having taken over at […]
Former Real Madrid player, Freddy Rincon has died at the age of 55 after he sustained severe head injuries in a car crash that occurred in the city of Cali, Colombia earlier this week. The former Colombian captain scored 17 goals for Colombia and played at the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups and also shares with Carlos Valderrama, record for the most appearances at the tournament for his country, […]
Formula One's seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton said he wanted to spend more time in Brazil and indicated his approval of a bid to make him an honorary citizen.The Briton, knighted by his own country, was in Sao Paulo to deliver a keynote speech at an event which focused on business and digital transformation, was attended by former U.S. president, Barack Obama, British entrepreneur, Richard Branson and former Brazilian president, Fernando Henrique […]
Officials say Ehab Galal has been named as the new coach of Egypt replacing Carlos Queiroz who left the role this week. The 54-year-old is currently in charge of Pyramids FC in the Egyptian Premier League, who he joined at the start of the season and has led to the quarterfinals of the African Confederation Cup. The new coach will be tasked with lifting the mood of the national team after […]
The President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF Amaju Pinnick has announced he will not pursue re-election for a third term. The 50 year old Pinnick said he is counting what he described as the "unquantifiable loss that the country and its sponsors will suffer after failing to qualify for the 2022 Football World Cup. The NFF president noted that he would have loved to run for a third term, but at the […]
Arnaut Danjuma's early goal secured Villarreal a deserved 1-0 win against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Former Bournemouth winger Danjuma gave the Spaniards a slender advantage going into the return leg by scoring the only goal early in the first half at Estadio De La Ceramica but it could have been worse for Bayern, who produced a disappointing display, as Villarreal had another effort […]
Germain and Morocco right-back Achraf Hakimi are among the 12 nominees for the 2022 Marc-Vivien Foe award for the best African player in France's Ligue 1. Mali and Rennes captain Hamari Traore and Saint-Etienne and Tunisia midfielder Wahbi Khazri are also on the shortlist. Meanwhile, two former winners - Angers' Sofiane Boufal of Morocco and Lyon's Cameroon forward Karl Toko Ekanbi - are in the race to succeed last year's victor, Gael Kakuta of […]
Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney is likely to miss the rest of the Premier League season with a left knee injury. The 24 year old Scotland left-back who suffered the injury during a training session last week and missed Monday's 3-0 Defeat at Crystal Palace will undergo surgery in the forthcoming days. The need for surgery, after consultation with a specialist, also casts doubt on Tierney's availability for Scotland's World Cup qualification play-off against […]
