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Manchester City’s quest to reconquer the Champions League began yesterday as they were held to  a 0-0 draw by Inter Milan at the Etihad. City started the defence of their Premier League title in relentless fashion with four consecutive wins but failed to hit their stride as Inter comfortably held out. Despite the presence of RODRI, who scored the winning goal when the sides met in Istanbul 15 months ago, Inter were composed in possession […]

Manchester City forward, Erling Haaland scored a late winner for Norway's 2-1 win against Austria in the Nations League.  The League B Group 3 match appeared to be heading for a draw, but Haaland, who has already scored seven goals for Manchester City this season, displayed impressive strength and composure to control a ball into the box and then score. Arsenal captain, Martin Odegaard limped off as he went down […]

Arsenal have suffered a fresh injury blow ahead of their Premier League tie with Tottenham Hotspur clash on September 15. This comes as Norway head coach, STALE SOLBAKKEN raised concerns over MARTIN ODEGAARD’S fitness, revealing the Arsenal captain has picked up another knock while on international duty with his nation. ODEGAARD had suffered a blow to his ankle in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Brighton last weekend at Emirates Stadium and was substituted in the 73rd […]

Super Eagles of Nigeria forward, ADEMOLA LOOKMAN, has been nominated for the 2024 men’s Ballon d’Or award. In the list announced last night, the 26-year-old Atalanta player was shortlisted alongside 29 other players for the sought-after award and he is the only African player in the list.  While some notable names on the list include JUDE BELLINGHAM, VINI JUNIOR, ERLING HAALAND and KYLIAN MBAPPE, Eight-time winner and current holder LIONEL MESSI is not listed for this year’s award as well as […]

Liverpool maintained their flawless start under new manager Arne Slot as they outclassed Manchester United at Old Trafford with a 3-0 win. They have barely missed a beat since SLOTreplaced JURGEN KLOPP, recording three straight Premier League wins now without conceding a goal. TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD had already had a goal disallowed for offside before LUIS DIAZ struck twice in quick succession just before the interval to put Liverpool in complete command. DIAZ headed home MOHAMED SALAH'Scross at the far post […]

Multiple Ballon d’Or winner and Portugal forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has been honoured as the all-time leading goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League. The achievements of Ronaldo in Europe’s premier club competition of more than 18 years,were recognised yesterday during the inaugural 2024/2025 UEFA Champions League 36-team league phase draw ceremony held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The former Manchester United, Juventus forward and current Al Nasar player has scored […]

Liverpool have agreed to sign Valencia goalkeeper, Giorgi Mamar-dashvili in a deal worth up to 29 million pounds. Mamar-dashvili will join the clubsubject to a work permit and international clearance, for a fee of 25 million pounds plus 4 million pounds in add-ons, but will remain with the La Liga club this season before moving to Merseyside for the start of the 2025-2026 season. Though, Liverpool, despite having goal keepers Alisson […]

Juventus continued their fine start to the Serie A campaign under Thiago Motta, beating Hellas Verona 3-0 away from home to become the only side to win their opening two games of the season. Striker Dusan Vlahovic opened the scoring, netting the first of his two goals with a clean finish in the 28th minute, and further  threaded a pass as he slotted the ball past goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo's right while under […]