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Man City Roar To EPL Summit After Hammering West Brom

Ilkay Gundogan has scored seven Premier League goals this season – his best ever scoring season in the top five European Leagues West Brom took another home hammering as Manchester City... Read more Arsenal Sink Saints To Avenge FA Cup Exit

Bukayo Saka starred as Arsenal avenged their FA Cup exit against Southampton with a 3-1 win in the Premier League rematch on Tuesday. Mikel Arteta’s side saw their reign as FA... Read more Ibrahimovic Sent Off As Eriksen Earns Inter Coppa Win

AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off before forgotten man Christian Eriksen fired a dramatic late winner to earn Inter Milan a 2-1 victory in a fiery Coppa Italia quarterfinal in... Read more Koeman Recalls Messi To Cup Squad

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said on Tuesday that he did not think his players were distracted by the club’s financial problems and called for “focus” when they visit Rayo Vallecano in... Read more Odion Ighalo Confirms Man United Exit

Odion Ighalo has confirmed he has left Manchester United following the end of a year-long loan spell from Shanghai Shenhua. He told ESPN earlier this month that he would have liked... Read more West Ham Into Top Four, Newcastle Beaten Again By Leeds

West Ham moved into the Premier League’s top four as Tomas Soucek scored twice in a 3-2 win at Crystal Palace, while Leeds inflicted more misery on Newcastle with a 2-1... Read more Buffon Could Face Ban For Blasphemous Remark

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is facing a one-match fan if found guilty of using an alleged blasphemous expression during a match against Parma on Dec. 19. The incident relates back to... Read more NNL To Hold Emergency Congress

The Nigeria National League (NNL) is to hold an Emergency Congress come Saturday, January 30, 2021. This follows the inability of the 46 clubs to meet requirements for registration – only one... Read more Chelsea Board Should Have Supported Lampard, Says Gerrard

Frank Lampard should have been supported by the Chelsea board, said Rangers manager Steven Gerrard on Tuesday, a day after his former England team-mate’s sacking. Gerrard admitted “it was no surprise”,... Read more Barca Sets 7 March For Delayed Presidential Election

Barcelona on Tuesday announced 7 March as the intended date for the football club's delayed presidential election and will, for the first time, allow postal voting. The vote was originally scheduled... Read more Tuchel Replaces Lampard As Chelsea Manager

Thomas Tuchel was appointed Chelsea manager on an 18-month contract on Tuesday, tasked with hauling the underperforming Blues back into the Champions League next season. The 47-year-old German replaces the sacked Frank Lampard... Read more Bendel Insurance FC Chief Coach Resigns

The Chief Coach of Bendel Insurance FC, Baldwin Bazuaye, has resigned his position in the club. The Media Officer of the Nigeria National League (NNL) club side, Kehinde Osagede, disclosed this... Read more Bruno Fernandes Hails Man United’s Winning Mentality

Bruno Fernandes says Manchester United suit his mentality because they are “a club who wants to win everything” as he marks his one-year anniversary at the Premier League leaders this week.... Read more REVEALED: Chelsea Players Happy Lampard Sacked

Several senior players are happy to see the back of Frank Lampard at Chelsea, it has been revealed. The Athletic reports players felt that Lampard’s criticism in his final weeks in... Read more Late Goal Flurry Earns Tottenham Cup Ticket To FA Cup Fifth Round

Harry Winks and Tanguy Ndombele struck late goals as Tottenham Hotspur survived an FA Cup scare to reach the fifth round with a 4-1 victory at Wycombe Wanderers on Monday. With... Read more Anambra Super 8: 27 Teams Set For Battle

No fewer than 27 teams from the three senatorial zones in Anambra State have registered to take part in the state Super 8 tournament scheduled to take off February 1, 2021.... Read more Osayi-Samuel Set To Join Ozil’s Fenerbahce

Nigeria-born midfielder Bright Osayi-Samuel is set to complete his transfer to Turkish giants Fenerbahce SK. The 23-year-old player will be joining the former Super Lig champions from English Championship outfit Queens... Read more Premier League COVID-19 Cases Drop By 50 Percent

The Premier League was put on hold since mid-March due to COVID-19 outbreak. Photo: Twitter/Premier League. The Premier League announced a signficant drop in positive coronavirus tests within its ranks when... Read more Uzodimma Donates Vehicles To Heartland Football Supporters Club

Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has donated two brand new Coaster Buses to the Heartland Football Supporters Club. He said the donation was a way of encouraging the members... Read more Koulibaly Pushing For Old Trafford Move — Reports

Kalidou Koulibaly is reportedly interested in joining Manchester United. According to Marca via The Sun, the Senegal international has expressed his desire to complete a move to Old Trafford. Koulibaly has... Read more Guardiola Hails ‘Genius’ Allardyce For Rescue Acts

Pep Guardiola believes West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce should be considered a football “genius” for saving so many teams from Premier League relegation. Former England boss Allardyce was given the... Read more Onyekuru Joins Galatasaray On Loan

AS Monaco outcast Henry Onyekuru has returned to Galatasaray on a six-month loan that elapses at the end of the season, with an option to buy. Thanks to his awe-inspiring performance... Read more Barcelona Financial Report Reveals €1.2 Billion Debt

Barcelona have released the club’s annual financial report, revealing considerable debt stemming from the coronavirus pandemic as well as the club's big-money transfers in recent seasons. In the release, Barcelona revealed... Read more Players Discuss Online Abuse With UK Government Ministers

Top English soccer players including Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson and former women's international Karen Carney discussed online abuse and discrimination with government ministers on Monday. The online round table with Culture... Read more Real Madrid Defender Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Real Madrid have confirmed that Nacho Fernandez has tested positive for the coronavirus and will stay in isolation having been confined for the last five days. Nacho didn’t travel with the... Read more Frank Lampard Loses Job As Chelsea Coach

Chelsea sacked manager Frank Lampard on Monday after a poor run of results left them languishing in mid-table in the Premier League. The Stamford Bridge club said it had been a... Read more Four Footballers Perish In Plane Crash

The president and four players from Brazilian fourth-division football club Palmas died in a plane crash that left no survivors on Sunday. The bi-plane pilot also died in a crash shortly... Read more Rangers, Lobi Stars Battle To A Draw In Enugu

Rangers International Football Club of Enugu on Sunday played out a goalless draw with visiting Lobi Stars in a Match Day 6 fixture of the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).... Read more Oliseh Explains Why He Left Super Eagles Coaching Job In 2016

Super Eagles legend Sunday Oliseh has refuted claims he left the Nigerian coaching job because of voodoo, explaining that he had issues with his health before quitting as the team’s gaffer... Read more West Brom Closing In On Ahmed Musa

Ahmed Musa is keen on a return to England this month. The Daily Mail says Leicester flop Musa claims he has 'unfinished business' in the Premier League amid links with West... Read more