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Liverpool Brush Aside Arsenal To Catch Up With Everton and Leicester City

Premier League champions Liverpool maintained their perfect start to the season with a 3-1 win against Arsenal at Anfield on Monday leaving them level on nine points with pacesetters Everton and... Read more Moses Not Part Of Chelsea First Team Squad — Lampard

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has stated Victor Moses is not part of his first-team plans for the 2020-21 season. The former Super Eagles star returned to West London this month after... Read more Premier League Reports Ten Positive Cases In Latest Tests

Ten people have tested positive for coronavirus in the latest round of testing conducted by the Premier League – the highest number of positive tests since the season began. A total... Read more Why Tottenham Can’t Compete In Carabao Cup — Mourinho

Jose Mourinho has blamed football chiefs for effectively preventing Tottenham Hotspur from fighting for League Cup success and fears more injuries as his side face three games in six days. Spurs... Read more Esperance, Al Kuwait Battling For Okpotu’s Signature

Nigeria international Anthony Okpotu is set to decide his future amidst interest from Asian and African clubs. The 26-year-old striker had a successful 2019/20 season as he netted 13 goals which... Read more Lampard Blames Fast Paced Match Fixtures For Current Chelsea Form

Frank Lampard says he is struggling to find the time to work with his new-look Chelsea team on the training pitch as the fixtures come thick and fast. Tammy Abraham’s last-gasp... Read more Agu: Why Super Eagles Selected Alampasu And Yakubu

Nigeria national team goalkeeper coach Alloy Agu has defended the call-ups of Ventspils’ Dele Alampasu and SKF Sered‘s Mathew Yakubu for the Super Eagles. The goalies were handed invitations to the... Read more Three and easy for Aston Villa at struggling Fulham

Aston Villa extended their perfect start to the Premier League season as goals from Jack Grealish, Conor Hourihane and Tyrone Mings swept away a sorry Fulham side, struggling to adapt to... Read more Fati Soars, Jovic Disappoints, Optimism For Atletico: Laliga Talking Points

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will all be hoping to build on their first wins of the season as LaLiga heads into its fourth round of games this week. AFP... Read more Nadal, Serena Win Roland Garros Openers As Thiem Faces Early Test

Rafael Nadal began his pursuit of a record-tying 20th men's Grand Slam title with a straight-sets victory at the French Open while Serena Williams made a slow but successful start in... Read more Wolves’ Star Traore Earns First Senior Mali Call-Up

Wolverhampton Wanderers star Adama Traore has been included in Mali’s senior squad for the first time, but the player is yet to make a decision on his international future. Mohamed Magassouba... Read more Real Madrid’s Kroos Suffers Thigh Strain

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has suffered an injury to the back of his left thigh, the club confirmed on Monday. Kroos was forced off in the first half of Madrid’s... Read more Arsenal Face Acid Test Against Liverpool Today At Anfield

Mikel Arteta has “changed the mood” around Arsenal, according to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp with the Gunners rejuvenated by winning the FA Cup, Community Shield and their opening two games of... Read more Osimhen Shines As Napoli Run Riot With Goals

Hirving Lozano scored twice as Napoli swept past coronavirus-hit Genoa 6-0 as AC Milan continued their winning run 2-0 against promoted Crotone in Serie A action on Sunday. Nigerian striker Victor... Read more Ronaldo Saves Juventus From Defeat Against Roma

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus secured a scarcely deserved 2-2 draw with Roma after Adrien Rabiot was sent off on Sunday. The Serie A champions cruised to victory against Sampdoria... Read more Barcelona Open Laliga Campaign With Villarreal Victory

Lionel Messi’s desire to leave Barcelona showed no sign of impacting his on-pitch performance as he and Ansu Fati led the 4-0 dismantling of Villarreal on Sunday, marking a triumphant start... Read more Amaju Pinnick’s Appointment of Ladan Bosso as Flying Eagles Head Coach, A Ridiculous, Blunder

If one concludes that Nigeria is a country of absurdity, it won’t in any form pass as an overstatement. This is the home truth that unsuspecting Nigerians face today in all... Read more Owolabi Decries Non-Resumption Of Domestic Leagues

Former international, Felix Owolabi, has expressed disgust over the non-resumption of all sporting activities in the country, especially the domestic football league when other countries worse hit by the COVID-19 pandemic... Read more Hamilton On Brink Of Equalling Schumacher’s ‘Untouchable’ Record

Lewis Hamilton can equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Grand Prix wins in Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix to cement his status as one of Formula One’s all-time greats. The six-time champion,... Read more EPL: Leeds United Stun Sheffield United

Patrick Bamford’s late header earned Leeds United a hard-fought victory over Sheffield United, who are still searching for their first points of the season. After both goalkeepers excelled, it looked as... Read more Ruben Dias Set To Join Manchester City

Manchester City are set to sign Portugal defender Ruben Dias from Benfica for £65m his week. City's Argentina centre-back Nicolas Otamendi, 32, will go the other way for about £13.7m in... Read more SHOCKER: Leicester Demolish Manchester City 5-2 at Etihad

It was total humiliation for English Premiership giants Manchester United as they were mercilessly crushed 5-2 at their Etihad fortress by Leicester City on Sunday evening. Man City had taken the... Read more Suarez On Fire In Atletico Debut; Scores Twice, Gets Assist

Luis Suarez had a stunning impact on his debut for Atletico Madrid following his move from FC Barcelona, scoring twice and providing an assist as his side crushed Granada 6-1 on... Read more Bayern Munich Suffer 4-1 Loss To End Long Unbeaten Run

Quadruple winners Bayern Munich slumped to a shock 4-1 loss at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Sunday to end their 32-match unbeaten run in all competitions stretching back to last year.... Read more Venus Williams Slumps To Opening Defeat At French Open

Former French Open runner-up Venus Williams suffered her second successive first round loss in a Grand Slam as she went down 6-4 6-4 to Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova on Sunday. With... Read more Court Postpones League Game After Several Players Test Positive For COVID-19

A Brazilian judge on Saturday called off the league match between Palmeiras and Flamengo due to be played on Sunday. This was after at least 16 players from the Rio club... Read more Israel Adesanya Embarrasses Paulo Costa With TKO In One-Sided UFC Clash

Israel Adesanya shut up Paulo Costa on Saturday night in a dominant defense of his middleweight title, winning by TKO in the second round in the main event of UFC 253.... Read more Aubameyang On Why He Stayed At Arsenal

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has opened up about his decision to remain at Arsenal. The Gabon international signed a new three-year deal to remain at Emirates Stadium until 2023, ending speculation about his... Read more Dortmund Suffer Surprise Loss At Augsburg

Borussia Dortmund suffered a surprise Bundesliga defeat at Augsburg in front of about 6,000 fans. Felix Uduokhai headed the hosts into the lead from Daniel Caligiuri's free-kick, his first goal since... Read more Everton Maintain Perfect Start With Crystal Palace Victory

Everton continued their perfect start to the season with a deserved victory against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Dominic Calvert-Lewin's fifth league goal of the season opened the scoring for the... Read more