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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta cautioned against overconfidence despite the thrilling 3-2 win over local rivals Tottenham Hotspur in a hard-fought London derby on Sunday. The Gunners surged ahead with a three-goal lead by halftime, but Spurs staged a spirited comeback, narrowing the gap to just one goal in the second half. “Don’t get carried away ...
Premier League club, Wolverhampton Wanderers have tabled a €12m bid for Super Eagles defender, Bright Osayi-Samuel. According to NTVSpor, Wolves are desperate to bring the Fenerbahce star. Crystal Palace and Leeds United are also said to be interested in the full-back. It remain to be seen whether Fenerbahce will accept the offer. Osayi-Samuel is keen ...
Liverpool are set to pay Feyernoord a compensation fee around €13-15m to land Arne Slot as their next manager. This was revealed by football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, on Friday night. Both clubs have been in negotiations over the week over Slot, who has expressed his desire to join the Premier League side. Romano wrote: ...
Napoli are considering a move for Terem Moffi as a potential replacement for Victor Osimhen. Osimhen looks set to leave the former Serie A champions in the summer. The Partenopei could bring in Moffi as a replacement for the former Lille striker. Moffi has enjoyed a prolific campaign for Ligue 1 club, OGC Nice. The ...
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, is optimistic the Super Falcons will derive inspiration from their impressive performance at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand when they compete at the women’s football event of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Nigeria are pitted against Spain, Brazil, and ...
Liverpool have opened talks with Feyenoord about appointing Arne Slot as their new manager. According to Sky Sports, Slot is now the favourite to replace Jurgen Klopp at Anfield. The Dutchman is believed to tick all their key criteria for the role and the process could move quickly with the 45-year-old keen to join the ...
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said Erling Haaland will miss their Premier League trip to Brighton because of injury. Haaland was not included in the squad for the FA Cup semi-final win over Chelsea on Saturday, after picking up a muscle problem against Real Madrid. The Norway striker has not featured since then and ...
Former Manchester Player, Lee Sharps wants former Paris Saint-Germain manager Unai Emery to replace Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford. Ten Hag’s long-term future at Man United is unclear because of the Re Devils’ performances this season. Man United currently sit outside of the Premier League top four behind the likes of Newcastle United, Tottenham ...
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has hailed his players despite their exit from the Europa League. The Reds beat Atalanta 1-0 in Bergamo, but lost the tie 3-1 on aggregate. After Mohamed Salah’s early penalty, Klopp’s men failed to get more goals, despite having control for most of the game. Klopp has now said they will ...
Italian giants Juventus have released a statement after being ordered to pay their former player, Cristiano Ronaldo his unpaid wages. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, ordered the Serie A giants to pay Cristiano Ronaldo his unpaid wages. The court gave the verdict following a dispute arising from pay reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Real Madrid have progressed to the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League after knocking out Man City 4-3 on penalty shootouts on Wednesday. The Premier League and La Liga giants played out an entertaining 3-3 draw at the Bernabeu last week and continued to inflict blows on each other at the Etihad. Rodrygo put ...
Quadri Aruna, Nigeria’s top table tennis player, has exited the International Table Tennis (ITTF) World Cup after losing by 1-3 (12-10, 11-9, 11-9, 3-11) to Portuguese Marcos Freitas in the group stage. The Men’s singles game on Wednesday at the Galaxy Arena, Macao, China, saw the Portuguese claim the first three sets but a comeback ...
Manchester United have spoken to Alejandro Garnacho after the winger liked social media posts criticising manager Erik ten Hag over his handling of the player. The Argentina international, taken off at half-time in their 2-2 draw at Bournemouth on Saturday, liked two messages on X (formerly Twitter), by United fan and YouTuber Mark Goldbridge. One ...
Nottingham Forest’s battle for survival is threatening to go down to the wire as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side prepare for a crunch clash this weekend. The Reds have five games left to beat the drop, starting with a trip to face relegation rivals Everton on Sunday. They will go into that match at Goodison Park ...
A brace from Kylian Mbappe and a strike from Ousmane Dembele saw Paris Saint-Germain thrash Barcelona 4-1, in the Champions League quarter-final second leg tie in Spain. It was a night to forget for Barcelona as Xavi, defender Ronald Arajuo, and even goalkeeping coach Jose Ramon de la Fuente sent off. The LaLiga giants came ...
WBC heavy-weight champion Tyson Fury has insisted that there is no bad blood between him and Anthony Joshua and he would be willing to share a meal with him to prove it. The two boxing titans have spent years rivalling each other building towards a Battle of Britain bout and Joshua revealed he will use ...
Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League as lowly Luton were eased aside 5-1 at the Etihad while Newcastle thrashed Tottenham 4-0 on Saturday. Amid a gruelling schedule, Pep Guardiola could hardly have wished for a kinder fixture in between the two legs of his side’s Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid. ...
Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface says he is looking forward to helping his team record a win against Werder Bremen at home, which will see them crowned Bundesliga champions for the first time in the club’s history. The 23-year-old striker came off the bench late on to score with a trademark header in stoppage time ...
The Board of Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former U17 World Cup winner, Manu Garba as Head Coach of the Nigeria U17 boys, Golden Eaglets. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at NFF announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Garba had, in the same role, led the Golden Eaglets to win the FIFA ...
1996 Olympic gold medalist, Emmanuel Amuneke, has said that although he would love to coach the Super Eagles if given the opportunity, he was not desperate for the job. Amuneke, a former Super Eagles player, said this while addressing journalists in Owerri on Tuesday. The former Nigeria U-17 national team coach and former coach of ...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons has qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Falcons beat Bayana Bayana of South Africa 1-0 on aggregate in the two-legged encounter to seal qualification for the first time in 16 years. The nine-time African champions defeated their South African rivals 1-0 in the first leg at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium on ...
Former Nigerian International, Bright Omokaro, has charged the Super Falcons to adopt team play to defeat Banyana Banyana of South Africa in the second-leg of their Olympic qualifiers tonight. The Super Falcons defeated Banyana Banyana by a lone goal in the first leg of their qualifying match at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Omokaro told ...
Premier League club side, Everton, has been hit with a two-point deduction for another breach of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR). Everton was charged again in January, alongside Nottingham Forest, for breaching PSR rules over a period ending with the 2022/23 season. Forest was handed a four-point deduction and has appealed against ...
