Football

Chelsea fought back from 4-1 down to salvage a 4-4 draw against nine-man Ajax as a memorable night at Stamford Bridge left both sides with work to do to reach the last 16 of the Champions League. Frank Lampard’s men seemed destined for a second straight home defeat in Europe as first-half own goals from […]

Super Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho scored his second goal for Leicester City as they went through to the quarterfinal of the Carabao Cup in Tuesday. Leicester City secured a 3-1 win over Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium.   It was goals from Iheanacho, Youri Tielemans and James Maddison that secured a win for Brendan […]

Alvaro Morata scored his third goal in as many games but it was not enough for Atletico Madrid as they were hit by a stunning late equaliser on Tuesday in a 1-1 draw against Alaves.  Morata came off the bench at Mendizorrotza and his smart finish looked like it would prove the winner in a […]

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have maintained their perfect start at the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament ongoing in Brazil. The team continued their winning streak on Tuesday night in Goiania with a brilliant fightback against Ecuador in the second Group B match of the competition. The fascinating match began with a superb performance from Ibrahim Sa’id […]

Chapi Ferrer’s team will play a charity game in support of the Barça Foundation and the Premier League club’s foundation Barça Legends are set to travel to England once again after their visit in September 2017 to play Manchester United. The blaugranes will face Premier League giants Liverpool at Anfield, one of the most emblematic […]

Jurgen Klopp moved to allay fears over Mohamed Salah’s left ankle problem saying his departure five minutes before the end of Premier League leaders Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur was a precautionary measure. The 27-year-old Egyptian star — who had missed the previous match with Manchester United due to the injury — scored the […]

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s relief at Manchester United securing their first Premier League away win in eight months over struggling Norwich has been tempered by the “hurt” he has felt over their results this season, he told the BBC. The 46-year-old Norwegian has enjoyed a rare week of good results beginning with a draw against Premier […]

Unai Emery has heaped praises on Nicolas Pepe after his match-winning free-kicks for Arsenal in the Europa League against Vitoria at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday. The Gunners trailed 2-1 when Emery brought Pepe off the bench at the Emirates stadium in the UEFA Europa League. The Ivorian winger came on as a 74th-minute substitute […]

It took the intervention of substitute Nicolas Pepe to save Arsenal with two sublime free-kicks in the last 10 minutes of their Europa League group game against Vitoria Guimaraes at Emirates Stadium. Prior to Pepe’s coming on board in the 75th minute, the gunners were losing 2-1. The player however scored five minutes later with […]

FIFA will double its funding for women’s football to $1 billion over the next four years, president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday following a meeting of the world governing body’s council. “The Council decided to put 500 million in addition to the 500 million already budgeted,” Infantino told reporters in Shanghai. FIFA had earlier this […]