The Spanish football federation (RFEF) has decided to suspend indefinitely all domestic competition from 16 May over a spat with the government on issues including a new law on collective bargaining for television rights. “At the same time, and yet again, we reiterate the offer of dialogue to the Spanish government,” the federation said on its website after a board meeting on [...]
Emmanuel Adebayor Expose His Family For Abusing His Wealth
Emmanuel Adebayor has open up on serious issues going on in his family. I think you need to read this to find out what is really going between him and his family members. SEA, I have kept these stories for a long time but I think today it is worth sharing some of them with you. It's true that family matters should be solved internally and not in public but I am doing this so [...]
Aliko Dangote Prepares To Buy Arsenal Club
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, in an interview with Bloomberg Business says he is still interested in buying Arsenal Football Club. In his word “I still hope, one day at the right price, that I’ll buy the team,” “I might buy it, not at a ridiculous price but a price that the owners won’t want to resist. I know my strategy. “We have $16bn-worth [€14bn] of investments in [...]
Chelsea Emerges Champions Of EPL
The Blues clinch the Premier League title with a narrow victory at home as Jose Mourinho's men take an unassailable lead at the top of the table thanks to their Belgian forward Chelsea were crowned Premier League champions for the fourth time after securing an edgy 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday. After coming from behind to beat Leicester City 3-1 in midweek, Jose [...]
Mayweather Wins The Boxing Fight Against Pacquiao
Boxer Floyd Mayweather defeated rival Manny Pacquiao Saturday night in a 12-round fight at the Las Vegas MGM Grand. The fight was the most anticipated boxing match in recent years. It began with what the New York Times referred to as a “feel-out” with “no significant punches landed.” The fight picked up in the fourth and fifth rounds, according to the Times. Ultimately, [...]
The Fight Between Floyd Mayweather And Manny Pacquiao Set To Go Down Tonight!
LAS VEGAS -- In as wild a scene as ever seen at a weigh-in, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather stepped on the scale at the jam-packed MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday afternoon and then came face-to-face for cameras as the crowd went wild one day before the pair will meet in one of the most anticipated fights in boxing history. Pacquiao, the clear crowd favorite, stepped on [...]
Liverpool should have blocked Suarez transfer
Liverpool legend Phil Thompson believes Brendan Rodgers made a mistake in letting Alexis Sanchez join Arsenal last summer. The Chilean international was heavily linked with a move to the Emirates, while the Reds were also interested in signing the forward when he was at Barcelona. The Catalan club wanted to sign Luis Suarez last summer. Barcelona were willing to include [...]
Barcelona and Real Madrid suffers setback in new TV deal
A new Spanish law governing the sale of television rights to broadcast football matches and the distribution of the income, was approved by the government on Thursday. The law will regulate the rights to transmit first and second division games as well as the Copa del Rey and Super Cup competitions, the sports minister, José Ignacio Wert said. The legislation will come into [...]
Gregory Mertens dies three days after he collapsed during a match
The Sporting Lokeren defender Gregory Mertens has died in hospital, three days after he collapsed during a reserve match. The 24-year-old, who had played for Belgium at Under-21 level, had been in a coma since going into cardiac arrest early in a game against Genk on Monday night. The Lokeren spokesman Herman Van de Putte said Mertens’ condition continued to worsen and the [...]
Arjen Robben ruled out of the rest of the season for Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich’s Arjen Robben is out for the rest of the season after tearing a muscle during his side’s German Cup semi-final loss to Borussia Dortmund – while the striker Robert Lewandowski broke his jaw and nose and suffered concussion. Bayern, who face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, are already without Franck Ribéry and David Alaba, while Bastian [...]
Bayern Munich sign 10-year kit deal with Adidas worth €900m
Bayern Munich have extended their kit deal with Adidas until 2030 for a reported €900m (£645m). The contract had another five years to go but the German kit manufacturer moved early to secure a further 10 years with the newly crowned Bundesliga champions. “With this extension of the contract until 2030 Adidas will continue its long partnership with FC Bayern München,” said [...]
Oshoala shortlisted for BBC women’s footballer of the year award
Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Liverpool Ladies player, Asisat Oshoala, was on Sunday nominated along with four other players for the inaugural BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award. The other nominees include Spain's Veronica Boquete, Germany's Nadine Kessler and Scotland's Kim Little and Brazilian forward Marta. Oshoala, who joined the Reds in January 2015, was named the [...]
Eden Hazard named PFA player of the year
Eden Hazard has been named the Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year for 2014-15, recognising a season of performances that have helped bring Chelsea to the verge of the Premier League title. The 24-year-old, who won the young player of the year award last year and has built on that achievement with some impeccable displays this time around, took the prize [...]
Bayern Munich champions of Bundesliga with four games left
Bayern Munich won a third straight Bundesliga title after Wolfsburg lost at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday to leave the champions with an unassailable 15-point lead with four games left. Bayern, who have won 25 German league titles including one before the Bundesliga’s creation in 1963, beat Hertha Berlin 1-0 on Saturday but had to put the champagne on ice until after [...]
Chelsea dominate PFA’s Premier League team of the year
Six Chelsea players feature in the PFA’s Premier League team of the year, which was announced on Twitter ahead of Sunday’s PFA Awards ceremony. Player of the Year nominees Diego Costa and Eden Hazard are joined in the team by defenders John Terry, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic and midfielder Nemanja Matic, while Harry Kane features after scoring 31 goals for Tottenham this [...]
UCL: Barcelona face Bayern Munich in semi final draw
The Bayern Munich manager, Pep Guardiola, will return to face his former club Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final. Real Madrid will face Juventus in the other semi-final. Guardiola, who managed Barcelona from 2008-12, will make his return with former Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcântara in his Bayern squad and described the chance to return “home” as [...]
Borussia Dortmund appoints Thomas Tuchel to replace Jürgen Klopp
Borussia Dortmund have announced that Thomas Tuchel will replace Jürgen Klopp as the side’s new manager. Tuchel has signed a three-year contract at the club and will officially take over a week after the end of the season. On Wednesday, Borussia Dortmund announced that Klopp had asked to leave the club after a difficult season. The chief executive, Hans-Joachim Watzke, [...]
Liverpool unveil new home kit for 2015/16 season
Over 1000 supporters and a media contingent were invited down to Anfield for the big launch, which saw the first Liverpool kit to be launched under the New Balance brand. The new shirt features all white branding — the New Balance logo, the Liverbird and the Standard Chartered logo, whilst there is an all-new style of collar. Although departing captain Steven Gerrard won't be [...]
Gabon Named Hosts Of The Next African Nations Cup Finals In 2017
Gabon were named on Wednesday as the hosts of the next African Nations Cup finals in 2017. They beat rival bids from Algeria and Ghana in a vote by the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) executive committee at a meeting in Cairo. Gabon replaces war-torn Libya, who withdrew last year as 2017 hosts because of the civil conflict raging in the country. It will be the [...]
Liverpool supporters are awesome – Asisat Oshoala
Nigeria women and Liverpool Ladies forward, Asisat Oshoala has said she is fulfilling a dream turning out for the Reds after signing in the winter. The reigning African Women footballer of the Year got her first league goal of the season after helping her side to a 2-1 victory over Birmingham Ladie after volleying in on the stroke of half-time before setting up Fara Williams [...]
Spanish Police charge 17-year-old who threatens to blow up Camp Nou
Spanish police have charged a 17-year-old male after he made social media posts threatening to carry out bomb attacks during the Copa del Rey final between Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. AS reports the individual to be from Molina de Segura, Murcia. The aforementioned article indicates the decision to press charges was made after “several” posts from the minor, in which “he [...]
Diego Simeone signs new contract with Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid have reached an agreement with Diego Simeone over a new contract that will keep him at the club until 2020. The 44-year-old's previous deal with the Vicente Calderon side was due to expire in the summer of 2017 and a number of clubs were allegedly keeping a close eye on his situation in the Spanish capital, including Paris Saint-Germain. However, Simeone has [...]
Michel Platini re-elected as UEFA president
Michel Platini was on re-elected Tuesday as UEFA president, and he then pledged his love for FIFA despite supporting all three candidates opposing Sepp Blatter in the world governing body's own presidential election. Platini ran unopposed to extend his reign, which started in 2007, and was voted in by acclamation by the leaders of UEFA's 54 member federations to serve four [...]
President Jonathan congratulates flying eagles on seventh AYC title
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan congratulates the Flying Eagles of Nigeria on their victory over Senegal yesterday in the finals of the 2015 African Youth Soccer Championship. President Jonathan joins other soccer-loving Nigerians in applauding the Flying Eagles’ glorious triumph over their Senegalese opponents who, as tournament hosts, played in the finals with the [...]
Fans attacks Gareth Bale car after Madrid lost to Barca
Real Madrid players Gareth Bale and Jesé Rodríguez were reportedly attacked by their own fans outside the club’s training base, following the 2-1 clásico defeat to Barcelona. After the team arrived back in Madrid on Sunday night, two fans repeatedly struck the cars of the two wingers after they refused to stop their vehicles to speak to the supporters outside the Valdebebas [...]
Flying Eagles wins AYC for a record 7th time
The 19th edition of the CAF African U-20 Championship ended as it began: with Nigeria beating Senegal. The Flying Eagles beat the hosts in the competition’s opening game two weeks ago 3-1 and then added a 1-0 victory on Sunday to win their seventh continental title. In the final, Bernard Bulbwa’s first-half goal was worthy of winning any championship as the 18-year-old flicked [...]
Cause of Mexican wrestler death Perro Aguayo, revealed
The cause of Mexican wrestler death Hijo Del Perro Aguayo, who passed away on Saturday morning has been revealed as it was a stroke caused by cervical spinal damage. The medical report confirmed that he suffered from whiplash. As for the doctor in charge not being present at ringside during the accident, it should be noted that he was busy treating two other wrestlers [...]
Mexico wrestler dies from hit in the ring
MEXICO CITY - The son of a Mexican wrestling legend died early Saturday from a blow suffered in the ring, the Baja California state prosecutor's office said. Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, fell unconscious on the ropes, apparently after receiving a flying kick from the wrestler Oscar Gutierrez, known as Rey Misterio Jr., according to video of the match [...]
Real Madrid to face Atlético in Champions league quarter-finals
The defending champions Real Madrid have been drawn to face city rivals Atlético Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals in a repeat of last year’s final. Real triumphed 4-1 in extra time last season but needed an injury time equaliser from Sergio Ramos before goals from Gareth Bale, Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo wrapped up La Décima – their much coveted 10th [...]
2022 World Cup final in Qatar to be played on 18 December
After four years of intense controversy and debate in the wake of the 2010 vote to award the tournament to Qatar, a Fifa taskforce decided last month the tournament should start in November to avoid searing summer temperatures which regularly top 50C (122F). The 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will take place on 18 December, Fifa has confirmed, allowing the English domestic [...]
Away goal rule should be changed – Wenger
Arsene Wenger has insisted there is no European crisis for English clubs despite a second year out of three with no representatives in the last eight of the Champions League – but he does believe it is time to change the away-goals rule. Arsenal and Chelsea both crashed out of the competition on away goals in the first knockout stage, beaten by Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain [...]
Manchester United Player Busted Begging For $ex With N3Million
A teenage girl has accused Manchester United star Andreas Pereira of offering her £10,000 for a threesome with him and another footballer. The Brazilian ace allegedly begged pretty Kelly McKinney for the sordid $ex romp after meeting the star at the club’s Christmas party last year. Kelly, 19, claims she and a friend shared drinks and jokes with Pereira and fellow player [...]
Arsenal would be better off in Europa – Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits that his side might be better off playing in the Europa League than the Champions League. Despite a 2-0 win at the Stade Louis II on Tuesday, the Gunners exited Europe's top club competition on away goals at the hands of Monaco, their fifth elimination at the last-16 stage in as many years. The north Londoners have made a habit of narrowly [...]
Sunderland appoints Dick Advocaat as new coach
Sunderland are banking on the guile of Dick Advocaat to save them from relegation after the English Premier League strugglers appointed the Dutchman as head coach until the end of the season on Tuesday. The club, who sacked Gus Poyet on Monday following a poor run of results that culminated in a 4-0 home thrashing by Aston Villa on Saturday, are one point and one place clear [...]
Cypriot referee’s car set on fire
A car used by Cypriot referee Leontios Trattos was set on fire early on Tuesday, police said, the second time he has been targeted in just over a year. The incident is the latest in a string of threats and attacks against referees and their families which led to calls for the officials to boycott games. Police said the car, which was parked in the basement of Trattos's [...]
Gus Poyet sacked by Sunderland
Gus Poyet has parted company with Sunderland after the club decided to fast-forward plans to replace him in the summer. Steve McClaren is their No1 target for next season, when the Derby County manager will also be courted by Newcastle United. Poyet’s sacking ends an often turbulent 17-month tenure on Wearside featuring a near-miraculous escape from relegation, a League Cup [...]
Burnley dent Man City’s title hopes, win 1-0
Burnley have Sunderland in their sights after this deserved win, and quite possibly Hull City and Everton too. Sean Dyche’s side were unable to climb out of the bottom three with victory over Manchester City, but they are now just a point behind the side in 17th place and in no danger of changing their manager. City will now be officially concentrating on making progress in [...]
Samuel Eto’o Embarrassed And Disgraced In A London Shop
Cameroon international Samuel Eto'o, Narrate his ordeal to CNN of how he wanted to buy a watch from jewellery shop in London. But the saleswoman suspected him to be a Nigerian fraudster and lied that his credit card was declined. Eto'o said he'd gone into the store with his brother to buy a £10,000 watch. So after taking a glance at the watch and getting out his credit card, [...]
Kolo Toure unsure of Liverpool future
The former Ivory Coast international looks set to be offered a 12-month extension to his current contract, which expires in June, but he is considering his options, with a move away for more game time an option. "We're still talking. My agent is talking to the club," Toure told reporters. "We will see in a few days. The club have to think and I have to think as well. I need [...]
Madrid Fans Want Ronaldo Benched!
Cristiano Ronaldo should be dropped from the Real Madrid side according to 32 per cent of the club’s fans. A poll in a leading Spanish newspaper revealed that nearly a third of supporters want boss Carlo Ancelotti to remove the ex-Manchester United ace from the team following their side’s 1-0 loss to Athletic Bilbao. The poll revealed that the Madrid fans want the club to [...]