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Hopes of having Victor Osimhen back in action this weekend after a long injury layoff has been dashed following news that the striker has returned positive for coronavirus Napoli confirmed Osimhen’s positive status via a statement on their official page ...

Chelsea dropped points for the fourth time in five Premier League games as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Aston Villa in their final match of 2020. Frank Lampard will have been hoping for a response to their woeful 3-1 defeat ...

Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, has vowed never to play for Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid. Messi almost forced his way out of the Nou Camp last summer and his current deal expires in six months. This has led to more ...

  Arsenal survived a late scare to end their winless run in the Premier League as Mikel Arteta’s much-maligned side claimed a thoroughly deserved 3-1 victory over Chelsea. The Gunners headed into the Boxing Day clash at Emirates Stadium having lost five ...

Manchester United’s 10-game winning streak away from home in the Premier League came to an end as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Leicester City on Saturday. United looked like they would equal Chelsea and Manchester City’s record of 11 consecutive victories when ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the best ever Premier League transfer ahead of Thierry Henry and Eric Cantona. Ronaldo came out on top in a countdown that the Transfer Show panel chose on a special Christmas Day programme. The Portugal ...

  Manchester City revealed on Christmas Day that Gabriel Jesus, Kyle Walker and another two members of staff have tested positive for coronavirus. Striker Jesus scored an early opening goal in the 4-1 Carabao Cup quarter-final win at Arsenal on Tuesday, while defender Walker made a ...

After 20 years, one club, 644 goals, the most goals scored for one club, Budweiser has personalised bottles for the 160 goalkeepers Messi scored against. Chelsea’s Kepa Arrizabalaga, Atletico Madrid’s Jan Oblak and Juventus’ Gianluigi Buffon are some of the ...

FIFA has cancelled the U-17 and U-20 World Cups that were to hold in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The U-17 World Cup was scheduled to take place in Peru and the U-20 World Cup in Indonesia. FIFA, in ...

  Thomas Tuchel has been sacked by Paris Saint-Germain just hours after their comprehensive win over Strasbourg, The 47-year-old’s two-and-a-half-year reign at Parc des Princes is over, with the French champions taking the decision to make a change in the dugout following a ...

Manchester United will host local rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-finals. Championship side Brentford will face a trip to fellow Londoners Tottenham Hotspur in the other semi-final as the race to lift the first major silverware of the ...

  Edinson Cavani fired Manchester United into the semi-finals of the EFL Cup as his superb late goal inspired a 2-0 win over Everton Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have been imperious on the road this season and headed to Goodison Park having won ...

Manchester City booked an EFL Cup semi-final spot and piled more pressure on Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta with a resounding 4-1 win at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. Arteta, who was Pep Guardiola’s assistant at City before taking charge of the Gunners a year ago, ...

Manchester United boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has reminded French star, Paul Pogba, that no one is bigger than the club. This is as the war of words between the manager and Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola rumbles on. Solskjaer, who yesterday ...

  Tottenham’s Premier League title hopes suffered a second significant dent in as many games as they fell to a 2-0 home defeat to Leicester City. Looking to bounce back from the disappointment of conceding late in a 2-1 defeat to leaders Liverpool in midweek, ...

  Lionel Messi scored his 643rd goal for Barcelona on Saturday to equal Pele’s record of goals for a single club as the Spanish giants were held 2-2 by Valencia. Messi headed in from Jordi Alba’s cross after his first ...

Liverpool moved six points clear at the Premier League summit after a scintillating display against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Robert Firmino and Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool ended a five-game winless run away from home in the Premier League with an emphatic 7-0 win ...

Former Baltimore Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro has passed away at the age of 28. According to local news station WBFF-TV Fox45, a family member of Talafierro said he died of a heart attack on Wednesday, Dec. 16. He was ...

  Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski was named The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2020 on Thursday, beating off competition from last year’s winner Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Lewandowski, who won the German league and cup double as well as ...

The Football Association(FA) has charged Manchester United striker, Edinson Cavani, for a now-deleted Instagram post. Cavani put up the post, after scoring twice as a substitute in United’s 3-2 win over Southampton on November 29. The 33-year-old responded to a ...

Club Olimpia forward Jerry Bengtson opts to wear a mask during matches to protect his family. The prolific Honduras international striker has scored 47 goals in 82 outings for his current side since joining from Deportivo Saprissa, and his choice ...

  Roberto Firmino scored a late header to put Liverpool top of the Premier League table as Tottenham were beaten 2-1 at Anfield. Son Heung-min’s contentious first-half equaliser looked to have kept Spurs at the summit on goal difference after Mohamed Salah’s 14th goal of the season ...

Emmanuel Ibah, a member of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has died of Covid-19 complications.   The NFF announced his death in a statement. It said Ibah’s family confirmed his death. Ibah, who also was Chairman of ...

  West Brom have sacked head coach Slaven Bilic just one day after their impressive draw against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium. The Baggies pulled off one of the surprise results of the season by earning a 1-1 draw away at City on Tuesday ...

  Jose Mourinho  feels he wasn’t given enough time to implement his project during his time at Old Trafford. Mourinho, who recently celebrated one year at the helm of Spurs after he replaced Mauricio Pochettino last season, has Tottenham flying high ...