Brighton & Hove Albion chief executive Paul Barber has said it would be “really unjust” if runaway Premier League leaders Liverpoolwere not awarded the title for 2019-20. The English top flight has been suspended until April 4 becuase of the coronavirus outbreak, raising doubts over whether the season can be completed. Barber told the BBC’s Football Focus that […]
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UEFA consider Champions League and Europa League suspension UEFA is reviewing whether to suspend the Champions League and Europa League due to coronavirus. Senior figures want it suspended with the virus beginning to affect a number of the teams involved in their competitions. Real Madrid were scheduled to face Manchester […]
Our London Colney training centre has been closed after head coach Mikel Arteta received a positive COVID-19 result this evening. Arsenal personnel who had recent close contact with Mikel will now self-isolate in line with Government health guidelines. We expect this to be a significant number of people from Colney, […]
King Paul Akpan Udoh, Italian-Nigerian player, has become the first footballer to be infected with coronavirus . King Paul currently plies his trade with Pianese, an Italian Serie C side. The Pianese forward was diagnosed of the disease on February 27, and he has been quarantined. The 22-year-old started his […]
Eibar may have been hammered 5-0 by Barcelona on Saturday at the Camp Nou but they showed some class with a post- match message to Lionel Messi. The Barcelona captain scored four goals against José Luis Mendilibar’s men, including a first-half hat-trick Another goal arrived late on and saw Eibar […]
Lionel Messi has criticised Barcelona sporting director Eric Abidal for saying players were not working hard under former coach Ernesto Valverde. Valverde was sacked in January and replaced by Quique Setien. Abidal, a former team-mate of Messi, made the comments in an interview with Spanish newspaper Diario Sport. But on […]
More details have emerged as regards the voting pattern from the various representatives across Africa during the Confederation of African Football Awards which held on Tuesday in Cairo. In documents released, CAF published the details of the voting process that saw to the emergence of Asisat Oshoala as the 2019 […]
Nigerians look forward to the New Year with better performances from the country’s national football teams, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed plans to renew the contract of Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr for another term. The Franco-German who was contracted in 2016 for an initial two-year contract […]
President of FC Barcelona Josep Maria Bartomeu did his bit for the Apple share prices buying personalised iPhone 11 Pro Max’s for his squad and the latest iPad Pro for backroom staff. FC Barcelona club president Josep Maria Bartomeu had a Christmas surprise for the first team squad with […]
I can hardly recognize the present-day Nigeria from the country I was born into, grew up in, and served in my own little ways. Beyond politics, corruption and poor governance that have raped and left this abundantly rich and blessed country prostrate with poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, millions of […]