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Guardiola wants Bonucci at City

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola is understood to want Italian defender, Leonardo Bonucci at Etihad Stadium this summer.Juventus however do not to sell the centre half to the English champions according to Goal.Bonucci has spent the majority of his...

Boyata won’t be punished for ‘kissing’ celebrations

Players in Germany's Bundesliga and the second tier, the 2Bundesliga will not be punished for breaking social distancing guidelines when celebrating goals. This was confirmed by the German Football League (DFL) on Saturday.  Players have since been advised to respect social...

UEFA postpones Executive Committee Meeting

Europe's football-governing body, UEFA has postponed its key Executive Committee meeting until June 17 from its original date of May 27.The meeting is meant to decide how this season's Champions League and Europa League campaigns will be decided.The original...

Rohr’s Super Eagles contract extension gets thumbs up

Former Nigerian assistant coach, Fatai Amoo has described as appropriate the contract renewal of Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr. Rohr had his initial four-year contract, which was due to expire in June, extended by another two years by his employer,...

Long agrees two-year contract extension with Southampton

Southampton striker, Shane Long will spend two more years with the Saints after agreeing a new contract extension with the club.Long will now stat remain at St. Mary's until the end of the 2021/22 season. The Republic of Ireland joined...

Benfica players hospitalized after bus attack

Two Benfica FC players have been hospitalized after their team bus was attacked following their first behind-closed-doors match.German Julian Weigl and Serbian Andrija Zivkovic were hit by shards from a stoning incident and were taken to hospital as a...

Premier League confirms a positive COVID-19 case in latest testing

One new positive COVID-19 case has been confirmed by the Premier League in the latest round of testing, which saw 1,213 tests conducted on players and club staff on Monday (June 8) and Tuesday (June 9). There were no new...

Sarri praises “unlucky” CR7 as Juventus progress to Coppa Italia finals

Juventus manager, Maurizio Sarri has praised Cristiano Rondaldo despite the Portuguese superstar's miss from the penalty spot in the 0-0 draw with 10-man Milan on Friday (June 12). The second leg, semifinal stalemate was enough for Juventus to secure progress...

Tebas denies LaLiga pressure on Messi

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has debunked claims that he personally tried to stop Lionel Messi from leaving Barcelona. Messi announced he was going to stay despite being unhappy with life at the Nou Camp, after previously sending a burofax to...

Serie A wrap, Sunday: Ronaldo rescues Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo helped himself to a brace twice as Juventus drew 2-2 draw with Roma in Serie A’s standout fixture on Sunday.Juventus were reduced to ten men in the second half as the Turin club’s French star, Adrien Rabiot...
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