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Football

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Montpellier star, Sambia in coma with COVID-19

Ligue 1 club, Montpellier have confirmed that one of its players, Junior Sambia is in a coma with symptoms of the coronavirus.The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down football all over Europe for over a month ago and has...

Manchester United plan to resume training in May

Manchester United's assistant coach Kieran McKenna says the club resuming training in May is a possibility. McKenna also revealed the club has several back-up plans if the coronavirus lockdown is extended.There has been no action in the Premier League since...

Roy Keane faults PL clubs over pay cuts

Former Manchester United captain, Roy Keane says players who refuse to accept pay cuts at their clubs are doing nothing wrong. The Irishman has insisted that the players at top Premier League clubs should “stick to their guns” and not...

Serie A season to be extended until August 2

Italian football chiefs on Thursday (April 23) announced that the end of the Serie A season is to be pushed back by a month to allow the season to finish. The league extended the closing date from June...

Q&A with Nigerian “golden generation” footballer, Emmanuel Amuneke

Emmanuel Amuneke was one of the "golden generation" of Nigerian football players and was amongst the players at the FIFA World Cup finals in the United States, in 1994. Amuneke scored in Nigeria’s 3-0 victory over Bulgaria in the Super...

Plateau Utd want to win league title on the pitch – Gyang

Plateau United attacking midfielder, Amos Gyang has stated that his club will prefer to be crowned champions on the pitch for the 2019/20 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The domestic top-flight, other leagues and entire football activities are currently on...

Lukaku apologises to Inter over coronavirus comments

Belgian attacker, Romelu Lukaku has apologised to Italian club, Inter Milan for comments he made in an interview where he claimed 23 out of 25 of their players had suffered coronavirus symptoms in January.No members of the Inter squad...

Arsenal stars caught breaking UK coronavirus lockdown guidelines

Arsenal players, David Luiz, Granit Xhaka, Alexandre Lacazette, and Nicolas Pepe all broke strict coronavirus lockdown rules in the UK during the past week.The four Arsenal players were caught on social media breaking government guidelines on social distancing. They...

Thomas Partey’s Arsenal transfer rumours confirmed by father

Thomas Partey's father has moved to confirm the transfer speculations linking his son with a move to Arsenal.Partey is widely believed to be one of Arsenal's main transfer targets this summer.The Gunners are understood to have already made enquiries...

Van Persie denies receiving Arsenal contract in final season

Former Arsenal star, Robin van Persie has claimed that he wasn't offered a new contract by the Gunners before making his headline-grabbing transfer to Manchester United in 2012.The Dutch striker who was Arsenal captain at the time joined the...
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