Friday, May 17, 2024

Football

The beautiful game played in Africa. News, events, results, analysis, statistics, profiles, colour stories and more, from across the continent.

Ighalo lauds Mata, De Gea for good form at Man Utd

Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo has revealed that three players, Juan Mata, David de Gea and Sergio Romero have helped him settle quickly into life at Manchester United.Ighalo has hit the ground running at United has netting four goals in...

Southampton put in place Covid-19 measures

Southampton has agreed some measures it is putting in place in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Below is the fulltext of the Club's statement. "In keeping with government advice, all activity at Staplewood Campus, St Mary’s Stadium and our...

Mourinho accepts he flouted social distancing protocol

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Jose Mourinho has admitted that his recent actions during a training session with his players were not in line with government protocol.Mourinho was photographed flouting coronavirus social-distancing guidelines on Tuesday.The Portuguese trainer was pictured leading a...

FA Chairman, Clarke fears 2019/20 PL season may not continue

The Chairman of the Football Association (FA), Greg Clarke has admitted that it may not be possible to complete 2019-20 Premier League season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. All football leagues (except the top flight in Belarus) in Europe...

Mourinho breaks COVID-19 restrictions

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Jose Mourinho and some of his squad appear to have broken COVID-19 restrictions after footage of one of the club's training sessions was made public.In the video released on Tuesday, defenders Davinson Sanchez and Ryan Sessegnon...

Ronaldinho released from prison

Former world player of the year, Ronaldinho has been released from prison in Paraguay and placed under house arrest.Ronaldinho's brother, Roberto Assis, who was remanded alongside the former FC Barcelona striker was almost released.Both men were arrested on March...

FIFA announces decisions on transfer windows, contract extensions

World football governing body, FIFA have made a decision on extending the summer transfer window. FIFA have also ratified its decision on player contracts. Uncertainty surrounds the end dates of the 2019/20 current season across the majority of Europe’s top leagues...

Q&A with Augustine Eguavoen

Augustine Eguavoen was part of what many believe was the golden generation of Nigerian football. The squad of players which included storied names like Daniel Amokachi, Daniel Amokachi, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Stephen Keshi. Nigeria won the Africa Cup of...

Mbaoma hopes NPFL season won’t be cancelled

Enyimba striker, Victor Mbaoma has said his sincere wish is to see the 2019/20 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions emerge on the field of play not through boardroom decision. The ongoing NPFL season has just witnessed 25 rounds of...

Bayern resume training in small groups Monday

German giants Bayern Munich will, on Monday, have players return to training for the first time since the Coronavirus-induced suspension of the Bundesliga. The 2019/20 German topflight league has been on the forced break since March 13. The decision by the...
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