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Late Aguero Header Keeps Man City’s Carabao Cup Hopes Alive Sergio Aguero’s extra time header gave Man City all 3 points as they came from behind to defeat ‘brave’ Bristol City in the semi-final first leg of the Carabao Cup. The Championship side were excellent, especially in the first half, and led from Bobby Reid’s […]
Burnley Sign Tottenham Winger, Nkoudou On Loan Burnley have signed Tottenham winger, Georges-Kelvin Nkoudou on loan for the rest of the season. The 22-year-old former Nantes and Marseille player joined Spurs for £9.4m in August 2016 after chairman, Daniel Levy negotiated a reduced fee. Nkoudou has made six appearances this season, the latest as a […]
Gabriel Jesus to Travel to Barcelona For Treatment Manchester City forward, Gabriel Jesus will travel to Barcelona this week to have further treatment on his knee injury. The Brazil striker will be assessed by Dr Ramon Cugat, the specialist who helped Ikay Gundogan return to full fitness from knee ligament damage and is overseeing Benjamin […]
Saudi Arabia women to be allowed into stadiums for first time Friday Women in Saudi Arabia will this month for the first time be allowed to enter sports stadiums to watch football matches between local teams. “The first match that women will be allowed to watch will be Al Ahli versus Al Batin on Friday […]
Liverpool will Miss Coutinho – Gerrard Ex-England and Liverpool skipper, Stephen Gerrard has accepted that Liverppol will miss “wonderful footballer” Phillipe Coutinho after the Brazilian officially completed his dream move to Barcelona earlier this week. Gerrard, who played with Coutinho in his conclusive playing time at Anfield, believes it will be difficult to replace the […]
VAR Debuts in English Football The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) made its debut in England, in the FA Cup game between Brighton & Crystal Palace. Just as it seemed much the match was set to finish without using the VAR, Glen Murray’s late winner caused enough doubts for the officials to take another look from […]
Study says Harry Kane is 3rd Most Valuable Player in the World CIES Football Observatory claims Harry Kane is worth 194.6 million euros (£172.65m), behind only Paris St-Germain forward Neymar and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. The England forward, 24, scored 56 goals for club and country last year, making him the top scorer in Europe. CIES’s […]
Man United to Face Yeovil in FA Cup 4th Round 12-time FA champions, Manchester United will face Yeovil Town – the lowest ranked team in the draw, in the 4th round of the FA cup. 7-time winners, Liverpool will also host West Brown. The FA Cup 4th round will be played over the weekend of […]
Real Madrid Dealt Blow in Title Race after Celta Draw Maxi Gomez scored an 82nd-minute equaliser for Celta Vigo to extend Real Madrid’s winless away run in La Liga to four matches in a 2-2 draw at Balaidos. Defeat at Girona and goalless stalemates at Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao plunged Madrid into worrying run […]
Messi Equals 39-year Muller Record with 365th Barcelona Liga goal Lionel Messi has equalled Gerd Muller’s long-standing scoring record with his 365th Liga goal for Barcelona. Messi has played a one-two with chief partner in crime Jordi Alba and finished with a volley to put his side 1-0 up on the way to a convincing […]
Messi Equals 39-year Muller Record with 365th Barcelona Liga goal Lionel Messi has equalled Gerd Muller’s long-standing scoring record with his 365th Liga goal for Barcelona. Messi has played a one-two with chief partner in crime Jordi Alba and finished with a volley to put his side 1-0 up on the way to a convincing […]
Barcelona Unveil Philippe Coutinho at Camp Nou Philippe Coutinho has been presented as a Barcelona Player for the first time. The Spanish giants have agreed a deal reportedly worth £142 million with Liverpool to bring the Brazilian sensation to Cam Nou, after a succession of bids failed in August. Coutinho will be officially unveiled today […]
Victoria Azarenka Pulls Out of Australian Open Two-time Australian champion, Victoria Azarenka has withdrawn from this month’s Australian Open as she continues a legal battle over the custody of her son. The Belarusian had been granted a wildcard for the season-opening grand slam but withdrew on Monday, organizers said. Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic has instead been […]
Nottingham Forest knocks Arsenal out of FA Cup Arsene Wenger lost an FA Cup third-round tie for the first time as holders Arsenal were stunned 4-2 by Nottingham Forest on Sunday. Wenger has lifted the famous trophy on seven occasions – including three of the last four years – but saw his much-changed side undone […]
Nottingham Forest knocks Arsenal out of FA Cup Arsene Wenger lost an FA Cup third-round tie for the first time as holders Arsenal were stunned 4-2 by Nottingham Forest on Sunday. Wenger has lifted the famous trophy on seven occasions – including three of the last four years – but saw his much-changed side undone […]
Real Madrid Start 2018 on a High Note, Thrashing Numancia 3-0 Gareth Bale scored a penalty on his first start since September and Isco tucked away another spot-kick as Real Madrid opened 2018 with a 3-0 win at 10-man Numancia in the first leg of their last-16 Copa del Rey tie on Thursday. Lucas Vazquez […]
Serena Williams Pulls Out of Australian Open Serena Williams has announced her withdrawal from the upcoming Australian Open which starts on 15 January due to fitness reasons. The Star said while she was close to regaining full fitness after giving birth to her first child in September, she was not fully ready to defend her title. […]
Asisat Oshola shows off her Third Female African Player of The Year Award Super Falcons of Nigeria forward and Dalian Quanjian FC footballer, Asisat Oshoala, went home with her third award at the 2017 African Footballer of the Year award ceremony which was held in Ghana last night. The 23-year-old who won her third female African […]
Transfer News: Chelsea Move for Everton’s £15m Ross Barkley Chelsea are confident they can secure a £15 milliom move for Everton midfielder Ross Barkley during the winter transer window. The Blues hace returned for the 24-year-old after opoting to remain in Merseyside to continue his recovery from a serious hamstring injury, despite advanced talks on […]
Mohamed Salah Scoops CAF 2017 African Player of the Year Award Egypt and Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah has been named 2017 CAF African Player of the Year. This is the first time the star would be winning the award after beating Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to claim it at the awards ceremony held in […]
Dembele Debuts in Barcelona Stalemate Draw With Celta Vigo Ousmane Dembele returned for Barcelona as the La Liga leaders were held 1-1 at Celta Vigo in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-16 tie on Thursday. Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were among the big names rested by Ernesto Valverde, who named Dembele, […]
Dembele Debuts in Barcelona Stalemate Draw With Celta Vigo Ousmane Dembele returned for Barcelona as the La Liga leaders were held 1-1 at Celta Vigo in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-16 tie on Thursday. Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were among the big names rested by Ernesto Valverde, who named Dembele, […]
Diego Costa Scores as Atletico Madrid Thrash Lleida Esportiu 4-0 Diego Costa came off the bench in the second half to net the third goal as Atletico put four past Lieida Esportiu at the Camp d’Esports. It was by no means a vintage Atletico display for much of the first half, as they afforded their […]
Bellerin’s Late Equalizer Deny Chelsea in Derby Thriller Chelsea failed to move back into second place in the Premier League after they were held to a 2-2 dray by Arsenal on Wednesday thanks to Hector Bellerin’s stoppage-time strike. Eden Hazard’s penalty cancelled out Jack Wilshere’s opener before Marco Alonso looked to have sealed the turnaround […]
Formula 1: Williams Set To Announce Sergey Sirotkin Deal Williams looks set to announce a two-year contract with Russian professional racing driver, Sergey Sirotkin. Earlier, the British team dithered over their choice of replacement for Felipe Massa, also seriously testing and considering the former BMW and Renault driver Robert Kubica. Yet Russian Sirotkin, backed heavily […]
Cristiano Ronaldo Dreams of A Movie Career After Retirement from Football Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that he has dreams of a career in the movie industry once he decides to retire from football. Ronaldo, 32, has three years left on his current contract with the La Liga side and has spoken about his post-retirement ambitions. […]
Jose Mourinho Hits at Paul Scholes over Pogba’s Criticism Jose Mourinho has slammed Manchester United legend, Paul Scholes for his criticism of Paul Pogba and the Red Devils. Having joined the ranks of former professionals in the punditry game, ex-England international Scholes has refused to let his strong toes to Old Trafford cloud his judgement. […]
Transfer Latest: Coutinho Pushes for January Barcelona Move Phiilippe Coutinho has repeated his insistence to trade Liverpool for Barcelona in a potential deal that would comfortably surpass the British transfer record. Given Coutinho’s attitude and application since submitting a transfer request last summer, the play maker feels it is only fair for the Reds to […]
Manchester City Defeat Newcastle to extend Unbeaten Run Manchester City made it 18 wins in a row in the Premier League with a 1-0 procession against Newcastle United on Wednesday. Raheem Sterling’s 13th league goal of the season secured the result for Pep Guardiola’s side and sent them 15 points clear of Manchester United at […]
Alan Shearer Slams Liverpool over £75m Van Dijk Price Alan Shearer has slammed the £75m transfer that will bring Virjil van Dijk to Liverpool in January, claiming the defender is not worth that kind of fee. The Reds were left celebrating on Wednesday as they announced that Southampton’s star would finally be joining the club […]
