Manchester City will be free to play Champions League football next season after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) lifted a two-season ban from European competitions imposed by UEFA on Monday. An initial fine of 30 million euros ($34 million, £27 million) was also reduced to 10 million euros […]
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Kamaru Usman: Good things, great people still come out of Nigeria – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Kamarudeen Usman on the successful defence of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title with an emphatic win over Jorge Masvidal. The president’s congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday. […]
Okocha could have won Ballon d’Or – Beye
Former Newcastle and Olympique Marseille defender, Habib Beye, believes ex-Super Eagles captain, Austin Okocha, could have won the Ballon d’Or with the talent he had. The French-born Beye was an academy player at Paris Saint-Germain when the Nigerian, alongside Barcelona legend Ronaldinho, played at the club before the Eagles legend […]
Burnley breaks this season Liverpool’s 100% EPL home record
Burnley ended new champions Liverpool’s hopes of completing the season with a 100 per cent Premier League home record thanks to Jay Rodriguez’s second-half equaliser. Clarets striker Rodriguez swivelled and fired home from inside the box following a James Tarkowski header to reward Sean Dyche’s side for their resilience and […]
See What Premier League Will Do For World Cup winner Jack Charlton
The Premier League have confirmed there will be a minute of silence before all games this weekend after the death of World Cup winner Jack Charlton. The former Leeds and England player died at his home in Northumberland on Friday aged 85 after suffering from dementia and lymphoma. Tributes have poured in across […]
England 1966 World Cup winner Charlton dies aged 85
England 1966 World Cup hero Jack Charlton has died at the age of 85. The former defender, who played for Leeds United with distinction for 21 years and later managed the Republic of Ireland, passed away following a battle against dementia and lymphoma. A statement from the Charlton family said: ‘Jack died peacefully […]
UEFA Champions League quarter-finals draw
A handout picture taken and released by UEFA on July 10, 2020 in Nyon shows a screen displaying the results of the UEFA Champions League 2019/20 final stage draw at the UEFA headquarters. Photo: AFP The draw for the final eight of this season’s Champions League made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland […]
COMEBACK: Let’s save Mike Tyson from himself, ex-boxer Hatton pleads
Ricky Hatton has pleaded with the boxing authorities to save Mike Tyson ‘from himself’ as the recently-turned 54-year-old plots a comeback to the ring. Iron Mike has been talking up a return to the sport for the first time since 2005 and has been hard at work in training sessions […]
Nigerian striker Onuachu contracts COVID-19
Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus, but the result of his compatriots Stephen Odey and Cyril Dessers at Belgian club Genk, came out negative. The 26-year-old Nigeria international is the first Eagles star to test positive for the virus that has caused sporting events cancellations […]
EFL confirms no new cases of coronavirus in latest batch of testing
The EFL has confirmed there have been no new positive coronavirus tests from the latest round of testing. In total 3499 players and club staff were tested across the 24 Championship clubs and four League One sides involved in the play-offs over the past week, with zero individuals testing positive. […]