KANO PILLARS AND PLATEAU UNITED CRASH OUT OF CAF COMPETITIONS Kano Pillars of Kano and Plateau United of Jos on Saturday both crashed out of Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederations Cup and Champions League respectively. While Kano Pillars played a goalless draw in Kano with AS Jaraaf of Senegal in their second leg tie, Plateau United also played a goalless draw with Simba FC in Darees Salam, Tanzania. In … Read More
BREAKING! FOOTBALL LEGEND, MARADONA IS DEAD Football legend and Argentina world cup winner, Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, Matias Morla, Maradona’s longtime agent, confirmed to EFE. Maradona was recently hospitalised and underwent brain surgery and was released on Nov. 11. He won the 1986 World Cup with Argentina and also played for Barcelona at club level as well as Napoli, who he helped lead to the … Read More
VICTOR OSIMHEN SCORES FIRST GOAL FOR NAPOLI; SHOWS SUPPORT FOR #ENDSARS After scoring his first goal for his club; Napoli FC, Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen holds up a shirt saying “End Police Brutality” In his home country of Nigeria, #EndSARS is a movement calling for banning of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a controversial division known for police oppression. Numerous celebrities have shown support for the fight to end police brutality … Read More
BREAKING: CRISTIANO RONALDO TESTS POSITIVE FOR #COVID19 Cristiano Ronaldo has left the Portugal national team after testing positive for the coronavirus. Portugal confirmed in a statement that Ronaldo is in isolation and not showing symptoms. The statement added that following Ronaldo’s test, the remaining players in the Portugal squad underwent new tests on Tuesday which came back negative. Ronaldo will not face Sweden in Wednesday’s UEFA Nations League game in Portugal. Aource: Soccernet Read More
JUST IN: GARETH BALE SIGNS FOR SPURS ON LOAN Real Madrid and Wales striker, Gareth Bale has made a comeback to the English Premier League by signing for his former club, Tottenham Hotspurs on loan. More details shortly Read More
FIFA RANKING – SUPER EAGLES RANKS 29TH PLACE IN WORLD FOOTBALL For the September ranking by FIFA Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up by two spots in FIFA’s ranking placing her 29th after more than six months of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the ranking placed on the world football governing body’s website on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1493 points during the period under review without playing any match. The … Read More
BREAKING: CHELSEA ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF KAI HAVERTZ The Blues have completed the signing of our second German international this summer with Kai Havertz putting his signature on a five-year contract. The transfer of the young, highly rated attacking midfielder from Bayer Leverkusen follows on from the purchase of Timo Werner from another Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and is in addition to the recruitment of Hakim Ziyech, Ben … Read More
JUST IN: THERE IS NO €700M RELEASE CLAUSE FOR MESSI SAYS FATHER Lionel Messi’s father has insisted the player no longer has a €700 million release clause at Barcelona in a letter to La Liga president Javier Tebas. Jorge Messi quotes a clause in his son’s contract which states that “this compensation will not apply when the resolution of the contract, by the unilateral decision of the player, takes effect from the end of the … Read More
PAY YOUR TERMINATION CLAUSE TO BARCELONA; LA LIGA BOARD TELLS MESSI Authorities of the La Liga management board has told Lionel Messi that he should pay his termination (release) clause amount to FC Barcelona in order to force a transfer to a club of his choice. This was stated in a press release on Sunday afternoon in Spain. “Posicionamento de @LaLiga:” Entende que o contrato de Messi está vigente e tem … Read More
JUST IN: MESSI REFUSES TO SHOW UP FOR BARCA PRE-SEASON MEDICAL EXAMINATION Barcelona star, Lionel Messi has this morning not turned up for the pre-season medical test session of FC Barcelona. Reports coming out of Spain suggest that Messi did not turn up because he considers himself not to be a player of FC Barcelona any longer. Messi had communicated to the club via a fax message that he wants his contract … Read More