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UCL: Top Scorers Chat 2017/18 Season, Ronaldo Leads The 2017-18 Champions League has returned for the knock-out stage and the race to see who will finish as the tournament’s top goalscorer is back on. Cristiano Ronaldo was last season’s top scorer with 12 goals as Real Madrid clinched their second Champions League title in a […]
Arsene Wenger Fumes at UEFA’s Aubameyang Ruling Arsenal’s head coach, Arsene Wenger has criticized the “nonsensical” UEFA ruling stopping Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from playing for Arsenal in the Europa League. Arsenal were without Aubameyang or injured striker Alexandre Lacazette as they arrived in snowy Sweden on Wednesday ahead of facing Ostersunds in the first leg of […]
UCL: Mane Hat-trick Inspires Liverpool Rout Sadio Mane struck a superb hat-trick as Liverpool put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals with a comprehensive 5-0 victory over Porto on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp’s side are the top scorers in this season’s competition and they showed all of their attacking prowess as Mane, Mohamed Salah […]
Cristiano Ronaldo Makes Champions League History Again Cristiano Ronaldo has reached the century mark in goals scored in the Champions League with Real Madrid, becoming the first player ever to accomplish that feat with a single team. Ronaldo stepped up in the final minutes of the first half to convert a penalty against Paris Saint-Germain […]
UCL: Ronaldo’s Brace Inspires Real Madrid Comeback against PSG Defending champions Real Madrid came back from behind to beat star-studded Paris St.Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at the Bernabeu. Talisman Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the 3-1 victory. PSG took the lead in the first half as Adrien Roberto […]
Gundogan Bags Brace as Man City Thrash Basel Ilkay Gundogan dazzled with two goals in Manchester City’s 4-0 romp at FC Basel on Tuesday to leave the Premier League leaders on the verge of the Champions League quarter-finals. Pep Guardiola’s side effectively settled the last-16 tie after just 23 minutes by racing into a 3-0 […]
Aurier lauds Tottenham’s display Against Juventus Mauricio Pochettino’s men claimed an advantageous draw in Italy after initially going two-goal behind in the opening stages of the tie. Tottenham Hotspurs’ 2-2 stalemate with Juventus in Tuesday’s Uefa Champions League clash has been lauded by Serge Aurier as a ‘good result’. Goals by Harry Kane and Christian […]
Juventus’ Dybala Ruled Out Against Tottenham Paulo Dybala has failed to recover from a hamstring injury in time for Juventus’ Champions League round-of-16 tie against Tottenham. There had been reports the Argentina star may be on the bench for the first leg at Juventus Stadium on Tuesday having taken part in training on Monday. However, […]
“Nigeria Has Exposed Argentina Weakness” – Diego Maradona Argentina legend, Diego Maradona, has said that the Super Eagles of Nigeria have exposed the Albiceleste, saying that the Southern Americans have lost their fear factor. Maradona believes Argentina will have to rely on the influence of Lionel Messi to do well at the 2018 FIFA World […]
Hazard Inspires Chelsea Victory Over West Brom Eden Hazard’s brilliant brace lifted the gloom around Chelsea as Premier League basement boys West Brom were dispatched 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. Heavy back-to-back defeats against Bournemouth and Watford led to evermore voluble questions surrounding the future of head coach Antonio Conte and placed the reigning champions’ hopes […]
Pep Guardiola Backs Kevin De Bruyne For Ballon d’Or Pep Guardiola believes Kevin De Bruyne could challenge Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for this year’s Ballon d’Or – but only if he helps Manchester City to major honours. “No doubt,” said Guardiola. “He is not (just doing it in) one game. It’s the whole season, […]
Marcelo is Sure Neymar is heading to Real Madrid Brazilian full-back Marcelona believes former Barcelona star Neymar will eventually join Real Madrid. “I think Neymar will play for Real Madrid one day,” Marcelo said ahead of Real Madrid’s showdown with PSG in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday. “Would Neymar fit at Real Madrid? […]
EPL: Liverpool Ease Past Southampton Two first half goals were enough for Jurgen Klopp’s men to grab a win against Mauricio Pellegrino’s Southampton at St. Marys. An error filled start to the game saw the home team gift the advantage to their opponents. Wesley Hoedt missed a simple clearance after Oxlade-Chamberlain played a long ball […]
Riyah Mahrez To Return To Leicester City Training Ground Today Algerian and Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez will return to training on Friday and has made himself available for Leicester’s game at Manchester City on Saturday, Sky sources understand. The 26-year-old has not trained with the club since his proposed transfer to City failed to […]
Angel Di Maria Reveals He Almost Joined Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel Di Maria admitted he was very close to signing for Barcelona last summer, following Neymar’s move to the French capital. The Catalan club were keen to bring in a big name replacement but they were unable to land Di Maria, who has done well this […]
Alexis Sanchez Shirt Sales Sets New Man United Record The Sales of Alexis Sanchez shirts has smashed the previous Manchester United record after his January arrival, executive vice-chair Ed Woodward has revealed. Sanchez signed for United in a swap deal which saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan leave for Arsenal during the winter transfer window and the 29-year-old’s […]
Coutinho Scores, As Barca cruise into Copa del Rey Finals Philippe Coutinho scored his first goal for Barcelona as they secured a 2-0 win over Valencia on Thursday and a 3-0 aggregate victory in their Copa del Rey semi-final. The Brazil international, a €160million signing from Liverpool last month, came off the bench to break […]
Alexis Sanchez Slapped With 16-Month Prison Sentence For Tax Fraud Alexis Sanchez has accepted a 16-month prison sentence fir committing tax fraud during his time at Barcelona, although he will not spend time in jail. Despite the verdict, the Chilean will not spend time in prison as he is a first offender and the sentence […]
“I Can Stay At The Highest Level For The Years To Come” – Cristiano Ronaldo In an honest interview regarding his professionalism and the aging process, Cristiano Ronaldo has stated his ambition to remain among football’s greatest for a while longer. Now 33, the Real Madrid star has spoken of his contentment on a personal […]
Morocco Clinches African Nation Championship Cup Morocco strolled past Nigeria 4-0 to lift the 2018 African Nations Championship trophy on Sunday night. The north Africans inspired by Zakaria Hadraf’s brace and strikes from Walid El Karti and Ayoub El Kaabi were torn apart by the Super Eages who ended the game with 10-men after Moses […]
Dele Alli’s Sex Tape Leaked A day after Tottenham and Liverpool’s tense game at Anfield, Spurs midfielder, Dele Alli’s iCloud account was hacked and his sex tape was reportedly leaked online. Aman bearing the resemblance of the English midfielder is seen getting intimate with a girl in the video. Alli is yet to react to […]
Chelsea Woes Compound after Watford Loss For the first time in 22 years, defending Premier League champions, Chelsea suffered back to back defeats by a margin of 3 goals. Antonio Conte’s men were beaten by Bournemouth (0-3) midweek at home before they were stung by the Hornets on the 5th of February. The visitors went […]
Pele sends Birthday Wishes to CR7 and Neymar Brazilian legend Pele conveyed his birthday wishes to Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo on social media. Neymar, who turned 26 and Ronaldo, 33 share birthdays (Feb 5th). Pele was among those to pay tribute to the pair on their special day. “It seems that people born on this […]
West Ham United Promises to Investigate Racism Allegations West Ham have vowed to investigate alleged racist comments made by their director of transfers, Tony Henry. A report from the Daily Mail claims that Henry admitted the club do not sign African players as “they cause mayhem”. The club have issued a swift response to the […]
Pogba Tastes First Premier League Defeat With Man Utd in Over a Year Paul Pogba was sent crashing back to earth with that rarest of occurrences: a defeat in the Premier League wearing the Manchester United shirt. The France international was powerless to avoid a 2-0 reverse at the hands of Tottenham on Wednesday , […]
DEADLINE DAY FOOTBALL TRANSFER: All Done Deals Here are all the transfer dealings which took place on deadline day involving Premier League: Eliaquim Mangala – Manchester City to Everton, loan Alexander Sorloth – FC Midtylland to Crystal Palace, undisclosed Martin Dubravka – Sparta Prague to Newcastle, loan Jordan Hugil – Preston to West Ham, undisclosed […]
Manchester City 3 West Brom 0: Blues Keeps Title Hope in Top Gear Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to 15 points but Pep Guardiola left the 3-0 win over West Brom with injury fears over David Silva. Fernandinho collected his third goal of the season on the end of […]
Bournemouth Run Riot in Stamford Bridge Chelsea’s ponderous transfer window was ruthlessly exposed as a disjointed display enabled Bournemouth to record an emphatic 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge. The defending Premier League champions toiled throughout January in their pursuit of a physical centre-forward to back-up Alvaro Morata with success finally achieved with the arrival of […]
Quick Eriksen Goal Inspires Tottenham To Victory Over Man United Christian Eriksen scored just after 11 seconds as Tottenham ended Manchester United’s unbeaten run in 2018 with a 2-0 victory at Wembley yesterday. The Denmark star capitalized on poor defending straight from kick-off in the first half before a dreadful home goal from Phil Jones […]
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signs for Arsenal in £56m transfer from Dortmund Arsenal have completed their club-record signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on transfer deadline day after getting the green light from Borussia Dortmund to announce the deal, with the striker joining for £56m, and have followed it up by agreeing a new three-and-a-half year contract extension for Mesut Özil that will see him paid £350,000-a-week. […]
