Nigeria’s first appearance since winning bronze at the Africa Cup of Nations provided the opportunity to fine-tune preparations for competitive games. The 2-all friendly draw with Ukraine at Dnipro Arena offered a glimpse into the new era for the young Eagles. Quite rightly, the Super Eagles started on the front foot and looked hungry from…
As Tammy Abraham scores goals and begins to look the part in the Chelsea first team squad this season. Parallels are drawn between his career and that of his ‘more senior’ counterpart only 29 days younger; Marcus Rashford. On the evening of 25 February 2016, Marcus Rashford debuted for Manchester United in an Europa League Round…
Champions Manchester City suffered a huge blow in the loss of Aymeric Laporte to a serious-looking knee injury against Brighton on Saturday. A very untimely incident considering he was set to make his long overdue international debut for France this month. Losing their best defender after failing to replace captain Vincent Kompany over the transfer…
Tensions run high across North London as one of the fiercest rivalries in world football is rekindled when Arsenal face Tottenham Hotspur at The Emirates. Arsenal are unbeaten in 18 of their last 19 home games and play Spurs who have not won away to Arsenal since November 2010. Form goes out the window in…
Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan have been hotly tipped to disrupt Juventus’ Serie A monopoly in 2019/2020. The Nerazurri have laid down the marker for the season. Their new ex-Chelsea gaffer is back in Italian football having taken a full season away after his English escapade. His time in England not only brought League and FA…
Football is back! After an arduous three-month wait for proper football; the pick of the opening round of Premier League football was saved for last in Manchester United’s Sunday afternoon hosting of Chelsea. It presents Frank Lampard’s bow as Chelsea manager against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s revamped charges. Chelsea have lost once from 20 opening fixtures,…
In 2017, he became the first player born in the 2000s to score in Europe’s top five leagues. Now Moise Kean’s transfer from Juventus to Everton in a £29M deal is confirmed. In a seemingly pre-mature end to his Serie A career, how did Italy lose it’s gem? The 19-year-old had shown so much promise…
By Joseph Atanu On Sunday, the European Champions and the Premier League Champions will lock horns at the showpiece curtain raiser at Wembley, with the Premier League juggernauts kick-starting the 2019/2020 season with an FA community shield game between Liverpool and Manchester City. Last season’s battle for supremacy in England went down to the final…
Pre-season games offer clubs the chance to get their players ready for the season in terms of fitness and conditioning, as well as build their club’s reputation in different parts of the world. Every year, academy youngsters and new signings look to stake a claim in the team before the season kicks off. With only…
After a nine-year Western domination, the trophy goes to North Africa as Algeria claim the 2019 Africa cup of Nations after a fantastic tournament. The desert foxes lifted the continental crown for the second time as Djamel Belmadi’s side need no further validation of their philosophy. Headlined by Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez, the Algerians were…
