Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski will miss Poland’s visit to England on Wednesday due to a knee injury. Both sides clash at Wembley in a Group I World Cup Qualifier and the visitors have been significantly weakened. The 32-year-old went off in Poland’s 3-0 win over Andorra on Sunday after scoring twice. A statement from…
Having become the most expensive 17-year-old in history in moving to Borussia Dortmund last summer, Jude Bellingham continues to turn heads and defy his tender years. The midfielder impressed in England’s 5-0 win against San Marino to open their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign. The Birmingham academy product was thrown into the action at half-time…
Liverpool’s Premier League title defence has been one of the worst in recent years as the Merseysiders sit seventh, five points behind fourth-place after 29 games. The Reds have spectacularly struggled in the post-pandemic year as injuries to their first three centre-backs, Virgil Van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joël Matip, have been too much to…
The unbeaten Super Eagles look to secure their spot at Africa’s continental showpiece coming up in January 2022. Nigeria lead Group L of the qualifiers table with eight points from four games and victory over Benin or Lesotho will take them to the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The 2013 AFCON champions will square…
The Carabao Cup final on April 25 could now be played in front of spectators after the EFL pushed for the event to be included in a schedule of test events for the return of fans. The first major trophy of the English domestic season, which will be contested by Manchester City and Tottenham, was…
Arsenal’s 3-3 draw away to West Ham was firmly in keeping with the post-pandemic times, as breathtaking football met lethargy, then switched places in the second period. The London Stadium outfit were 3-0 up inside the opening half-hour as Jesse Lingard punished his favourite opponents with a goal and assist early on before Tomáš Souček…
Paris Saint-Germain were drawn in a mouth-watering UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie with 2020 winners Bayern Munich. Arguably the biggest clash of the quarterfinal rounds sees last season’s finalists face off for a sequel after ex-PSG man Kingsley Coman headed Bayern to their sixth title in August. It is no doubt one of the biggest…
Fantasy Premier League game week 29 is a blank game week with only eight teams in action, many FPL managers will be scratching heads on how to field 11 players. The blank game week has been further hampered by injuries to Heung-Min Son and Patrick Bamford (the second and third most-owned players in 2020/21) given…
Manchester City forward, Sergio Agüero reportedly left the pitch angrily during his side’s triumph over Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday. Having started with Bernardo Silva at false nine against the Germans, Agüero was brought on for Silva in the 75th minute of City’s 4-0 win on aggregate in Budapest. The Argentine club legend who failed to…
Real Madrid returned to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals after a two-year absence since winning the competition. The Spanish champions defeated Atalanta 3-1 in the last-16 second leg to advance 4-1 on aggregate. Karim Benzema had given them the lead at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano, before Sergio Ramos’ penalty and Marco Asensio canceled out…
