Defending champions of the UEFA Champions League, Barcelona, have been knocked out of this season’s competition. The Catalonians were chased out of the tourney by Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Wednesday night and leaving the competition 2-2 on aggregate through an away goal scored last Tuesday at Barcelona by Atletico. Antoine Griezmann scored twice, one in…
Manchester City have qualified for the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League after beating PSG 1-0 on Tuesday night. It is the first time the former English champions have gone beyond the quarter-finals to be in the last four of the annual tournament. City defeated the French champions 3-2 on aggregate after playing a 2-2…
Christiano Ronaldo came to the rescue of his club to push them through to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid had suffered a 2-0 loss in Germany against Wolfsburg last Wednesday and it almost looked like an uphill task for the Spain giants to qualify for the semis. But the 10-time Champions…
Sinisa Mihajlovic has been relieved of his duties at Serie A giants, AC Milan, the club have confirmed. The Serbian was sacked following poor run of results. The former Sampdoria, Fiorentina and Serbia coach, in last five games, could not win one for the Rossoneri, which now keep them sixth in the Serie A table.…
Barely two months after dropping the Super Eagles job, Sunday Oliseh has landed a big job with FIFA, the world’s football governing body. The former Nigerian international has been appointed into the technical department of FIFA. His latest appointment is seen as one of the high points of his footballing career. The former Super Eagles…
Arsenal survived a scare at West Ham in the early kick-off match of the Barclays Premier League on Saturday to go home with a 3-3 draw. The London derby lived up to expectations as the Hammers first came from two goals down to go ahead their visitors 3-2, all thanks to Andy Carroll’s hat trick.…
Amaju Pinnick has been removed by a court judgment as president of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF. A ruling by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Friday, April 8, 2016, nullified the elections that brought Pinnick as president as well as other board members of the Federation. The ruling came following…
French champions, PSG, were held to a 2-2 draw by former English champions, Manchester City in France. In an UEFA Champions League match played on Wednesday night in the French capital, Paris, City took two vital away goals to England for the second leg next Tuesday. PSG came from a goal down to level the…
Coach of Italy national side, Antonio Conte, has been announced as first team head coach of Chelsea Football Club of England. A statement by the club on Monday disclosed that the Italian signed a three-year contract with the London outfit. Chelsea said the former Juventus manager “will begin work in London following his country’s participation…
**Apologises To LMC For Violent Conduct Proprietor of Ifeanyi Ubah FC, Ifeanyi Ubah, has apologised to the League Management Company, LMC, over his conduct at the end of a match between his club and Heartland FC of Owerri, Imo State. The oil and gas baron was caught on camera slapping goalkeeper of Heartland FC, Ebele…