Football Archives — Page 8 of 12

December 29, 2020 No Responses

FIFA To Finance Construction Of Technical Centre In Mali

The International Football Federation (FIFA) will finance the construction of a technical centre, at Kabala, near the Malian capital, Bamako, a sports source told PANA on Monday. FIFA will also implement a Technical Support Programme (TSP) to strengthen the National...

December 28, 2020 No Responses

Ronaldo Gets Player Of The Century Award

Cristiano Ronaldo, knocked out three other top contenders, for the Player of the Century crown at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Sunday. The Juventus forward attended the awards to receive the top prize for which Lionel Messi, Mohamed...

December 27, 2020 No Responses

Man City Beat Newcastle 2-0

Manchester City breezed to a 2-0 home win over Newcastle United thanks to goals in each half from Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres. The victory lifted City to fifth in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday. City went ahead...

December 22, 2020 No Responses

Chelsea Close In On Top Four With 3-0 Win Over West Ham

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham scored a late opportunistic double to secure a 3-0 home win for Chelsea over West Ham United in the English Premier League (EPL) on Monday. This was after Brazilian defender Thiago Silva had fired them in...

December 17, 2020 No Responses

Ronaldo Misses Penalty As Juventus Draw Again

Cristiano Ronaldo had a penalty saved as Juventus drew for the sixth time in 12 Serie A games, this time against Atalanta. Federico Chiesa put the champions ahead with a fine strike from outside the box, his first league goal...

December 16, 2020 No Responses

Real Madrid Beat Athletic Bilbao

Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao to move level on points at the top of La Liga. Athletic’s Raul Garcia was sent off early on after two bookings for fouls on Toni Kroos, who put Real...

December 9, 2020 No Responses

Man Utd Out Of Champions League

Manchester United’s season suffered a huge blow as a defeat at German side RB Leipzig knocked them out of the Champions League. Needing just a draw to progress to the last 16, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side conceded twice inside 13...

December 4, 2020 No Responses

Arsenal Win In front Of Fans

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said the return of fans to Emirates Stadium as they outclassed Rapid Vienna in the Europa League made it a “very special night”. It had been 271 days since Arsenal fans had last been at their...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

Diego Maradona Dies At 60

Football legend Diego Maradona on Wednesday died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November. It was then announced he was to be treated for...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

Barcelona Advance To Last 16

Barcelona confirmed their qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League as they thrashed Dynamo Kyiv in Group G. Despite resting Lionel Messi for the tip to Ukraine, it proved a comfortable evening for Ronald Koeman’s side, who have...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Orders Overhaul Of Super Eagles

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has called for an overhaul of the Super Eagles technical and administrative structure to achieve better results. The minister gave the order on Tuesday in Abuja at a meeting with Nigeria Football...

November 23, 2020 No Responses

Liverpool Ease To Victory

Liverpool moved level on points with Premier League leaders Tottenham Hotspur and thwarted Leicester City’s hopes of going top with an outstanding performance and victory at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp’s side remain behind Spurs on goal difference but th...

November 19, 2020 No Responses

FIFA Seeks Mandatory Maternity Leave For Women Players

FIFA is to introduce new regulations to protect the rights of women players, including mandatory maternity leave, the world football governing body said on Thursday. The reforms have been put forward by FIFA’s Football Stakeholders Committee (FSC) and will g...

November 15, 2020 No Responses

France Stops Portugal To Reach UEFA Nations League Final Four

France handed defending UEFA Nations League champions Portugal a rare defeat on Saturday, winning 1-0 in Lisbon. N’Golo Kante’s second half strike helped the world champions to reach the competition’s final four at the expense of the holders. Anthony Mar...