Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists new signing Odion Ighalo does not need to know his Manchester United teammates to be an instant hero at Chelsea on Monday. Ighalo will only meet the rest of United’s squad for the first time on Sunday because the Nigerian striker has trained alone in ‘quarantine’…
Manchester City have been banned from European club competition for the next two seasons after being found to have committed “serious breaches” of Uefa’s club licensing and financial fair play regulations. The reigning Premier League champions who were also fined €30 million, immediately announced they were appealing the suspension to…
French champions Paris St Germain have overtaken Manchester City as the most financially powerful club in world football, the annual Soccerex Football Finance 100 reports. PSG topped the 2020 edition with a football finance index score of 5.318, which is based on the value of the current squad, tangible assets,…
Cristiano Ronaldo‘s injury-time penalty grabbed Juventus a 1-1 draw at AC Milan in their Italian Cup semifinal, first leg on Thursday as his incredible scoring run continued. The 35-year-old has now scored 12 goals in his last eight games in all competitions after the Portuguese ultimately got the better of…
Chelsea are set to sign winger Hakim Ziyech from the Dutch champions Ajax this summer. The 26-year-old was a January transfer target for Chelsea boss Frank Lampard. Ajax were unwilling to sell the Morocco international in the transfer window as they chase the Eredevisie title but on Thursday they confirmed…
Defender Clement Lenglet scored the winning goal and was sent off as Barcelona beat Real Betis to close the gap on La Liga leaders Real Madrid. The champions twice came from behind to level before Lenglet headed in Lionel Messi‘s 73rd-minute free-kick. Sergio Canales‘ sixth-minute penalty gave Betis an early…
Real Madrid maintained their three-point lead at the top of La Liga by coming from behind to defeat Osasuna. Unai Garcia‘s diving header put Osasuna ahead after 14 minutes, but two goals in five minutes from Isco and Sergio Ramos gave Real a half-time advantage. Lucas Vazquez, who replaced Gareth…
The 2020 Lagos City Marathon has been concluded as Kenyan runner David Barmasai won the race, setting a new record in the process. Barmasai, 31-years-old crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 20 seconds which is a new record for the race. Last year, Ethiopia’s Sintayehu Legese…
Real Madrid were knocked out of the Copa del Rey on Thursday as Martin Odegaard put on a creative masterclass against his parent club to lead Real Sociedad to a thrilling 4-3 quarter-final victory. Odegaard, on loan from Real Madrid but allowed to face his own club, scored the opener…
Barcelona crash out of the Copa del Rey, failing to reach a seventh successive final as they suffered a shocking defeat by Athletic Bilbao at the quarter-final stage. The tight contest was decided in the third minute of stoppage time when Spanish forward Inaki Williams headed past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.…
