Football

Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge. Former Chelsea midfielder Lampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League table after last week’s defeat at Leicester City, having won once in their past five league matches. His final game in charge was Sunday’s 3-1 …

The 22-year-old scored twice against Montpellier on Friday to keep his side top of Ligue 1 but talks over a new deal are dragging on Kylian Mbappe says he has not yet come to a decision on his future as Paris Saint-Germain look to tie him down to a new contract – …

The Blues defender has featured in just four matches in the past 11 months but he has the talent and the character to succeed at San Siro Fikayo Tomori’s loan move from Chelsea to AC Milan has raised a few eyebrows, especially with a £26 million ($36.5m) option to buy included in the deal. Of course, …

The Netherlands international has started just two Premier League matches since making a summer move from Ajax Manchester United head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted that summer signing Donny van de Beek is unhappy at Old Trafford due to his lack of playing time. The 23-year-old came over from Ajax in the summer and was …

Alarm bells already ringing got even louder after Thursday’s loss vs Burnley, leaving the Reds somewhat desperate before playing the Red Devils again Who does Jurgen Klopp turn to now after new unwanted records tumbled following Liverpool’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of Burnley at Anfield on Thursday night? A goalless stalemate against Manchester …

The Nigerian descent came off the bench to seal the Hammers’ big win on his maiden outing for the first-team Oladapo Afolayan has described his goalscoring debut for West Ham United in their 4-0 FA Cup win over Doncaster Rovers as a reward for the hard work he has put in over the …

Jurgen Klopp’s men may be the reigning Premier League champions but they arrive at Old Trafford for Sunday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash in rotten form Manchester United’s exciting young attackers have shown plenty of times over the past 12 months just how dangerous they can be. Using their pace to devastate defenders, …

The 20-year-old hasn’t found his best form at Camp Nou since joining from Ajax in the summer but trusts in his own potential Sergino Dest admits his confidence has taken a hit since his summer move to Barcelona, but Ronald Koeman has backed him to find his feet at Camp Nou. …

The 23-year-old namedropped Kaka, Clarence Seedorf and Michael Jordan as driving forces behind his move to San Siro Fikayo Tomori says he felt he had to join AC Milan when he got a call from Paolo Maldini. The Italian defensive icon, now working as technical director at the club where he …

Action from the first leg tie between Rivers United and Bloemfontein Celtic… The Port Harcourt based team defeated their South African counterpart by 5-0 on aggregate Rivers United, yesterday, defeated Bloemfontein Celtic 3-0 to qualify 5-0 on aggregate in the CAF Confederation Cup first round, second leg tie in Porto …