Football

Teams that made it to the Champions League round of 16: Group A: Bayern Munich & Athletico Madrid Group B: Real Madrid & Borussia Moenchengladbach Group C: Manchester City & FC Porto Group D: Liverpool & Atalanta Group E: Chelsea & Sevilla Group F: Borussia Dortmund & Lazio Group G: …

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 minutes to leave their hopes in tatters before RB Leipzig …

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties to take his Champions League goal tally to 134 as Juventus beat a “scared” Barcelona to seal top spot in Group G In his club career, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more away goals against Barcelona than he has against any other opponent (14) Ronaldo sent …

Juventus took revenge for a cheeky Barcelona tweet about the ‘GOAT’ when Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to beat Barcelona 3-0. After the Blaugrana conquered Turin 2-0 on October 28, Barca’s official account tweeted: ‘We are glad you were able to see the GOAT on your pitch, Juventus!’ with an image …

Europe’s football governing body, The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has reacted to the incident in France involving a match official’s ‘racist comment’ in the game between Paris St. Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir. According to reports, former Cameroon International & Basaksehir’s assistant manager, Pierre Webo was sent off and in …

News filtering in from the Flying Eagles camp, Hotel De Lamitie, in Cotonou, Benin Republic have it that agents of many top European clubs are jostling to have audience of Nigeria U20 midfielder, Oladoye Adewale. According to the source from the camp, the agents flooded the hotel after watching him …

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho and Mohamed Salah are competing to be named the best player of the 21st century at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, having been nominated as the finalists by more than eight million voters around the world from more than 230 different countries. The award, which …

Former Super Eagles player Osaze Odemwingie has apologised for publicly accusing Amara Kanu wife of ex-Super Eagles captain Nwankwo Kanu of sending him inappropriate private messages, Newsextra24 reports. Odemwingie’s apology comes days after Kanu waded into the allegation. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Odemwingie said he read too much …

The Gunners were condemned to their sixth Premier League reverse of the new campaign, making some unwanted history in the process Arsenal’s woes were deepened in defeat on Sunday as their north London derby loss to Tottenham continued to pile the pressure on Mikel Arteta, leaving the club facing their …

Obafemi Martins donates N200,000, wheelchair to Lagos physically challenged traffic warden The Nigerian Super Eagles former striker, Obafemi Martins, has donated a wheelchair and N200,000 to a physically challenged voluntary traffic warden, Abiola Olu, who had chosen not to be held-back by his predicament in Lagos State The gesture, which …