UEFA Champions League Matchday 1: Schedule and Highlights The UEFA Champions League‘s return in mid-September has become a hallmark of the football calendar, but this season’s tournament introduces fresh elements of intrigue. When the action kicks off on Tuesday, it will do so under a new Swiss-system format, featuring a …
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Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo has been diagnosed with a viral infection and will miss Al Nassr’s Asian Champions League opener this week at Iraq’s Al Shorta. Ronaldo is targeting Asia’s top club crown to add to his long list of achievements when the competition kicks off on Monday. His …
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Manchester United have reported a net loss of £113.2m in the year to 30 June, their latest accounts show. It follows losses of £28.7m in 2022-23 and £115.5m in 2021-22, and their latest figures take total losses over the past five years to over £370m. Despite the results, United are …
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Austin Eguavoen, the technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and interim coach of the Super Eagles, has denied stepping down from the national team job after the two 2025 AFCON qualifiers against the Benin Republic and Rwanda. Eguavoen, it would be recalled, was appointed by the NFF …
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THE head coach of Benin Republic, Gernot Rohr, has reflected on their 3-0 defeat to Nigeria in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday. The Cheetahs had edged the Super Eagles 2-1 in a 2026 World Cup qualifier in June this year. But on Sunday, the three-time African champions …
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FORMER Chelsea midfielder, Conor Gallagher, has said that the Blues’ inability to guarantee him a long-term future led him to leave Stamford Bridge for Atletico Madrid this summer. The England international also hit back at a suggestion that Chelsea new manager Enzo Maresca didn’t feel his profile suited his possession-heavy …
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NIGERIA and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman has been nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or award. The organisers of the most prestigious individual award in football announced the nominees on Wednesday. Lookman earned the nomination after scoring a stunning hat-trick for Atalanta as the Italian club ended Bayer Leverkusen’s 51-game unbeaten …
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Manchester United’s sporting director, Dan Ashworth, has insisted Jadon Sancho was not forced out of the Premier League club against his will. Sancho joined Chelsea on a loan deal on transfer deadline day despite looking to have made his peace with United manager, Erik ten Hag, following their fall-out last …
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INTER Miami striker, Luis Suarez, has announced his retirement from the Uruguay national team. Suarez disclosed this in a news conference Monday, saying he will step away from international duty after his team’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Paraguay on Friday. The former Liverpool and Barcelona forward departs as Uruguay’s …
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NAPOLI are in talks to loan Victor Osimhen to Turkish Super Lig champions, Galatasaray. Osimhen’s future remain uncertain after he failed to leave Napoli on transfer deadline day. The Nigeria international has been excluded from the Partenopei’s Serie A squad. Manager Antonio Conte also hinted that the striker would not …
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