Football fans around the world were thrown into disarray yesterday 19th April when Real Madrid president Florentino Perez announced the inauguration of European Super League (ESL), a football league which he claimed is for European elites. According to him, 12 clubs from Italy, England, Spain are the founders and these clubs are the top clubs from their … Read more
Money is about to ruin the beautiful game. Imagine 12 of Europe’s biggest clubs coming together to form a new league called “European Super League”. EKO HOT BLOG The joy of football is the qualifications, watching a smaller team compete at the highest level (e.g Leicester City in 2015, coming from the Championship and Winning … Read more
Tottenham Hotspurs have been going through a recent bad run of results in the premier league. As a result, a top four finish which was on the agenda at the beginning of the season began to look unrealistic with every passing day. Tottenham has finally sacked Portuguese tactician, Jose Mourinho. Club chairman, Daniel Levy has felt the … Read more
After a thrilling weekend of football, we look back at the performances of some Super Eagles players in various leagues abroad. (1) EKO HOT BLOG starts off in England where Kelechi Iheanacho led his Leicester City team to victory in the semi final of the FA Cup. He alongside Wilfred Ndidi will play in the final of the oldest club competition in football … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly sacked manager Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese replaced Mauricio Pochettino as Spurs manager in November 2019 and guided the club to sixth in the Premier League last season. Tottenham Hotspurs have reportedly sacked manager Jose Mourinho. Jose Mourinho was sacked by Tottenham after just 17 months in charge. The Portuguese replaced Mauricio … Read more
Twelve European football clubs have come to terms to establish a new European Super League that will challenge the mid-week UEFA Champions League competition. The introduction of this super league has been disputed by top football governing bodies and legal action is being threatened. Although UEFA and English Premier League have all released statements condemning … Read more
Have you ever wondered what if football players had a love triangle of some sorts? Well today is your lucky day, as EKO HOT BLOG name some of the world’s famous footballers who have dated the same people. Sergio Ramos/Sergio Sanchez – Elisabeth Reyes It might seem difficult to picture Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos with … Read more
It has been confirmed that the heavyweight unification bout between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will hold this summer in Saudi Arabia Anthony holds three world title belts – WBO, IBF and WBA while Tyson has the WBC. The winner of the bout becomes the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion. Lennon Lewis was the last undisputed world … Read more
Thomas Tuchel continued his impressive performance as the coach of Chelsea as his team defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the English FA Cup. The game was a very tense match as both teams came out to win but Chelsea seemed like the better side as they pressed the Manchester City team very well and dominated … Read more
Football Legend, Ronaldinho, has swiftly changed professions, after the former Brazilian, Barcelona and AC Milan’s player got his second music feature from his rap group ‘Tropa do Bruxo’. After leaving prison, Ronaldinho decided to face his second calling after the Brazilian legend retired from professional football in 2018. Ronaldinho, who planned to release eight songs … Read more
Lionel Messi helped his side to their first trophy of the season and the first under Dutch coach, Ronald Koeman, scoring the last two goals in a 4-0 rout of Athletic Bilbao. After collecting the trophy, the Barcelona Forward breaks a longstanding record set by former Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs. Regarded as arguably the … Read more
Chelsea have defeated Manchester City in the semi-final of the English FA Cup played at the Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday. A goal by Hakim Ziyech from a Timo Werner assist in the 55th minute saw Chelsea head to the FA Cup final. According to Punch, Chelsea will now await the winner of the … Read more
WWE released a list of former WWE Superstars who can’t use their names after their release. After WrestleMania, the company releases a few superstars every year, and there are always a few names on the list that let fans scratch their heads. This year’s exit was no different, and the WWE Universe took to Twitter … Read more
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has attempted SIX TIMES to hire Pep Guardiola. Guardiola’s Manchester City meet Chelsea in the FA Cup semifinals tomorrow at Wembley. According to reports, the Russian has followed Guardiola’s progress ever since he emerged as a world-class manager at Barcelona, where he won 14 trophies in a glittering four-year spell. Chelsea … Read more
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola is no stranger to Chelsea boss, Thomas Tuchel, as he knows the German pretty much from their time in the Bundesliga, Germany. Current Chelsea boss, Thomas Tuchel, took charge of Bundesliga side Mainz before going on to Borussia Dortmund, and he faced Pep Guardiola with the two teams, although he never won any of them. Despite current … Read more
Things took a difficult turn at the just concluded National Sports Festival pandemonium broke out after a boxing match between Lagos and Ogun state teams. There was tension in the boxing session of the National Sports Festival in Edo on Tuesday as the boxing officials, supporters and boxers of Team Ogun went berserk, destroying facilities and … Read more
Jose Mourinho time at Manchester United can be best described as regretful. The former Real Madrid and Inter Milan coach who has not been far from controversy in his managerial career wasn’t short of that during his time at the Theatre of Dreams. This has made one of his lads at United take him to … Read more
Aubameyang has revealed on his Instagram handle why he has been absent for Arsenal. Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been hospitalized after contracting malaria while on international duty with Gabon. The 31-year-old scored in Gabon’s 3-0 win over DR Congo in Africa Cup of Nation qualifier on March 25. He played for Arsenal against Slavia Prague at … Read more
The premier league continues this weekend with games scheduled to complete the Matchweek 32 game week. One of the things that makes the game fun especially in the premier league, is the records and mostly the rivalry. Here are possible 20 EPL records that could be broken this weekend; EKO HOT BLOG (1.) Everton are … Read more
Arsenal make their way to the Europa League Semi Final after a comfortable 4-0 win. The Gunners were held to a 1-1 draw at home last week Alexandre Lacazette took a powerful stand against racism ahead of Arsenal’s crucial Europa League clash with Slavia Prague. With the tie evenly poised at 1-1 after last week’s clash at … Read more