Messi’s Father, Barcelona To Resume Negotiation

Lionel Messi met Barcelona Club President Josep Maria Bartomeu on Wednesday players leave from club. Lionel Messi’s father and agent met Barcelona Club President Josep Maria Bartomeu on Wednesday to discuss the player’s wish to leave the club but the talks ended in stalemate, Spanish media reported. Sky reports that crunch talks over Messi’s future at Barcelona … Read more

Neymar, Two Other Players Tests Positive to COVID-19

Neymar

PSG star Neymar has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus, with the Ligue 1 club confirming that three players have contracted the virus. The Ligue 1 champions and Champions League finalists did not name the players involved, but Angel Di Maria, 32, and Leandro Paredes, 26, are believed to be the other two players to have … Read more

Italia Serie A: Juve Begin Bid For 10th Consecutive Title At Home To Sampdoria

Juventus

Juventus will begin their bid for a 10th successive Serie A title with a home match against Sampdoria following the draw for the 2020/21 season’s fixtures on Wednesday. Inter Milan, last season’s runners-up, will visit promoted Benevento in their opening fixture. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 The season … Read more

Breaking: Lyon vs. Wolfsburg : French Club Wins Women’s Champions League For The Fifth Consecutive Seasons

Lyon continued their reign as Europe’s dominant women’s club side on Sunday, beating Wolfsburg 3-1 in the Champions League final to win the trophy for the fifth year running and a record-extending seventh time overall. Ekohotblog gathered that the goals from France striker Eugenie Le Sommer and Japan midfielder Saki Kumagai allowed Lyon to lead 2-0 … Read more

Spurs Sign Right-Back Doherty From Wolves

Matt Doherty

Tottenham Hotspur have signed right-back Matt Doherty from Wolverhampton Wanderers on a four-year contract, the north London club said on Sunday. Financial details of the transfer were not disclosed but British media reported Spurs paid 15 million pounds (20 million dollars) to secure the 28-year-old Ireland international. Read Also: Playing Politics With Southern Kaduna “I’m … Read more

NBA Playoff Games Resume Today

NBA playoff games will resume on Today, Saturday, August 29 after the league and players agreed Friday on plans for greater social justice and racial equality measures following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts said in a joint statement that “All parties … Read more

Roma Postpone Training After Four Players Test Positive For COVID-19

Edo, COVID-19

Following the result of four players who tested positive for COVID-19, Serie A club Roma has postponed the club’s return to training for the new season on Friday, August 28. After goalkeeper Antonio Mirante announced he was positive last week, Spanish striker Carles Perez on Thursday, August 27 confirmed he also had COVID-19. On Friday, … Read more

BREAKING: Osimhen Scores Hat-Trick On Napoli Debut

Victor Osimhen scored a hat-trick on his first appearance in a Napoli shirt as the Partenopei recorded an 11-0 friendly win over L’Aquila on Friday. Napoli officially began their pre-season preparations with a mini-tournament against Castel di Sangro, who were outclassed. In the second game, manager Gennaro Gattuso deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation with Hirving Lozano, … Read more

Eze Joins Crystal Palace For £20m From QPR

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Eberechi Eze from QPR for a fee that could rise to £20m. Eze, who scored 14 goals in 46 appearances in the Sky Bet Championship for QPR last season, had also attracted interest from Fulham, West Ham and Newcastle but has signed a five-year deal at Selhurst Park. … Read more

Chelsea Signs Thiago Silva For One-Year Contract

Chelsea Football Club has signed Thiago Silva for a one-year contract. The Club completed the signing of one of the big names in world football, with the option of a further 12 months. His signing follows the addition on Wednesday of Ben Chilwell to the squad and continues the long tradition of top Brazilian players … Read more

Osimhen Opens Up On Initial Fears Of Racism Before Joining Napoli

Victor Osimhen, who was newly signed to Napoli has open up on his initial fear of racism incidents in Italian football before his mega-deal to the Serie A club. The Nigeria international, however believes that with the backing of the Azzurri’s fans he would be able to succeed in Italy. Initial reports claimed Osimhen was … Read more

BREAKING: Chelsea Sign Leicester Left-Back Ben Chilwell For £50m

Chelsea have signed England left-back Ben Chilwell from Leicester for a fee in the region of £50m on a five-year deal. Chelsea beat Leicester to a Champions League place on the final day of the 2019/20 Premier League season – pushing the Foxes into the Europa League – and have now convinced them to part … Read more

NFF Endorses Outgoing NPFL Final Table

The Football Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has endorsed the final table of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for the 2019/2020 season as prepared and released by the League Management Company (LMC). At its virtual meeting, held at the instance of the President of NFF, Amaju Pinnick, to deliberate on all the … Read more

Mikel Scores In First Game For Stoke City

– The former Super Eagles captain made a goalscoring debut for the Championship outfit on Tuesday John Obi Mikel scored his first Stoke City goal in their 5-1 hammering of Shrewsbury Town in Tuesday’s pre-season friendly match. Mikel who joined the Potters on a free transfer earlier this month, made his first start for Stoke … Read more

BREAKING: Maguire Withdrawn From England Squad After Conviction

Harry Maguire has been withdrawn from England squad after he was given a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and 10 days on assault charges by a court in Greece on Tuesday, August 25. The England international defender was arrested late last Thursday after a fight at a nightclub in Mykonos. He was charged with … Read more

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