Union Berlin’s Bundesliga match against bottom-placed Bochum was halted for nearly 30 minutes after Bochum goalkeeper Patrick Drewes was struck by an object thrown from the crowd. The 31-year-old German was preparing for a goal-kick in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, with the score tied at 1-1, when he was hit by what … Read more
United States goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher has announced her retirement from international football. The 36-year-old, who earned 113 caps, played as the starting goalkeeper during the U.S. team’s World Cup victory in 2019 and their Olympic gold medal win in Paris this summer. EDITOR’S PICKS Electricity Meter Costs Rise Again As Deregulation Takes Effect Biden, Harris … Read more
Argentina’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, has been handed a two-match ban by FIFA for “offensive behaviour,” the Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced on Saturday. The 32-year-old Aston Villa star was also found guilty of “violating principles of fair play” in two separate incidents. Martinez breached FIFA’s code of conduct when he held a replica … Read more
Vincent Enyeama was among the four goalkeepers to have scored in the Champions League. Enyeama achieved this milestone with a penalty kick while playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv against Olympic Lyon in 2010. Others goalkeeper scorers are Ivan Provedel, Sinan Bolat, and Hans-Jorg Butt. Eko Hot Blog reports that Vincent Enyeama, the former Super Eagles … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Mexican Goalkeeper Santiago Ramírez sparked wild scenes after scoring an absurd long-range goal to cap off a semifinal between his Atlético Morelia team and Celaya in Mexico’s Liga de Expansión. Trailing 2-1 in the second leg and 3-2 on aggregate, Celaya threw everything forward in a desperate attempt to find … Read more
Nigeria-Eligible PlayersNigeria-Eligible Players help their teams to victory on Saturday’s English Football League games EFL witnessed goals involving five Nigeria-eligible players Akinfenwa, Olowu, and others registered names on the score sheet in the EFL EKO HOT BLOG reports that matches in the English Football League (EFL), for Saturday, December 11, 2021, witnessed five goals involving … Read more
A former Super Falcons goalkeeper has turned Bus driver in UK. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former goalkeeper of the Nigerian women’s national football team, Rachael Aladi Ayegba, has turned into a bus driver in the United Kingdom. Ayegba, who played for the Falcons at the 2007 Women’s World Cup in China, the 2006 … Read more