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Tuesday 29 April 2014

Spanish FA Clears Barcelona Of Misconduct In Neymar's Deal



Barcelona have announced they have been cleared by the Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) of any wrongdoing in the signing of Neymar.

The transfer is still being investigated by the Spanish High Court due to contradicting statements from the Catalan club about how much they paid for the Brazil international.

Hilarious: Singaporean Claims He Help Fix Nigeria's 2010 World Cup Qualification



A Singaporean has claimed that he helped fix Nigeria's qualification to  the 2010 World Cup hosted by South Africa.

According to Wilson Raj Perumal, in his new book; Kelong Kings, written in conjunction with investigative journalists, Alessandro Righi and Emanuele Piano, he had a hand in the Super Eagles' qualification for their fourth World Cup outing by influencing results of some matches to favour Nigeria.

Monday 28 April 2014

Arsenal Defeats Newcastle 3-0, Tightens Grip On 4th Place

On the brink: Arsenal moved four points clear of Everton with two games to play in the race for fourth

Arsenal put three goals past a shabby Newcastle team at the Emirates on Monday to strengthen their grip on fourth-place in the Premier League.

Manchester City, PSG Breach UEFA Financial Fair Play Rules



Manchester City and Paris St-Germain top the list of just under twenty clubs which are unstood to have breached UEFA's financial fair play (FFP) rules.

Mourinho Denies FA Charge Of Misconduct



Chelsea Manager, Jose Mourinho has denied any act of misconduct relating to comments made after Chelsea's defeat to Sunderland as charged by the English Football Association.

Saturday 26 April 2014

Nigeria's Exploits In The World Cup So Far

Saturday's Sports Special: Nigeria's Exploits In World Cup So Far

As the world cup approaches, it is important to look at the performance of our beloveth country Nigeria, in previous editions of the competition, so as to know what to expect from our national side when the competition finally kicks off come June 12 2014.

Friday 25 April 2014

Tito Vilanova Passes On



Former Barcelona coach, Tito Vilanova has finally succum to death after a four year battle with Cancer.

Wednesday 23 April 2014

FIFA Suspends Barcelona Transfer Ban




It is an atmosphere of joy at the Camp Nou as we speak as FIFA has announced that Barcelona will be able to sign players in the summer transfer window.

Eagles 38 Man List Up For Scrutiny

   


Super Eagles head Coach, Stephen Keshi has presented a thirty-eight man list to the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) for scrutiny ahead of the World Cup come June

Kevin Mirallas Out Of The Season With Groin Injury


Everton forward Kevin Mirallas will miss the rest of the season after suffering a groin injury against Manchester United on Sunday.

Cech, Terry Ruled Out Of The Season



Chelsea Manager, Jose Mourinho has confirmed that the duo of inform Goalkeeper, Petr Cech and inspirational Captain, John Terry are ruled out for the rest of the season due to injury.

Tuesday 22 April 2014

UEFA Champions League: Chelsea Held Atletico Despite Cech, Terry Blow




Known for their resolute defending in big games, Chelsea held inform Atletico Madrid to a goalless draw in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg encounter played at the Vicente Calderon despite loosing goalkeeper, Petr Cech and inspirational Captain, John Terry to injuries.

United Name Giggs As Interim Coach



Manchester United's Player Coach, Ryan Giggs will assume duty as the first-team coach on interim bases until a substantial successor to sacked Coach, David Moyes is appointed.

'Chosen One, Wrong One'; United Dismisses Moyes



Finally! After series of speculations and rumours of an imminent sack of the Coach, Manchester United has announce the sack of Manager, David Moyes effective immediately.

Sunday 20 April 2014

Norwich City 2-3 Liverpool: Reds Survive Scare To Edge Closer To Title

 



Liverpool put themselves in a commanding position to secure the Premier League title by beating Norwich City 3-2 at Carrow Road. Raheem Sterling scored the first and last goals - the former an unstoppable 25-yarder within five minutes of kick-off and the latter a slice of well-earned luck when his shot took a deflection over John Ruddy at the end of a long, determined run through the entire home half.

Podolski's Double Tightens Arsenal's Hope On Fourth Place Finish

Olivier Giroud Aaron Ramsey Hull City Arsenal Premier League 04202014
Arsenal maintained control of their Champions League destiny with a clinical victory over Hull City in a match described as “rehearsal” for the FA Cup final between these teams in May. The Gunners were comfortable victors in a physical Premier League encounter, with Lukas Podolski scoring twice.

Saturday 19 April 2014

Chelsea Suffers Setback In Tittle Chase, Lost 2-1 To Sunderland

Winner: Liverpool loanee Fabio Borini coolly slotted home the penalty to give Sunderland a vital three points

Relegation threatened Sunderland, dealth a huge blow of Chelsea's tittle hopes as they defeat the Londoners 2-1 at the Stamford Bridge giving themselves a huge boost in their fight out of the drop as the season winds down and handing Liverpool an advantage to further extend their lead at the summit of the log.

Brazil 2014 World Cup Prediction: The Competitors vs. the Participators




Call it the biggest sporting showpiece and you won't be wrong, say the host country is the biggest footballing country in the world, you won't be wrong either, so it is very right if we conclude then that, the World Cup to be hosted in Brazil come June is going to be the greatest and most memorable one of the century, with the long list of great players who will be representing their various national teams and ready to thrill the world with their spectacular skills.

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Everton Suffers Shocking Defeat To Crystal Palace



Everton suffered a set back in their fight for the last qualifying spot of the UEFA Champions League as their seven-match winning streak ended with a damaging 2-3 defeat to Crystal Palace.

Copa Del Rey Final: Gareth Bale Ghost Real Madrid To Trophy





Gareth Bales scored  a late goal after ghosting past Bartra in the closing stages of the Copa Del Rey Final match to seal yet another win for Real Madrid over Barcelona in the final of the competition.

Renowned Footballers Who Never Featured At The World Cup


The FIFA World cup is a football show piece where every footballer, young and old, established or upcoming, look forward to in their career to make an appearance and showcase themselves.

Manchester City Emerges Highest Paying Team In Sport



A recent survey has shown that English premier league side, Manchester City are the highest paying team in sport.

Podolski's Brace Takes Arsenal To Fourth



Lukas Podolski's goal in both halfs and another from Olivier Giroud gave  Arsenal a much neeeded 3-1 victory over West Ham and move back above Everton to sit 4th on the EPL log table as the fight for the last Champions League spot in England continues.

Monday 14 April 2014

Roger Milla Dethroned As Record Is Broken



Roger Milla has lost his record as the oldest footballer to represent an African national team to 43-year-old Mauritius striker Kersley Appou.

Friday 11 April 2014

Europa League: All Spanish Semi-Final As Sevilla Face Valencia



Its an all Spanish affair at the semi-final stage of the Europa League as the draw has pitch Sevilla against fellow La Liga team Valencia.

Champions League draw: Atletico's Courtois Set For Emotional Return To Parent Club, Chelsea



Thibaut Courtois is poised to face his parent club, Chelsea as the draws for the Semi final stage of the UEFA champions League has pitched Atletico Madrid against the London club.

Thursday 10 April 2014

Europa Cup: Valencia's Five Goals Thriller Sends Them Into Semis



Spanish side, Valencia produced a five star performance in their quarter-final tie at home to Basel to overtune a three goasl deficit and win the encounter 5-0 on the night, 5-3 on aggregate and book their place in the semi finals stage of this year's Europa League

FA Fine Mourinho After Villa Incident



Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has been fined £8,000 and warned about his future conduct after being sent off in last month's 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa.

FIFA Ranking: Nigeria Moves To 45th Position



Nigeria has moved up two places in the recent FIFA ranking released on Thursday to place 45th in the world, 6th in Africa.

The newly released ranking sees the Super Eagles rake in a total of 620 points.

Saturday 5 April 2014

Mata's Brace Inspires United's 4-0 Trashing Of Newcastle



Having scored his first goal for Manchester United last week against Aston Villa, Juan Mata added to his goal tally with his two wonderful goals as Manchester United post an emphatic 4-0 victory away from home to Newcastle United.

Friday 4 April 2014

Rooney May Miss Bayern Munich Tie



Wayne Rooney has sustained a toe injury which could potentially rule him out of Manchester United's Champions League quarter-final second leg tie against Bayern Munich nextweek at the Allianz Arena.

Ferguson To Teach At Havard University



Former Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, has agreed to take up a long-term teaching job at Harvard University.

The 72-year-old Scot, who retired as United's Manager last summer will be lecturing Ivy League students on a course named 'The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports'.

Break Down Of World Cup Hosts And Winners


As the world cup draws near it is important to look at the happenings at previous editions, the host countries, continents, and how far teams have fared.

Manu Garba Announces 20-man Squad For Morocco Friendly, Alampasu, Iheanacho Missing





Flying Eagles head Coach, Manu Garba, has named a 20-man squad ahead of the two-legged friendly match against Morocco.

The Nigeria U-20 team national team will play their Moroccan counterparts in a two-legged friendly match on April 9 and April 11, respectively.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic To Miss Chelsea Clash



Zlatan Ibrahimovic could be sidelined for up to four weeks after limping out of Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final Fixture against Chelsea ruling him out of the return leg at the Stamford Bridge .

Ramsey Available For Everton Clash



Arsenal Boss, Arsene Wenger has confirmed that long time absentee, Aaron Ramsey, will return to the Arsenal squad to face Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday.

Wednesday 2 April 2014

PSG 3 -1 Chelsea: Nightmare For Mourinho As Blues Face Uphill Task To Progress In Champions League

Oh no! Luiz can't get out of the way of the ball as it hits him and goes in
French Champions Paris Saint-Germain showed class in their flair as they upset Chelsea 3 -1 on Wednesday, leaving the blues with plenty to do in the return clash at Stamford Bridge next week.

Sagbo and Assou-Ekotto Face FA Ban For 'Quenelle' Sign Comments



The FA has charged Hull's Yannick Sagbo and QPR loanee, Benoit Assou-Ekotto with improper conduct for social media posts relating to the 'quenelle' gesture and they now face possible ban.

Tottenham Hotspur Hopes New stadium Will Be Ready By 2017


Tottenham Hotspur hope to be able to move into their new 58,000-capacity stadium come 2017.

The new stadium would be next to their current White Hart Lane ground, which holds 36,000 fans.

FIFA Ban Barcelona, Spanish FA



The world football governing body, FIFA, has handed Barcelona a tranfer ban for the next two transfer windows, for breaching rules relating to the international transfer of players under the age of 18. The Catalan club has also been fined a cash sum of 450,000 Swiss Francs(€369,000).

FIFA also sanction the Spanish FA(Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol, RFEF) for similar offences and were fined 500,000 Swiss Francs (€410,000)

Tuesday 1 April 2014

Champions League: Manchester United Hold Bayern Munich To 1-1 Draw

 

Manchester United put aside their poor performance in the EPL and produced a spirited performance to hold Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie at Old Trafford.

Rummenigge Rules Out Kroos Move In The Summer



Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has rubbished rumours of an imminent move for Toni Kroos  to Manchester United this summer.

Kroos’ current contract runs out in the summer of 2015 and recent contract extension talks has not yielded any fruit, as no agreement  as been reached paving room for a possible move for the young midfielder.