Premier League club Cardiff City’s record new signing, Argentine striker Emiliano Sala, is presumed dead after a light aircraft he was travelling in disappeared over the English Channel. Sala, signed on Saturday from French club Nantes for a reported fee of 17 million euros ($19.3 million), was flying to Cardiff aboard a small plane that […]
AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso has dropped Gonzalo Higuain for Monday’s Serie A game against Genoa saying the Argentine forward was “not mentally ready to do battle” as a transfer to Chelsea looms. Gattuso insisted that “nothing has been decided yet” concerning the transfer but all the talk has unsettled the 31-year-old Argentine and the […]
It’s a six-day stretch that could make or break Arsenal’s season and prompt renewed scrutiny into the machinations of a club that appears to have issues at every level. A home game against Chelsea in the English Premier League on Saturday, soon followed by the visit of Manchester United in the FA Cup. Lose both […]
UEFA has begun disciplinary proceedings against Chelsea following alleged anti-Semitic chanting during the club’s Europa League match at Hungarian club Vidi last month; European football’s governing body announced on Tuesday. UEFA Champions League resultsA vocal minority of Chelsea fans were heard singing a derogatory chant about Tottenham supporters, featuring anti-Semitic language, during the 2-2 draw […]
Diego Maradona has been discharged from a Buenos Aires clinic to convalesce at home after surgery for a gastric hemorrhage overnight, his lawyer Matias Morla said on Sunday. Maradona The Argentina legend, now 58, was discovered to have minor stomach bleeding during a medical last week. “Diego Maradona is out of hospital and will continue […]
The head of a Nigerian presidential anti-corruption body has said charges will be brought against football officials for allegedly misappropriating public funds. Okoi Obono-Obla disclosed that the body was in the process of finalising charges and that a “prima facie case” had been established. “We will now file charges against them,” said Obono-Obla, who is […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday congratulated the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane on his appointment as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on New Minimum Wage. President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) on Wednesday inaugurated the committee, just before the first meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in the […]
Manchester United have paid their former gaffer Jose Mourinho £15 million ($19 million) in compensation following his sacking last month, according to British media on Thursday. The Daily Mail reports that a source close to Mourinho — whose contract was due to run till the end of the 2019/20 campaign with the option of an […]
Aaron Ramsey has agreed a five-year deal with Juventus worth £36m and will join the Italian champions on a free transfer at the end of the season. According to The Guardian, the midfielder who has been discussing a move for weeks will leave Arsenal after 10 years at the club. It had been clear the […]
