Arsenal football club of England will face Swedish side Ostersunds in the Europa League round of 32, while Celtic face Russian side Zenit St Petersburg. The Gunners, seeded for the draw, avoided the likes of Borussia Dortmund and Napoli – who were both in the unseeded pot. Ostersunds are managed by Englishman Graham Potter, who […]
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UEFA has made the draws for the Round of 16 with English champions Chelsea paired with Barcelona. Shakhtar Donetsk will face AS Roma, while defending champions, Ronaldo’s Real Madrid booked a titillating face-off with Neymar’s Paris Saint Germain. Sevilla got Manchester United, whiile Porto will face Liverpool. The UEFA draw for Round of 16 Swiss […]
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David Moyes recorded his first win as West Ham boss at Chelsea’s expense, Marko Arnautovic’s first Hammers goal was enough to give Moyes a victory in his fifth game since taking over at London Stadium. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte said his side’s fourth loss of the season, which left them 11 points behind leaders Manchester […]
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32-year-old Portugal and Real Madrid ace, Cristiano Ronaldo, on Thursday capped his wonderful year with one of football’s most-priced awards as he became the winner of the Ballon d’Or Award for 2017. Ronaldo has now equalled his fierce rival, Lionel Messi, who also has won the prestigious award on five occasions. The Portuguese won his […]
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Liverpool have secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League as Group E winners courtesy of a ruthless 7-0 thrashing of Spartak Moscow at Anfield. Philippe Coutinho scored his first career hat-trick as the Reds set a new goalscoring landmark for English clubs in the Champions League, recording their second 7-0 win […]
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Barely 24 hours of resumption of sales of the 2018 FIFA World Cup tickets, a total of 1,318,109 tickets have been ordered. Ticket sales for the world football tournament in Russia resumed on Wednesday exclusively on FIFA website and the excitement sparked by Friday’s final draw brought another wave of worldwide interest. As the random […]
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Manchester United were able to secure top spot qualification for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) as Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford scored to help United defeated CSKA Moscow 2-1. Swiss champions Basel won 2-0 away at Benfica to join them in going through. A contentious goal awarded to Vitinho gave CSKA […]
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The FA Cup Draw for the third round has been made with Liverpool drawn against Premier League and city rivals, Everton. The Jurgen Klopp-led side will face Sam Allardyce’s charges at Anfield. Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea have been drawn against Nottingham Forest, Derby County and Norwich City respectively while Manchester City face Premier League […]
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Eden Hazard had a glorious display as Chelsea beat Newcastle United 3-1 at Stamford Bridge, scoring twice and running at defenders at will. Chelsea’s victory, which keeps them third in the Premier League, ought to have been more emphatic but it briefly looked as if they might not collect the three points at all when […]
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The draw for the Russia 2018 World Cup has been concluded and Nigeria has once again been placed in the same group (Group D) with Argentina. Other countries in Group D are Iceland and Croatia. Nigeria first met Argentina at its first ever FIFA World Cup appearance in 1994, losing a tight game that ended […]
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