World football governing body, FIFA plans to introduce a series of measures to protect pregnant footballers including mandatory maternity leave “of at least 14 weeks”, the sport’s world governing body announced on Thursday. “We want to see more women play football but in the same time have a family,” Sarai Bareman, FIFA’s chief women’s football […]
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Brazilian football legend, Ronaldinho was released Monday by a Paraguayan judge after five months in detention over a forged passport. Judge Gustavo Amarilla also released Ronaldinho’s brother Roberto de Assis Moreira, who also had been held for a month in jail and another four months under house arrest in a hotel in Paraguay’s capital, Asuncion, […]
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It was another exciting weekend for football enthusiasts, as various teams return to actions in their respective leagues. We bring you the results of games played in La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga amongst other leagues. Premier League October, 19 Everton 2 vs 0 West Ham United Bournemouth 0 vs 0 Norwich City Aston […]
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The FIFA Best Awards which was held on Monday night at the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, saw Lionel Messi, Megan Rapinoe, Jurgen Klopp, and others emerge winners. Messi was able to fight off challenge from arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk, to the men’s prize. Rapinoe, who won the World Cup this year, […]
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Chelsea Football Club has appointed former goalkeeper, Petr Cech as technical and performance advisor. Recall that Cech spent 11 years as a player at Chelsea, winning 13 major trophies, including four Premier League titles and Champions League, before moving to join London rivals Arsenal in 2015. In his new role, the 37-year-old will work closely […]
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Liverpool Football Club of England defeated Tottenham by two goals in Madrid to win their sixth Champions League trophy. Mohamed Salah set Liverpool on their way with a penalty after two minutes when Moussa Sissoko was contentiously punished for handball. In a final that rarely touched the heights of the blockbuster semi-finals that made this […]
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Collective negligence led to racial profiling at youth-team level inside Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain, French league authorities said Tuesday when fining the club 100,000 euros ($114,000). The affair began when French investigative website Mediapart revealed racial profiling by talent scouts since 2013 where potential youth signings were identified by their ethnicity. The Qatari-owned club […]
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Former England and Chelsea midfielder, Joe Cole, has retired from professional football at the age of 37. Cole came through West Ham’s youth system before playing for Chelsea, Liverpool, Lille, Aston Villa and Coventry City. He has played for United Soccer League side, Tampa Bay Rowdies, since 2016. “It has been a dream come true. […]
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The participants and judges for the first-ever African Freestyle Football Championship have all arrived in Lagos for the continental competition billed to start On Thursday, this week. Judges that have arrived in Lagos for the epoch competition are Tobias Brandal Busaet from Norway, Gautier Fayolle from France and Szymon Maciej Skalski. They were joined by […]
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Feet and Tricks International, organisers of the first ever African Football Freestyle Championship in Africa have assured participants, stakeholders and ardent followers of the sport, that the first ever Championship in Africa scheduled to hold on September 13th -15th, 2018 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos will be one to remember […]
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