Chelsea and Liverpool both got their Premier League campaign underway in a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge courtesy of two first half goals.For the seventh consecutive fixture involving Chelsea and Liverpool, a draw continued to end matters after 90 minutes, as debutant, Axel Disasi scored to cancel out Luis Diaz’s opener for Liverpool on Sunday evening.Visitors, Liverpool took an early lead through Luis Diaz inside the opening 20 minutes, from a brilliant pass made by Mohamed Salah following a build-up from the back.Liverpool thought they had doubled their lead when Mohamed Salah finished from a Trent Alexander-Arnold pass just before…
Author: Kehinde-Hassan Afolabi
Harry Kane’s wait for a first career trophy continues following Bayern Munich’s lost to RB Leipzig in the German Super Cup final on Saturday evening.Harry Kane completed his big money move from Tottenham Hotspur earlier in the day and in the hope that he will kickstart his career in Bavaria with his first silverware as a professional, he was included in the squad for the German top-flight football curtain raiser.The England captain started the game on the bench and watched as his side lost the first half to a Dani Olmo brace right there, in Bayern Munich’s home ground in…
Evidence from what was witnessed in Chelsea’s pre-season games, the storm seems over for the two-time UEFA Champions League winners, who went through the lowest of lows in the last domestic campaign.Chelsea, even by the standard could not help it finish 14th in the Premier League last season, closer to the relegation zone than they were to the top nine. 2022-23 was a season of hurt, which left the club’s faithful at some point thinking of the worst.Four Managers hired and fired in total with only eleven league games won out of 38. The games won were also not so…
The United States Women’s National Team has been faced with the inevitable as Sweden progresses in a breathtaking shoot-out to eliminate them in the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup.Four-time winners. One-time beaten finalist. Three-time second runner-up, the United States had never failed to reach the semi finals in any of the eight previous editions of the tournament before setting out for Oceania.However, poor showing in the group round saw them just managed to scale through from the round, at the expense of debutant, Portugal.But in the round of 16, there was no hiding place for them as Sweden Goalkeeper, Zecira…
Goals from Jill Roord and Lineth Beerensteyn in either half secured easy passage into the quarter finals for The Netherlands as they ousted South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in the first match on Sunday.The last edition’s beaten finalists has show real character so far in New Zealand / Australia and managed to finish top of a group, which comprises record winners, the United States.Having ammased seven points from three group games to reach this stage, there are growing beliefs that the Andries Jonker’s ladies might be here to take back what was denied four years ago in France.They got off to…
One-time winners, Japan are through to the last eight of the FIFA Women’s World Cup following a comprehensive 3-1 win over 1995 Champions, Norway.The 2011 champions took the lead inside the opening 15 minutes as Igrid Engen stick out a leg to divert Miyazawa’s cross into her own net, scoring a record equaling eighth own goal in a single edition of the tournament.The lead did not last too long as Guro Reiten scores from a Vilde Risa’s cross with Norway’s first chance of the game five minutes after going behind.The goal was the first conceded by Japan in the ongoing…
Spain has become the first nation to secure the ticket into the quarter finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup following a 5-1 annihilation of Switzerland in Auckland.Despite finishing runner-up to Japan in Group C, Spain never looked second best against a Switzerland side that emerged winner of Group A ahead of Norway.La Joya got off to a dream start as Aitana Bonmati scored the first of her double inside the opening five minutes from an Alba Redondo pass.However, their lead was cut out six minutes later, as Laia Codina played a blind back pass to Catalina Coll, who was…
Former Borussia Dotmund Head Coach, Jurgen Klopp is the only reason the club is considered a rival of Bayern Munich for Bundesliga titles season in and out but there appears no rivalry at all in the absence of the former Mainz boss.Since the departure of the German in the summer of 2015, the ‘Yellow and Black Wall’ has not win a Bundesliga title, despite hiring and firing multiple managers during the period.The closest they came to putting an end to Bayern’s reign was last season, when they came close to winning the title, only to eventually lost it on the…
Anissa Lahmari scored from a penalty rebound in the added time of the first half hand Morocco a win over Colombia and secure them a ticket to the next round of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.Morocco has become the first Arab nation to reach the knockout rounds of the FIFA Women’s World Cup following a result, that also sees them complete history for Africa as for the first time, the continent has three representatives in the knockout round.Needed to better the result of Germany in the other game, fortune shone on the North African when So-Hyun Cho latched onto a…
Erik Ten Hag’s first season has its good and bad moments, but by the standard set at the club lately, it’s fair enough to conclude it was a success.It was even better when you add that Manchester United won their first silverware in more than five years, following the win over Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final, back in the end of February.The club also reached the final of the Emirates FA Cup but unfortunately, they could not get the better of their city rivals, Manchester City, who completed a double en route to winning a treble.With his first…