It has been over a month since the outbreak of the Coronavirus has triggered the suspension of football matches across the globe as all league matches have been suspended along with the UEFA Champions League and the EUROPA League matches. The pandemic has also influenced the postponement of the UEFA EURO2020, Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Copa America among other competitions scheduled for this summer, being moved to next year. Also competitions slated for next summer have also been affected as the UEFA Under-21 championship, Women’s EURO 2021 and the 2021 Nations League finals are the moved to the year after. In…
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The rumor circulating over the future of the Brazilian does not look to be ending anytime soon as the saga continues to attract more attention. With former FC Barcelona vice president Emile Rousaud said in an interview earlier this month that there is a possibility that the 28years old returns to the Spanish club this summer, as recent news will have it, current club Paris Saint German are now ready to offer Neymar a new and more lucrative contract to tie him down at the Parc des Princes. Former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi has made it known in an interview…
The coronavirus pandemic continues to have a major impact across sport, with a huge list of events postponed or suspended indefinitely. All football leagues across Europe has been suspended indefinitely, Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics billed to hold this summer has also been postponed. With no feasible return dates for football to return, UEFA However, remains intent on finishing the Champions League and Europa League seasons before September even if it means playing the remaining games in the competition without spectators. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin admitted it will be better for the season to be played behind close doors…
Spanish giants Real Madrid are popularly known for always hunting for the best talents in world football and have been recently linked with moves for PSG forward Kylain Mbappe and Dortmund’s Norwegian starlet Braut Erlin Haaland. Real have been linked with a move for Mbappe for a couple of years now with club manager Zinedine Zidane who is a fan of the World Cup winner, making it clear his intentions to bring the 21 years old to the Spanish capital. The French forward, who modeled former Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo, growing up, has two years left on his current…
One of the hottest prospects in the football world right now is Jadon Sancho. He is no push over when it comes to naming stand out performers since he broke into the scene couple of years ago. The former Watford Academy player who grew up as an ardent Chelsea supporter, joined Manchester City at the age of 14 in March 2015. He continued to excel at the City academy prompting the club’s chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak fast tracked him into the senior teams in May 2017. However, the Kennington raised teenager left for BundesLiga side Borussia Dortmund in August after…
On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) China office heard the first reports of a previously-unknown virus behind a number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, a city in Eastern China with a population of over 11 million. What started as an epidemic mainly limited to China has now become a truly global pandemic. There have now been over 204,029 confirmed cases, 82,107 recovered and 8,241 deaths, according the John Hopkins University Covid-19 dashboard, which collates information from national and international health authorities. The disease has been detected in at least 150 countries and territories, with Italy, Iran, Spain…
The Football Association has revealed its written reasons behind the decision to suspend Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla for racial abusing Charlton forward Jonathan Leko Casilla, 33, was given an eight-match ban on Friday after being found to have used racist language towards Charlton forward Jonathan Leko during a Sky Bet Championship match on September 28. Casilla had denied the charge but an independent regulatory commission found a breach of Rule E3(2) proven and the FA has delivered a full explanation as to how it reached its conclusion. Casilla had denied the charge but an independent regulatory commission found a breach…