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English attacker PHIL FODEN scored twice as MANCHESTER CITY closed the gap on Premier League leaders ARSENAL to one point with an immaculate 4-0 victory at BRIGHTON. THE GUNNERS had moved four clears of the defending champions with a midweek win over CHELSEA while LIVERPOOL slipped up atMERSEYSIDE rivals EVERTON - and PEP GUARDIOLA'S side responded with a fine performance on the south coast to keep their title fate in their own hands. CITY had the win wrapped up by half-time after KEVIN DE BRUYNE planted a superb diving header high into the net before FODENstruck twice with […]

EVERTON inflicted a potential title-endingblow to city rivals LIVERPOOL and took a huge step towards safety with a deserved 2-0 win over them during the MERSEY SIDEderby at GOODISON PARK. JARRAD BRANTHWAITE hit the opener in the 27th minute following a vicious opening spell from SEAN DYCHE'S side, with DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN capitalizingon poorer LIVERPOOL defending to head in their second from a corner after half-time. LIVERPOOL were unable to cope with EVERTON'S set-piece threat and, at the other end, they were plagued by familiar finishing issues as DARWIN NUNEZ, LUIS DIAZ, and MOHAMED SALAH wasted chances. The loss leaves outgoing manager JURGENKLOPP's side three points […]

Super Falcons goalkeeper, CHIAMAKA NNADOZIE has been nominated for the best goalkeeper award in the French D1 Akem (women’s top-flight league in France). NNADOZIE will battle Olympic Lyon’s CHRISTIANE ENDLER and KATARZYNA KIED-R-ZYNEK of PSG for the award. The 22-year-old, who was also nominated for the top prize last season, won the BRUNO MARTINI Award for Goalkeeping Revelation of the Season in the French top flight, two seasons ago. NNADOZIE has been in fantastic form for Paris FC this season, both in […]

Arsenal will not play in the next Club World Cup after they were eliminated from the Champions League yesterday. The Gunners lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, to exit the competition on a 3-2 aggregate, meaning that RB Salzburg will take the one spot left in the expanded Club World Cup. The slot had been reserved for this year’s Champions League winners but since all four teams in the semi-finals have already […]

Bayer Leverkusen yesterday  lifted the Bundesliga title for the first time in their 120-year history, a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen breaking Bayern Munich’s 11-year stranglehold on the German top flight. A hat-trick from Florian Wirtz and goals from Victor Boniface and Granit Xhaka extended their unbeaten run to a stunning 43 games in all competitions. Leverkusen are now on 79 points — the best tally after 29 games in German […]

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both recorded wins in the first legs of their Champions League quarter-final last night. The LaLiga champions left France with a narrow 3-2 win over PSG, after Raphinha opened the scoring at the Parc des Princes, but the hosts went in front thanks to goals from Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha. Barca levelled the game through another Raphinha goal, before Andreas Christensen headed in the winner. In the other game […]

Premier League club side, Everton, has been hit with a two-point deduction for another breach of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR). Everton was charged again in January, alongside Nottingham Forest, for breaching PSR rules over a period ending with the 2022/23 season. Forest, on the other hand was handed a four-point deduction and has appealed against the decision. The club sat 15th in the Premier League table, […]

The Refereeing Development Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has expelled centre referee, ZAHARAUDEEN NASIRU from officiating in the Nigeria National League, NNL.  NASIRU’S sacking was necessitated following his poor officiating in the matchday 17 encounter between Jigawa Golden Stars and Sporting Supreme, where he awarded a goal that had been scored through a handball in favour of Jigawa Golden Stars.  A memo released by the body revealed that NASIRU'S  assistant, USMAN AUWALU,  was […]

CÔTE D’IVOIRE has been confirmed as the host of the African Women’s Basketball Championship, AfroBasket, scheduled to take place in July 2025 in ABIDJAN. This was announced during FIBA Africa's first Central Board meeting for the 2023-2027 cycle held in ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE as the West African country prepares to organize a FIBA Continental Cup for the first time since 2013 when it hosted the men’s FIBA AfroBasket. During the meeting, delegates were informed that the qualifiers for the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket will […]