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English Premier League club, Watford have sacked boss Claudio Ranieri after 14 games and less than four months in charge. Last Friday’s 3-0 home defeat to Norwich saw Watford drop into the bottom three with 18 matches left and prompted Ranieri’s departure. Announcing his departure the club said a change was needed to give a new appointment time to lift Watford out …

Augustine Eguavoen has announced that he will be quitting his role as the Super Eagles of Nigeria’s interim coach following the team’s exit from the ongoing AFCON 2021 tournament. Eguavoen was appointed interim head coach of the team following the sacking of Gernot Rohr on the eve of the competition. “I’m the technical director of the NFF. I will go …

Spanish tactician, Pep Guardiola recently named his best choice free kick taker in the world currently, and as a shock he has dropped super star player, Lionel Messi. Guardiola has worked with Lionel Messi at Barcelona but he believes the Argentine is not the best free kick taker he has ever seen. In a press conference on Friday, Pep Guardiola …

Ahmed Musa, the captain of the Nigerian national football team, has reportedly donated the sum of $1,500 to a mosque in Garoua, Cameroon. According to reports the kind gesture was to support the ongoing building project at the mosque, since players and officials of the team have been worshipping at the Central Mosque since their arrival in Garoua. The midfielder …

Former Brazilian football star, Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for alleged rape charge placed against him. Robinho, who was playing for AC Milan at the time, was part of a group that gang-raped a 23-year-old Albanian woman at the Sio Cafe nightclub and was originally sentenced in 2017, but his appeal process with the Italian courts have been …

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have sealed their qualification to the knock out stages after they defeated Guinea-Bissau 2-0 in their final Group D fixture at the ongoing African Cup of Nations on Wednesday night. The result means Nigeria’s 100 percent record in Cameroon remains intact. The Super Eagles failed to score in the first half of the encounter, but …

The goalkeeper and captain of the Guinea Bissau national team, Jonas Azevedo Mendes has revealed that he had rather die than have the Super Eagles win in their last group stage match of the on-going AFCON 2021 tournament. Mendes, who is the team’s first-choice goalkeeper said they will be out in full force to battle the Super Eagles for a …

Brazilian and FC Barcelona defender, Dani Alves has come out publicly to beg former club captain, Lionel Messi for a return to the club. Messi, left the Nou Camp last summer after Barcelona’s financial crisis led to him making the move to Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.  However in an interview with Spanish news outlet Tot Costa de Catalunya Radio, Dani …

Former Super Eagles of Nigeria star, Julius Aghahowa has complained about the team’s current style of play despite their win over Egypt and Sudan in the ongoing AFCON 2021 tournament. In an interview with Channels Sports TV, the former Shakhtar Donetsk stated that the technical crew has failed to find solution to the creative aspect of the team. “The fact …

The AFCON 2021 tournament has been an exciting one even as the last round of the group stage matches will commence later this week. Twenty goals have been scored already following the conclusion of match day 2 fixtures, with Cameroonian captain Vincent Aboubakar, currently leading the race for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations’ Golden Boot with four goals to …