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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has overturned UEFA’s decision to exclude Milan from the Europa League.
English Premier League side Chelsea and Real Madrid have reportedly come to an agreement over a £170m fee for playmaker Eden Hazard. The Belgium Captain has repeatedly refused to rule out the possibility of leaving Stamford Bridge this summer and emerged as Madrid’s top transfer target following the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo earlier this week. According to Le10 Sport, a ‘first agreement’ of £170m has been reached between Chelsea and Real Madrid for the 27-year-old. Intriguingly, the report appears to elude to Thibaut Courtois being included in the deal for the price quoted. Hazard has reportedly already agreed on personal terms with Madrid and is keen to complete the transfer this…
Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has insisted he has never thought about leaving Leicester City as the club prepares to offer the midfielder a new contract. The 21-year-old has established himself as one of the best defensive midfielders in the Premier League since his £15million move to the King Power Stadium from Genk last January and won more tackles than anyone in the EPL last season. His 15 tackles were the most of any player in the group stages while Ndidi is still joint-second in the overall list, despite Nigeria being knocked out after just three games. …
African and Ivory Coast football Legend, Didier Drogba has charged the Confederation of African Football to hold a conference where “major actors” in the game can chart a way forward for African teams after the continent’s dismal outing at this year’s World Cup.
Nigeria International Simi Nwankwo has received advise from his father to seek bigger ambitions away from Crotone.
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC IS set to attend an England match in a Three Lions shirt at Wembley and eat fish and chips after losing a bet to David Beckham. The stakes were high between Ibra and Beckham before England defeated Sweden in the World Cup quarter-finals. Sweden’s all-time leading scorer Ibrahimovic proposed that Beckham take the LA Galaxy star to IKEA and buy him any item of his choice for his new Los Angeles mansion if Sweden won. If England won, Ibrahimovic agreed to accompany Manchester United icon Beckham to an England game in the country’s shirt before…
In under two weeks Manu Garba and Nduka Ugbade will have a team good enough to wear the national colors and carry on the tradition of Nigeria’s domination in the U17 boys football on the continent.
Super Eagles forward, Odion Jude Ighalo has emerged the all-time leading scorer for Changchun Yatai after he netted against Chongqing early Thursday. The former Watford forward now has 23 goals to overtake the previous record of 22 goals set by Marcelo Moreno at the club. Ighalo was roundly criticized for his inability to convert begging chances to goals for Super Eagles in Nigeria’s last Group D crucial game against Argentina at the St Petersburg Stadium.
Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo has finally reported for pre-season training at his parent club Chelsea ahead of the new season. Omeruo and compatriot Victor Moses have been omitted from Chelsea’s tour squad which departed to Australia on Wednesday night due to their participation at the World Cup. The player took to his social media handle to share his first picture from his day One at Cobham training ground. First day Inn.. work-mode #omeruo #cfc #cobham A post shared by Kenneth Omeruo (@omeruo) on Jul 19, 2018 at 4:28am PDT Kenneth will do some fitness tests and will be hoping…
English Premier League side Liverpool have completed a world-record deal for Roma keeper Alisson making the Brazilian the most expensive goalie. The Brazil international is the most expensive shot-stopper on the planet after passing his medical and penning a lucrative six-year contract. Roma had indicated the transfer was worth 75million Euros (£66.8million) but Anfield sources insist the figure is in fact £65million. Around £56million is guaranteed with £2.2million of that to be paid to Internacional, who had a sell-on clause when Alisson left his homeland for Italy in 2016. Liverpool will potentially pay a further £9million in…