Football

Arsenal revive Champions League hopes with 2-0 win over Bayern Munich, Chelsea held

Arsenal revive Champions League hopes with 2-0 win over Bayern Munich, Chelsea held

Paris: Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil struck late on as Arsenal gave their Champions League hopes a shot in the arm with a stirring 2-0 win over Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Chelsea had to settle for a 0-0 draw away to Dynamo Kiev but reigning European champions Barcelona won in Belarus and Bayer […]

La Liga dominates FIFA’s Ballon d’Or shortlist

La Liga dominates FIFA’s Ballon d’Or shortlist

Spain’s Primera Division dominates the FIFA’s 23-man Ballon d’Or shortlist with 11 players with the Premier League and Bundesliga each contributing five. Real Madrid and Barcelona continue their dominance of La liga  with 5 and 6 players from both teams respectively. The list includes; 2014 winner Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale  the only British player on the list for […]

Tony Mawejje fires Uganda Cranes past Comoros Island to boost AFCON 2017 qualifier hopes

Uganda Cranes registered a second win in  their AFCON 2017 qualifying campaign by beating Comoros Island 1-0. Thróttur Reykjavík F.C midfielder Tony Mawejje scored the only goal of the game in the last ten minutes of the first half after Brian Umony’s cross. Earlier on Skipper Geoffrey Massa was brought down on the edge which […]

AFCON qualifiers 2017: Uganda Cranes away to Comoros Island

AFCON qualifiers 2017: Uganda Cranes away to Comoros Island

Victory for Coach Mulitin ‘Micho’ Sredojević ‘s side will see them gun maximum points from two games in the for the 2017 AFCON qualifiers .Uganda Cranes play the groups’ under dogs Comoros at Mitsamiouli stadium in Moroni. The Cranes opened the campaign beating Botswana 2-0 in June at Namboole. In terms of this outing against […]

Champions League draw: Arsenal and Manchester City handed tough groups

Champions League draw: Arsenal and Manchester City handed tough groups

Arsenal has been handed yet another difficult task of facing Bayern Munich in the Champions League group stage for the third time in four seasons .The German Champions have beaten the gunners  twice in the last three seasons of European football. Arsene Wenger’s Team were also drawn in the same Group  with Dinamo Zagreb of […]

Rooney hits hat-trick as Manchester United return to Champions League group stages, Lazio dumped out

Rooney hits hat-trick as Manchester United return to Champions League group stages, Lazio dumped out

Manchester United Captain Wayne Rooney struck a hat-trick in a 4-0 demolition of Club Bruges to guide his team to the Champions League group stages with a 7-1aggregate on Wednesday. Rooney  has been getting much criticism from fans and pundits due to poor form as the England striker had gone 10 games without a goal […]

Chelsea confirm £21 signing of Pedro from Barcelona

Chelsea confirm £21 signing of Pedro from Barcelona

Chelsea have completed the signing of Pedro from Barcelona after beating Manchester United in a deal worth up to £21.1m. Despite United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward flying to Barcelona on Monday 17 august, 2015 to try and finalise terms on the deal, Pedro changed his mind and opted for Chelsea. Chelsea football club released a statement on their […]

Valencia on course for Champions League group stages

Valencia on course for Champions League group stages

Sofiane Feghouli late goal helped Valencia secure a 3-1 advantage going into the second leg of their Champions League play-off against Monaco. Algeria international Feghouli put the Spanish side in the driving seat when he found the net in the 86th minute giving his team control going into the second leg. Valencia got off to […]

Champions League: Memphis Depay shines in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Club Brugge

Champions League: Memphis Depay shines in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Club Brugge

Memphis Depay scored a brace on his UEFA Champions League debut for Manchester United as they beat Club Brugge 3-1 at Old Trafford. Manchester United chances of a return to the UEFA Champions League group stage got a boost after a 3-1 play-off victory over Club Brugge in the first leg on Tuesday. Memphis Depay put […]

Manchester City crash Chelsea, Arsenal get a scrappy win at Crystal Palace

Manchester City crash Chelsea, Arsenal get a scrappy win at Crystal Palace

Manchester City demolished champions Chelsea 3-0 on Sunday to move into the top spot in the Premier League standings. Argentine striker Sergio Aguero opened up the scoring for Man City in 31st minute after Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic denied City on several occasions at the Etihad Stadium. Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany doubled the lead […]

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