German club Borussia Dortmund have confirmed Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi will miss the rest of the season with a broken metatarsal. The 20-year-old, who is on loan from Real Madrid, will return to the Spanish capital for an operation. He lasted just 24 minutes after coming on as a substitute in Dortmund’s 2-0 win over Wolfsburg on […]
The Uganda U17 national team is in Nairobi for a nine-day residential camp ahead of the U17 AFCON Finals due in Tanzania from 14-28 April. The youngsters have been in residential training camp for eight days at FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru with the newly appointed head coach Paa Samuel Kwesi Fabin in charge this according […]
Manchester United’s world cup winner Paul Pogba is the only player for the Manchester side club appearing on the UEFA’s 50-man Team of the Year shortlist. United shot stopper David de Gea, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial are the surprise misses from the list. Napoli has also one player by the names of Kalidou Koulibaly making the […]
Despite a slow start to life in Italy following his move from Real Madrid, Mr. Record breaker Cristiano Ronaldo has now equalled a 60-year-old goalscoring record at Juventus. The Portuguese failed to find the back of the net in his first three matches in Serie A, before finally breaking his duck with a brace against […]
Juventus and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has named his five favourites for this year’s Ballon d’Or including one African, but snubbed hoary rival Lionel Messi. The prestigious Golden Ball will be handed out by France Football on 3 December, and many believe there could be a new winner for the first time in 10 years, with Luka […]
Julen Lopetegui has paid tribute to the Real Madrid fans, after he was sacked as manager on Monday. The 52-year-old was axed following the 5-1 El Clasico humiliation at the hands of Barcelona on Sunday. Madrid released a statement to confirm Lopetegui’s exit, in which they appeared to criticise the former Spain boss for failing to […]
One of African football‘s most powerful figures has been banned from the sport for life for breaking bribery and corruption rules. Ex-Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi also broke conflict of interest rules, Fifa said. Football’s world governing body launched an investigation after Nyantakyi was pictured taking $65,000 (£48,000) from an undercover reporter. Fifa […]
Former Manchester United winger Memphis Depay has gone on a staggering rant demanding respect from Lyon after another controversial weekend. Depay 24, has seemingly revived his once-promising career that came to a relative halt during a failed stint at Old Trafford. Since arriving in France in a cut-price £14m deal, the Netherlands forward has scored 31 goals and […]
Renato Sanches has come in for some high praise from fellow Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich, with the Germany right-back saying the young Portuguese is the reason for their win against Mainz on Saturday. Leon Goretzka scored for the Bavarian first, before Jean-Paul Boetius grabbed an equaliser at the Opel Arena. Thiago Alcantara later snatched what proved to be the winner soon after […]
Manchester City are determined to break their transfer record to sign Ajax starlet Frenkie de Jong, according to Daily Star. The Holland International is a long-time target of Barcelona while Tottenham are reported to have offered £ 25 million last summer. Italian giants Juventus also sent their scouts to watch the 21-year-old player a few time this […]