The new Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino has just one week to sell four players. Sources claimed that this is in order to avoid a potentially awkward start to his time in charge. The Blues are scheduled to begin pre-season training next Wednesday. Kalidou Koulibaly, Mateo Kovacic, Edouard Mendy, Kai Havertz and Ruben Loftus-Cheek have all sealed
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The former Chelsea defender, Glen Johnson has insisted that the club will regret selling midfielder Mateo Kovacic to Manchester City this summer as Mauricio Pochettino officially takes over at Stamford Bridge as the new manager. Pochettino arrived at the west London club on Monday after agreeing to become Chelsea’s sixth permanent manager in five years
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Dr. Afam Atu (Echeribe), the visionary founder of Kings Care Foundation, is proud to announce the upcoming Echeribe Enugu East Senatorial Zone Football Tournament, set to take place from August 27th to September 24th, 2023. This highly anticipated tournament aims to highlight the untapped football talent within Enugu State while providing opportunities for young players to
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Victor Osimhen is now the third most valuable striker in the world. Osimhen is ranked only behind Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland. The 24-year-old was the top scorer in Serie A last season with 26 goals from 32 games. The Nigerian added another five in the UEFA Champions League. The
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Manchester United have made a funny request to David De Gea, asking him not to sign for a new club, despite allowing him leave as a free agent. The Spanish goalkeeper officially departed Old Trafford on Friday upon the expiry of his contract. United were initially keen to tie De Gea down to a new
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Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has won the Best African Player of the year. He beat the treble winner Riyadh Mahrez and Mohammed Salah at the Ghana Football Awards. The 24-year-old registered 31 goals in all competitions last season to help Napoli win the Serie A title for the first time in over three decades. The
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Former Liverpool man, Stan Collymore has appealed to Erik ten Hag not to sell Jadon Sancho now. He believes the England forward deserves at least one more chance at the club. Collymore believes that if given another opportunity, the England international will impress the manager and the fans next season. Sancho joined the Red Devils
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Former Golden Eaglets forward, Akinkunmi Amoo has been sentenced to one-year in prison by a court in Denmark for sexual assault. Sources however said that Amoo can appeal the court decision. Amoo was charged with rape, as well as attempted rape and violations of two more women. Danish authorities had first brought forward criminal charges
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French footballer Benjamin Mendy will return to a UK courtroom Monday for the start of his retrial for two alleged sexual offences, five months after a jury cleared him of multiple other counts. Man City player Mendy, 28, will be back in the dock at Chester Crown Court in northwest England to face one count
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LANDIKOTAL: Norwagian-Pakistani bikers Ziauddin Pirzada reached Pakistan on Sunday after his 22 days bike journey from Oslo city of Norway. Ziauddin Pirzada, a resident of Pirokhel in Landikotal, living in Norway started his journey on his bike he called it Leo. He was fond of traveling and exploring the world. Additional assistant commissioner Ramiz Ali
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Anambra state government has revived the moribund first primary and secondary school sports festival which held last ten years ago for both public and private sectors in the state. Speaking at a press conference/ official opening ceremony of the festival in Awka yesterday, the Chairman Anambra state Sports Development Commission, Patrick Estate Onyedum disclosed that
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra State has urged corps members to take advantage of sporting activities to foster unity and love among themselves. State Coordinator, Mrs. Blessing Ekene Iruma gave the advice during a football match between the NYSC staff and corps members as part of activities to mark 50 years anniversary
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Former Liverpool star, Jamie Redknapp has named Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne as the greatest Premier League midfielder. Redknapp believes Kevin De Bruyne is ahead of the likes of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane. “It is tough, I am going to be talking about family because there is never going
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Manchester United winger, Jadon Sancho appeared to ask teammate Bruno Fernandes to “stop moaning” during the Red Devils’ Premier League 1-0 win against Aston Villa on Sunday. Man United continued their push for a top-four spot this season after beating Aston Villa at Old Trafford. Fernandes netted the only goal of the match to give
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Liverpool legend, Graeme Souness has identified Manchester City as the EPL team that embarrassed Arsenal this season. According to Souness, Man City showed that they are true champions after beating Arsenal 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium a few days ago. Pep Guardiola’s side defeated Arsenal last week, with two goals from Kevin De Bruyne and
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