UEFA sanctions Chelsea, Juventus for financial breaches
Chelsea have agreed a resolution with European football governing body UEFA that will see them hand over 10 million euros (about 11 million dollars or N850 million) to the soccer…
UCL Draws in Full: Benzema, Putellas voted UEFA Best Players
Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan are in the group of death (Group C) in the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League with only minnow being Viktoria Plzen. This is even as…
FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles drop by 1 spot, now world 31st, 4th in Africa
June 23, 2022 The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped by one spot in the FIFA World ranking for June to become world 31st and fourth-placed team in Africa. According…
Biennial World Cup Plan Would Make Football $4.4b Richer – FIFA
Dec. 21, 2021 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on Monday claimed staging the World Cup every two years would offer enormous financial benefits for its member federations as president…
Ticket for England Euro 2020 final with Italy sells online by touts for up to £50,000.
July 8, 2021 UEFA will not hesitate to take action (including cancelling tickets) where such unauthorised offers are identified and take legal proceedings against third parties involved in the unauthorised…
European Super League collapses as all six EPL clubs pull out
Plans for the European Super League fell further into crisis late Tuesday, with all six English clubs announcing they were turning away from their involvement in the controversial project. Manchester…
Super League: UEFA says participating clubs risk ban from football worldwide
Europe’s football ruling body UEFA is set to approve sweeping Champions League reforms on Monday and has issued a stern warning to clubs amid a latest Super League threat, saying…
We have to pick the best for national assignments, we shouldn’t be happy with mediocrity – Sunday Oliseh
Super Eagles legend, Sunday Oliseh has lamented the fallen profile of the senior national team, saying that the 1994 African champions now lack quality. Oliseh said unlike his playing days,…
New CAF President optimistic of Africa World Cup win soon
New Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe raised the bar Tuesday for national teams in the continent by insisting one of them must win the World Cup soon….
2019/2020 Bundesliga begins this weekend, becomes first “big league” to restart amid pandemic
The eyes of the sports world will be on Germany’s Bundesliga this weekend as it becomes the first “big league’’ to restart after the COVID-19 shutdown. But little would…