Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana has announced his retirement from international football after his debacle at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The 26-year-old was in the news for the wrong reasons during the tournament, as a dispute with head coach Rigobert Song led to him being sent home after just one game. Song was reportedly unhappy with the goalkeeper’s style of play, accusing him...
With the return of club football, the Premier League released a report detailing the use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the ongoing 2022-23 Premier League season. A five-person independent panel was set up to conduct a weekly review of the key match incidents (KMI) for all games, and it has been discovered that six of the VAR decisions were incorrect. The panel noted that...
The Polish Football Association has announced their intention to part ways with head coach Czeslaw Michniewicz. 52-year-old Michniewicz will cease to be the Eagles manager from December 31 after the football federation refused to renew his contract following criticism of the national team's defensive tactics and style of play. The federation revealed the decision via a statement on their official social media channels and it read:...
Natalya Antyukh is the latest Russian athlete to be stripped of her Olympic medal. The gold medallist for the 400m hurdles event at the London 2012 Olympic Games has had her medal stripped on the basis of historical data from a Moscow testing laboratory. The 41-year-old is currently serving a four-year ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) listed her as part of a group of...
Team Nigeria has emerged as the first African team to qualify for the curling event of the 2024 Youth Winter Olympics. Nigeria was the only African team that participated in the World Junior B Curling Championship in Finland. The President of the Nigeria Curling Federation, Daniel Damola confirmed the country’s qualification for both the mixed and mixed doubles events at the competition. The president congratulates the...
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