Manchester City midfielder Rodri says players are close to striking following the number of games they are faced with every season. With City expected to go deep into all the competitions they are playing in, it is likely a 70-game season is on the horizon for the club in an already horribly crowded calendar. While speaking to the media on Tuesday ahead of City’s UEFA Champions...
Europe’s top-tier club competition, the UEFA Champions League, return this week, and football fans can expect nail-biting actions across the first round of matches. The 2024-25 Champions League season provides another topic for discussion with the inaugural 36-team league format, which earmarks the end of the famous group stages and a totally revamped knockout phase. The tournament will begin on Tuesday, September 17, and will run...
Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen will have to wait to make his second appearance for his new club Galatasaray following his debut with the Turkish Super Lig club last weekend. The 25-year-old Napoli loanee has been ruled out of Galatasaray's clash against Gaziantep FK on Tuesday owing to ineligibility reasons, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) confirmed. Osimhen, who joined the Turkish side this month after a...
Ahead of next month's double-header against Nigeria, Libya have sacked head coach Milutin Sredojevic following a string of disappointing results in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches. The Serbian, fondly called Micho, took over Libya in October 2023, about a month after mutually terminating his contract as head coach of the Zambian national team. The 55-year-old led the Mediterranean Knights to seven wins, four...
Zimbabwe sports minister Kirsty Coventry is one of the seven leading candidates vying for the position of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency, Afrosport reports. Coventry, a former Olympic swimmer, has won seven of Zimbabwe’s eight medals at the Games, and she is the only woman and African on the list of possible candidates. The 41-year-old, looking to become the first woman and African to head...
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