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2023–24 Champions League: All you need to know about the draws, key dates, time and final venue

2023–24 Champions League: All you need to know about the draws, key dates, time and final venue

Europe’s premier club competition, the UEFA Champions League, will be making a return for its 69th consecutive season in less than four weeks. The 2023–24 Champions League campaign promises to be an intriguing one, as it marks the 32nd year since the competition was renamed from the European Cup. The 32 teams that will be making a run at being crowned as the European continent’s most...

FIBA World Cup: South Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire and Cape Verde all crash out of tournament

FIBA World Cup: South Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire and Cape Verde all crash out of tournament

The fate of the three other African sides at the ongoing FIBA World Cup has been determined after Angola and Egypt missed out on progressing to the next round earlier in the week. South Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire, and Cape Verde all lost their final group games and have been relegated to the Classification 17–32 games to determine the African side that will get the ticket for...

Saka, Rashford and Haaland win big in PFA awards

Saka, Rashford and Haaland win big in PFA awards

The trio of Premier League stars Bukayo Saka, Erling Haaland, and Marcus Rashford were big winners at the 50th edition of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) awards held at the Lowry Theatre in Manchester on Tuesday. The PFA Awards honour the top performers from the previous season and are voted for by the players and the fans alike. Manchester City's leading marksman, Haaland, who won the...

Akpom wins PFA Championship POTY award, included in Team of the year

Akpom wins PFA Championship POTY award, included in Team of the year

Nigerian forward Chuba Akpom won the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) award as the Championship Players’ Player of the Year for the 2022–23 season, at the 50th edition of the award ceremony on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/PFA/status/1696609258136088939?s=20 The 27-year-old, who recently sealed a move to Dutch powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam this summer, enjoyed fine form in the second division last season with Middlesbrough. Akpom scored 29 goals for Boro in...