Victor Boniface came off the bench to help Bayer Leverkusen to a late 2-0 win over West Ham United in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals at BayArena on Thursday night. The Pharmaceutical-backed outfit came from behind twice over two legs to defeat Qarabag in the Round of 16 and were going to face a stern test from the Hammers. It turned out...
The Premier League on Thursday confirmed that the semi-automated offside technology (SAOT), will be introduced into the league from the 2024-25 campaign. Following a stakeholder’s meeting, the 20 clubs agreed to launch the technology next season, meaning the Premier League will make use of the SAOT before the end of the year. However, the English top division revealed in a released statement that the technology will...
The Nigeria Football Federation has narrated the hostile treatment of the South African Football Association after the Super Falcons pipped Banyana Banyana to the Paris 2024 Olympics ticket on Tuesday. Nigeria defeated South Africa 1-0 on aggregate despite settling for a goalless draw in Pretoria and they advanced to the Olympics stage for the first time since 2008. The result did not go down well with...
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he sympathises with Bukayo Saka after the referee failed to award a late penalty in the Gunners' 2-2 UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg draw with Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night. The North London outfit thought they had won a penalty in the very last minute of added time when Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer seemed to have...
Zambia joined the Super Falcons in qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday night after coming back from a first leg deficit against Morocco to win 2-0. The Copper Queens lost the first leg on home soil 2-1 but turned their fortunes around on Moroccan thanks to Barbra Banda's 38th minute strike which levelled the tie 2-2 on aggregate. The game went into extra time...
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