Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has refused to give up on the Premier League title race despite falling behind after a 1-0 defeat at home to West Ham United at the weekend, Afrosport reports. Liverpool capitalised on Arsenal’s slip-up by beating Manchester City 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday to create an 11-point gap having played a game more. The Gunners travel to the City Ground to...
Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca is unconcerned by the lack of goals from Cole Palmer in recent times, Afrosport reports. The England forward is the Blues top scorer in the league this season with 14 goals and six assists but has failed to score in his last five games, his last goal coming in a 2-2 draw with Bournemouth on January 14. Palmer’s drop in goalscoring...
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is not backing down from his comments regarding Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Afrosport reports. Carragher has come under fire for his comments after Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday. The former England international, while on Sky Sports, claimed that Salah, who has scored 30 goals and provided 21...
Mexican referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava has been handed a six-month ban from officiating in CONCACAF competitions after asking for Lionel Messi's autograph, Afrosport reports. Ortiz reportedly asked Messi for his autograph for a family member with special needs at the end of Inter Miami’s 1-0 win at Sporting Kansas City in the CONCACAF Champions Cup on 19 February. CONCACAF opened disciplinary proceedings against the 36-year-old,...
Reigning champion Jorge Martin will miss the MotoGP season-opener in Thailand after sustaining multiple fractures, his Aprilia Racing team said on Monday. Martin has reportedly suffered a fracture to his left foot and a triple fracture to his left hand and is set to undergo surgery in Barcelona on Tuesday. The new injury, however, is not related to the ones he suffered earlier this month, having...
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