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Nations League: Belgium defeats Israel as France lose to Italy

Nations League: Belgium defeats Israel as France lose to Italy

Belgium defeated Israel 3-1 in their UEFA Nations League, League A Group 2 game at the Nagyerdei Stadion in Hungary on Friday, Afrosport reports. Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring for the Red Devils on 21 minutes before his teammate Timothy Castagne scored an own goal nine minutes before half time. Youri Tielemans added a goal for Belgium in the 48th minute before De Bruyne completed...

Nations League: Ronaldo scores in Portugal win as Serbia hold Spain to goalless draw

Nations League: Ronaldo scores in Portugal win as Serbia hold Spain to goalless draw

The international break in Europe kicked off in sensational manner with the UEFA Nations League group matches winners of the inaugural edition, Portugal, claimed a 2-1 win over Croatia inside Benfica's Estadio de Luz on Thursday. Goals from Diogo Dalot and a milestone-reaching 900th goal from Cristiano Ronaldo in the 7th and 34th minutes, respectively, put the hosts in front. Although Croatia drew one back through...

Cristiano Ronaldo: Portuguese forward becomes first player to score 900 goals

Cristiano Ronaldo: Portuguese forward becomes first player to score 900 goals

Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo notched the 900th goal of his illustrious career to become the first footballer in history to reach this milestone, Afrosport reports. The Al-Nassr forward achieved this feat by scoring Portugal’s second goal in their UEFA Nations League opener against Croatia on Thursday. 𝟵𝟬𝟬𝘅 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗗𝗢 🐐🇵🇹 E o melhor? A história ainda não acabou… 🫡️ #PartilhaAPaixão | #CR900 pic.twitter.com/8HHjttwj4D —...

UEFA Conference League: Palmer, Fofana & Lavia out of Chelsea’s provisional squad

UEFA Conference League: Palmer, Fofana & Lavia out of Chelsea’s provisional squad

Premier League club Cheslea have decided to leave out trio of Cole Pamer, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia from their 28-man provisional squad for the UEFA Conference League, the club announced on Thursday. With the new format league phase of the Conference League fast approaching, the Blues are looking at resting some of their key players from UEFA’s third-tier club tournament. The West London club qualified...

Ballon d’Or: Ademola Lookman joins Vinicius, Bellingham & Rodri on nominees shortlist

Ballon d’Or: Ademola Lookman joins Vinicius, Bellingham & Rodri on nominees shortlist

Super Eagles and Atalanta winger, Ademola Lookman, was amongst the 28 players shortlisted for world football's most prestigious individual award, The Ballon d'Or, Afrosport reports. Nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or Ademola Lookman Atalanta Bergame Nigeria#ballondor pic.twitter.com/1ODk7OaSFW — Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024 Ahead of the ceremony scheduled to be held on October 28 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France, the organisers of...