Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been appointed to lead a FIFA task force to oversee growing concerns around fixture congestion which is taking a toll on the physical and mental state of professional footballers, Afrosport reports. According to a statement on Monday by the world football governing body, the 75-year-old Frenchman will lead the task force created to look into the packed schedules being kicked...
Bukayo Saka has expressed his disappointment despite scoring a landmark 50th Premier League goal for Arsenal in their 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday, Afrosport reports. The 23-year-old returned to the team after missing the last two competitive games due injury and put the Gunners ahead in the ninth minute. Arsenal led 2-1 at the end of the first half and it remained that way until...
Bukayo Saka joined an exclusive company of history makers in the Premier League with his first half goal in Arsenal’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, Afrosport reports The Gunners forward, returning from injury, opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a sublime near-post finish past Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher for his third league goal of the season. The strike was...
Liverpool rounded off Sunday's round of matches in the Premier League with a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in their trip to the Emirates Stadium, Afrosport reports. Bukayo Saka was back in action and back among the goals as the English forward put the Gunners ahead in the ninth minute as Mikel Arteta's men were looking to bounce back from last weekend's loss at Bournemouth. The visitors,...
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has stated that Ethan Nwaneri is in contention for his first-ever Premier League start in Sunday's highly-anticipated clash with Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium, Afrosport reports. The 17-year-old England attacker of Nigerian heritage has been a regular name in the Gunners' matchday squad this season but has been more of an unused substitute with just 18 combined minutes of action in three...
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