Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams has been ruled out for several weeks after suffering a groin injury, Afrosport reports. The 23-year-old Spaniard of Ghanaian heritage did not feature in Sunday's 2-1 Lla Liga win away at Real Oviedo, lasting featuring in the 1-0 Copa del Rey semi-final first leg win over fierce Basque rivals Real Sociedad. No timeline has been fixed for Williams' return but he...
Akor Adams scored in back-to-back La Liga games as Sevilla recorded their first La Liga win in four matches with a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, Afrosport reports. After returning from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations where he scored two goals and provided as many assists, he netted a brace in a 2-2 draw away at Elche last week. While he started that...
Arsenal began their quest for UEFA Champions League glory with a comfortable 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao at San Mames in the league phase on Tuesday, Afrosport reports. The first half saw very little action in terms of chances in front of goal but things finally came alive in the 72nd minute when substitute Leandro Trossard fed fellow substitute Gabriel Martinelli for the opening goal. Both...
Athletic Bilbao defender Yeray Alvarez has been handed a 10-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance contained in medication used to treat hair loss following his cancer recovery. The 30-year-old tested positive for canrenone, a diuretic that can also act as a masking agent, after Bilbao’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester United in the Europa League semi-finals in May. UEFA accepted Alvarez’s defence that the...
A Barcelona court has sentenced an Espanyol fan to one year in prison for racially abusing Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams during a match back in 2020, Afrosport reports. According to prosecutors, the man imitated monkey gestures and sounds towards Ghanaian forward Williams, and was the first case of racist abuse to be tried in a Spanish court. Prison sentences under two years for non-violent crimes...
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