Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane has claimed the Gerd Muller Trophy as the best striker at the 2024 Ballon d'Or award ceremony in Paris on Monday night, Afrosport reports. The Englishman was a class apart for the Bavarian giants last season where he scored 44 goals in 45 competitive appearances to finish as the Europe's highest goalscorer, 36 of which came in 32 Bundesliga games. He...
The disciplinary committee of the world football governing, FIFA, has suspended Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez from Albiceleste’s next two matches after he was found to have "displayed offensive behavior and violated rinciples of fair play", Afrosport reports. The 32-year-old will miss Argentina's 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia in October. The 2022 World Cup Golden Glove winner was found guilty of violating FIFA’s code...
Aston Villa are closing in on qualification for UEFA Champions League football next season as they currently lie in fourth position in the Premier League table. Unai Emery's men have had a fine 2023-24 campaign by reaching the semi-final of the UEFA Europa Conference League and they have been in the league's top five for the majority of the campaign. Afrosport takes a look at Aston...
England’s only chance of winning a European club trophy this season looks to have taken a huge dent as Moroccan forward Ayoub El Kaabi bagged a hat-trick to help Olympiacos to a 4-2 win over Aston Villa at Villa Park in their Europa Conference League semifinal first leg encounter on Thursday night. The 30-year-old Moroccan international opened the scoring in the 17th minute after being teed...
Argentine international Emiliano Martinez was the subject of a controversial call in the Europa Conference League during Aston Villa's quarterfinal second leg against Lille on Thursday night. The World Cup winner was allowed to continue in goal for Villa during the penalty shootouts despite receiving a second yellow card at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1781044751514357997?t=flgsNq98sROhA471pGy3YQ&s=19 Martinez had initially received a yellow card in the 39th minute, and...
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