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Bundesliga: Leverkusen rout Freiburg as relegation-battling Holstein Kiel thrash Augsburg

Bundesliga: Leverkusen rout Freiburg as relegation-battling Holstein Kiel thrash Augsburg

Defending champions Bayer Leverkusen secured a fifth successive Bundesliga victory with a 5-1 rout of Freiburg at BayArena on Saturday, Afrosport reports. Czech forward Patrik Schick scored four goals, and Germany international Florian Wirtz added another as Leverkusen ended the year with only one domestic loss and sits second in the Bundesliga standings. HUGE END TO 2024! 💪🖤❤️ 90+2' | 5-1 | #B04SCF pic.twitter.com/1MbYdxMsMw — Bayer...

Top five football matches to look out for this weekend

Top five football matches to look out for this weekend

Football fans are poised to witness another weekend of pulsating action across the major leagues in Europe following the latest round of midweek continental action which featured the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and the Europa Conference League. Afrosport now takes a look at five fixtures from the weekend's showdown football fans should look out for. Liverpool vs Manchester City Unarguably the top-drawer fixture for the weekend...

Salah: How Egyptian made remarkable history in Liverpool’s Europa League victory

UEL: How Ghana’s Kudus and England’s Bowen complemented each other in West Ham’s comeback win

Mohammed Kudus and Jarred Bowen starred for West Ham United as the London outfit came back from a 1-0 first leg loss to defeat Freiburg 5-0 on Thursday night and progress to the Europa League quarter-finals. Lucas Paqueta put the Hammers in front before Bowen doubled their lead to give them the edge going into the beak Aaron Cresswell made it 3-0 in the 52nd minute...

Europa League Draw: Salah’s Liverpool, Kudus West Ham learn group stage fate

Europa League Draw: Salah’s Liverpool, Kudus West Ham learn group stage fate

Mohamed Salah's first taste of Europa League football with Liverpool will see them take on LASK Linz, Union Saint-Gilloise and Toulouse in Group E following the conclusion of Friday's draw in Monaco. The Reds finished fifth in the Premier League last season which was not enough to guarantee a place in the UEFA Champions League where Salah has played every season since joining the club in...

Brentford sign German-Nigerian winger Schade for club-record fee

Brentford sign German-Nigerian winger Schade for club-record fee

Brentford have completed the permanent signing of Kevin Schade from Freiburg for reported club-record fee of £22 million. The 21-year-old German-Nigerian winger joined the Bees on loan from Freiburg for the 2022-23 season and made 18 Premier League appearances, providing one assist as Brentford finished an impressive ninth after just two seasons of top-flight football. Schade has now put pen to paper a five-year contract at...