Former Ivory Coast international Sol Bamba has died at the age of 39, Afrosport reports. The former Leeds United, Leicester City, Cardiff City and Hibernian defender, who was recently appointed as head coach of Turkish club Adanaspor in July, was said to have taken ill shortly before his death. Bamba overcame non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2021 while playing for Cardiff, but the defender has now passed on...
Paul Onuachu and Southampton will begin life in the Championship when they travel to Hillsborough to tackle Sheffield Wednesday on August 4. The Saints were relegated after 11 seasons in the Premier League last term, finishing last with 25 points. Onuachu was purchased from Genk in January but could not save Southampton from relegation and is yet to open his account for the south coast outfit....
Nigerian forward Chuba Akpom has been nominated for the Championship PFA Vertu Motor Fans' Player of the Year award for the historic season he had with Middlesbrough. The 27-year-old, who has already won the EFL Player of the Season award and Boro’s Player of the Year and Player's Player of the Year awards, will be up against five other players in the six-man final shortlist. Burnley’s...
Nigerian descent Chub Akpom has been named the EFL Championship Player of the Season following his blistering goalscoring form at Middlesbrough. Akpom tops the scoring chart in the English second-tier with his tally of 28 goals in 36 league appearances for Michael Carrick's side who sit fourth in the table. The 27-year-old fend off competition from Burnley's Josh Brownhill and Coventry City's Viktor Gyokeres to clinch...
Vincent Kompany has led Burnley back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, following a 2-1 win at Middlesbrough in Friday night's Championship action. The Clarets have been the dominant force in the English second-tier since the Belgian tactician arrived Turf Moor after their relegation from the top-flight last term after six consecutive seasons. Long-serving forward Ashley Barnes gave Burnley the lead in...
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