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French Ligue 1 shatter 48-year-old record in matchday 31

French Ligue 1 shatter 48-year-old record in matchday 31

Matchday 31 of the 2023-24 French Ligue 1 season has been etched in history books after all 18 teams scored at least one goal in their fixtures for the first time in 48 years. The last time all participating teams scored at least a goal in the French top-flight fixture was in the matchday 4 of the 1976-77 season. With 40 goals scored in the matchday...

Saudi Pro League: Mane, Mahrez & Africans who have moved to Saudi Arabia this summer

Saudi Pro League: Mane, Mahrez & Africans who have moved to Saudi Arabia this summer

This should be another summer where players across Europe are making moves across the continent in the transfer window. That norm however seems to have changed as a list of high-profile players that started with Cristiano Ronaldo and now Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante, Roberto Firmino among others and have all headed to Saudi Arabia. This comes on the back of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) taking...

Ghana’s Abdul Samed gets heavy sanction in Ligue 1

Ghana’s Abdul Samed gets heavy sanction in Ligue 1

 Ghana midfielder Salis Abdul Samed will miss Lens' next three matches after receiving a straight red card in their Ligue 1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last Saturday. Abdul Samed was sent off 19 minutes into Lens' 3-1 defeat to the league leaders after a reckless challenge on Morocco's right-back Achraf Hakimi. Following a review by the Disciplinary Committee of the LFP on Wednesday, the 23-year-old will...