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13Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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England are set to grab their first win in the UEFA Nations League next Monday against Spain

England are set to play Spain head-to- head on Monday (7:45 p.m), as England keep their Nations League alive in Seville. The Three Lions played out a disappointing draw in Croatia and have to  defeat Spain in order to have any realistic chance of advancing from the group. While, Spain have been going from strength to strength, as Luis Enrique continues to ease in the next generation of Spanish talent.Spain manager Luis Enrique and England coach Gareth Southgate are ready to prove they can be contenders for top honours, Monday night match is the perfect opportunity to make a statement before the international break ends.

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12Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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UEFA Nations League: Portugal downed Poland 3-2 without Cristiano Ronaldo

European champions Portugal defeat Poland 3-2 in the Polish city of Chorzow through Andre Silva, a Kamil Glik own-goal and a brilliant strike from Bernardo Silva .Portugal now have two wins in two game in the Nations League after also beating Italy 1-0 in September. Genoa striker Krzysztof Piatek had given Poland a 19th-minute lead with Jakub Blaszczykowski cutting the deficit for the home side in the 77th minute.In Podgorica, Serbia reduced Montenegro 2-0 in the first meeting between the two former members of the old Yugoslavia. Aleksandar Mitrovic scored both goals with an 18th-minute penalty followed by an 81st-minute effort.Israel recovered from a goal down in Haifa to defeat Scotland 2-1. Charlie Mulgrew put  Scotland ahead with a 25th- minute penalty but midfielder Dor Peretz le...

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11Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Thierry Henry set to replace Leonardo Jardim as Monaco manager

The former Arsenal striker and current assistant manager of the Belgium national team Thierry Henry is set to replace Leonardo Jardim as Monaco manager. According to report, The Frenchman Henry was formerly linked with Aston Villa after the sacking of Steve Bruce.Henry began his career with the French club in 1995. He made over 100 appearances for Monaco and scored 20 times for the club. Monaco won the Ligue 1 title in 2016-17, but have started off the season poor this time around and are currently in 18th place in the league.

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11Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Ryan Giggs : Bale has 50-50 chance to face Ireland in Nation League game

Wales manager Ryan Giggs has revealed that Gareth Bale has 50-50 chance to play Ireland at Aviva Stadium in their Nations League match next Tuesday. Gareth Bale will miss the opportunity to play Spain and his Real Madrid teammates including Sergio Ramos and Nacho in an international friendly at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff this evening (7.45pm) but could return to play Ireland in Dublin."Bale will be out of play against Spain," said Giggs, whose side are second in Nations League B group four, level on three points with leaders Denmark and above bottom side Ireland on none but having played a game more.Giggs said:“He had a scan last week, a couple of weeks ago with Real Madrid. We rescanned it and have done everything we can to get as much information, There was a l...

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9Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Leicester defender Ben Chilwell has been called up to replace Luke shaw in England squad

England manager Gareth Southgate has added Ben Chilwell to his squad as a replacement for injured Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw. Chilwell, who made his England debut in a 1-0 friendly win over Switzerland on home soil at Leicester's King Power Stadium last month, had originally been included in England's under-21 squad. But the 21-year-old will now take the place of Shaw, whose bad luck with injuries continues to rule him out of a Nations League double-header away to Croatia and Spain. Luke Shaw suffered concussion in a 2-1 defeat to Spain last month on his first international start since breaking his leg in 2015. He completed the 90 minutes in United's thrilling comeback from 2-0 down to beat Newcastle 3-2 on Satur...

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8Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Chelsea stars Kante and Hazard are nominated for 2018 Ballon D'or

2018 Ballon d’Or nominees has been released and this time the award will take place in Paris on 3rd December 2018. The Ballon d'or has been  dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo over the past decade (5 times winners, each), but as we saw with FIFA’s  the best award going to Luka Modric, 2018 could bring a changing of the guard.Two Chelsea players who will be hoping that is indeed the case are Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante, both of whom are nominated for the second consecutive year. Kante finished 8th and Hazard 19th in last year’s field of 30 nominees. These are the 30 nominees for the 2018 Ballon d’Or :1.     Sergio Aguero (Argentina / Manchester City)2.     Alisson (Brazil / Roma & Liverpool)3.     G...

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8Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Brendan Rodgers admitted he loves Celtics amid link to Aston Villa

Brendan Rodgers has admitted that he is loving every second of his time at Celtic amid Aston Villa speculation. According to Report, Aston Villa are searching for a replacement for Steve Bruce, who was sacked following a troublesome start to the new Championship campaign.Bruce, who has a good record of getting teams out of the Championship and into the Premier League, has left Villa in 15th place, having won just three of their opening 11 games. Aston villa lost away from home at the weekend following Bruce's dismissal, falling to a 2-1 defeat away at Millwall. The latest loss leaves them on just 15 points from 12 games, winning three, drawing six, and losing three.Brendan Rodgers was asked about the Aston Villa rumours and said: “I have been linked with a number of ...

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4Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out in Portugal squad for UEFA nations League as he battle rape allegations in USA

Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out in Portugal's national team squad for a pair of upcoming matches, this was revealed on thursday as Ronaldo battle rape allegations in the United States. The portugal star Ronaldo has been accused of rape by Kathryn Mayorga, who says the player assaulted her in Las Vegas in 2009. He has denied the accusation.Cristiano Ronaldo was left out in squad for Portugal's second game in the UEFA Nations League at Poland on 11 October and a friendly match in Glasgow against Scotland three days later. Portugal coach Fernando Santos said Ronaldo also will not be called up for the next round of international games in November.Portugal manager Fernado santos said the decision was taken after a three way conversation between him, Ronaldo and the head of the Portugue...

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4Oct By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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2018/2019 UEFA Europa League Matchday 2 group stage fixtures

Rangers are back to  action  in UEFA Europa League group stage tonight as they play  Rapid Wien , there will be a packed 84-page souvenir programme on sale outside the stadium before kick-off. Rangers fans can read programme notes from Rangers manager Steven Gerrard and captain James Tavernier.Chelsea will also be in Europa League action tonight as they face Hungarian champions Videoton in Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have started strong this season under new boss Maurizio Sarri , are unbeaten in all competitions with eight wins from nine games.The last time Vidi met an English side was in 1985, beating Manchester United on penalties in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals after a 1-1 aggregate draw.Matchday 2 Fixtures■ Astana vs RennesTime: 15:50■ AC Milan vs OlympiakosTime: 17:55■...

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30Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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African Nations Backed Gianni Infantino for re-election as FIFA president

African nations backed Gianni Infantino for re-election as FIFA president, the head of the continental football federation Ahmad Ahmad declared his support for Infantino on sunday.He said:I feel it is my duty to announce this support from Africa, Ahmad stated at a special meeting of the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee, which Infantino attended, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.Infantino, a former deputy head of UEFA, was first elected in 2016 to replace Sepp Blatter, when the scandal that surround the governing body of world football was at its height.The next presidential election will be held in Paris in June 2019 and Infantino expressed his gratitude for the African support.Infantino said:It means a lot to me, Since long before my election, I had said, and since I have do...

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28Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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UEFA announced Germany as the host of Euro 2024

UEFA has announced Germany as the of host Euro 2024 after winning the challenge of Turkey. This decision represents good news for England’s 2030 World Cup bid, Uefa’s executive committee supported UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin’s choice.  Ceferin was ready to ensure the safest bid won as he prepares for what UEFA insiders accept could be a chaotic 2020 championships which will be split over 12 nations. But the decision has implications for the plans for an English led British Isles World Cup in 12 years time.Ceferin has publicly declared his support for the FA’s plans to lead the 2030 campaign as Europe’s sole candidate. Former Manchester United chief executive David Gill and outgoing Arsenal boss Ivan Gazidis, both members of the executive committee, backed Ceferin in his push for...

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26Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers snub move to China

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers disclosed that he rejected ajob offer from a Chinese team during the summer. The celtic coach who has lead his club to successive domestic trebles, has comfirmed that there was an offer from china.He said :My concentration was with Celtic, At the end of the season, what was important was to get away, recover from a really tough season and prepare for the next season,he added. Nothing in the offer made me think otherwise.

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25Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Ligue 1: Monaco failed to build their momentum this season as they suffer 1-0 defeat against Anger

Monaco has failed to build their momentum in Ligue 1 has they suffer a 1-0 defeat  against Angers at Stade Louis II. Anger striker Stephane Bahoken’s first-half goal gave the visitor the lead.Monaco have now won just once in their first eight matches of the new season after failing to produce the required response following Friday’s 1-1 home draw with Nimes and a Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid.Angers, who ground out a goalless draw with Toulouse on Saturday, started brightly as Bahoken headed wide. The visitors continued to press as Flavien Tait and Cheikh N’Doye both put good chances off target before goalkeeper Diego Benaglio saved Baptiste Santamaria’s long range shot. Cameroon frontman Bahoken finally broke the deadlock on 27 minutes.Angers...

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20Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Brazil striker Willian gave Chelsea a perfect 1-0 victory against PAOK in the Europa League

Chelsea begin their Europa league campaign with 1-0 victory against PAOK when Brazil forward Willian scored a goal to give chelsea a win at PAOK Thessaloniki on Thursday.Chelsea is currently leading in the Premier League table with five wins from five games, the blues left out Eden Hazard for its opening game in Europe this season after the Belgium playmaker claimed a hat trick in a 4-1 win against Cardiff on Saturday.Sevilla, the most successful team in Europa League history, beat Standard Liege 5-1 while Eintracht Frankfurt upset Marseille 2-1. Arsenal was hosting Ukraine's Vorskla and Dudelange of Luxembourg was entertaining AC Milan in late games.

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19Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Neymar shows his political support to Romario who aspire to be Rio de Janeiro next state gorvernor

Paris Saint Germain striker  Neymar has supported Romario de Souza Faria who is presently fighting an election to be Rio de Janeiro next state governor.Romario  won a World Cup with Brazil as well as the FIFA Player of the Year award. In 2005, Romario played his last game with the Brazilian national team in a friendly and celebratory match in Sao Paulo. He wore the captain's armband and scored the second goal in Brazil's 3–0 win against Guatemala.  Following the end of his playing career with Brazil, Romario successfully campaigned for Brazil to be awarded host status for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He started his political career in 2010 after retiring. He is currently a senator in Brazil's congress. Romario's social media channels published a video of Neymar supporting him to...

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19Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Eden Hazard will be out of action in Chelsea Squad to face PAOK in the Europa league

Belgium international player Eden Hazard will be left out as Chelsea travel to Greece to face PAOK in the Europa League by 6p.m GMT tomorrow. The Chelsea forward player has netted five goals in the opening five Premier League games to assist the Blues to have a great season.The blues coach Maurizio Sarri has planned to leave Hazard out of the squad to face PAOK along with central defender David Luiz. Mateo Kovacic and Emerson are the two other players who have not made the trip from London.Some player might be featured in the match, like Gary Cahill, Andreas Christensen, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ross Barkley as Sarri plans to rotate his squad ahead of a long season.

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19Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Unai Emery plans to win the Europa league this season

Arsenal manager Unai Emery has disclosed that his club will be taking the Europa League seriously this season.  Emery believes this will be a key for his side. He revealed that the Arsenal players are expected to perform in the games, just as they would in the Premier League.He said: The Premier League is the first competition because it gives us a big responsibility in the season. Because you analyse over 38 matches. But other competitions are also very, very important.And today we are thinking only to give our supporters the best performance for 90 minutes on the pitch at the Emirates. Playing at home for me is very exciting. I want to give the players the same excitement when they play at the Emirates. Then we will speak about Sunday. But first is tomorrow, and tomorrow we will cha...

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16Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr plans to recall Mainz striker Anthony Ujah for 2019 AFCON

Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr has planned to recall Mainz forward player Anthony Ujah for next month 2019 Africa Cup of Nations double header against Libya. In 2015 Ujah last cap ended with goalless draw with Tanzania in the  AFCON qualifier. His lack of game time at Mainz was the main reason he was not invited to the Nigeria squad for the 2018 World Cup despite a chance meeting with Gernot Rohr at the airport in Frankfurt.Rohr told reporter: We are scouting him, we could remember him for the next games. Ujah was a member of the Super Eagles squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and started the 6-1 rout of Tahiti.

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13Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Marco Verratti set to renew contract with PSG

Marco Verratti has decided to stay in Paris Saint-Germain after speculations of being linked with a move to Barcelona and English Premier league side Manchester United. It was reported stated that the 25-year-old was expected to sign a deal worth €7 million a year last week. ESPN has now confirm that the Italian international is indeed close to doing this, keeping him at the club until 2023, with his current deal expiring in 2021.Verratti moved to Paris Saint-Germain from Pescara in 2012, and has gone on to make 239 appearances for the Ligue1 holders in all competitions.

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11Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Chelsea date for Carabao Cup third round tie against Liverpool has been announced

Chelsea's Carabao Cup third round tie date against Liverpool has been announced after some delays. The Reds will host Chelsea on Wednesday,September 26 with a 7.45pm kick-off. It was reportedly stated that there was a delay in confirming the fixture with the complication of Everton having also been drawn at home in the competition.Maurizio Sarri side will play at West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday, September 23 and had wanted the Liverpool tie played on the Wednesday. But, Everton will face Arsenal on september 23 in the Premier League at emirate stadium, Chelsea also wanted their Carabao Cup tie on the same date.Report revealed that a compromise has now been reached, and Everton will host Southampton the following week on Tuesday, October 2. That is the same night as Champion...

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