English Premier League Club West Brom has sacked its manager, SLAVEN BILIC after eighteen months in charge. The Baggies have gathered seven points from thirteen league games, with eight defeats, though they earned a surprise one-one draw at Manchester City on Tuesday. The club in a statement thanked BILIC and his coaching staff for their efforts in…
Former Liverpool manager GERARD HOULLIER has died at the age of seventy-three. Late HOULLIER was in charge of the Reds from 1998 to 2004 and led the team to five major victories. These include the FA Cup, League Cup and three UEFA Cup titles.
One of the greatest footballers in the world, DIEGO MARADONA, has died at the age of sixty. Reports say the former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had a surgery earlier this month on a brain blood clot. Late MARADONA was also meant to be treated for alcohol dependency before his death.
Two African footballers – SADIO MANE of Senegal and MOHAMED SALAH of Egypt – have been named in a ten-man list for the FIFA Best Men’s Player of the Year Award. MANE and SALAH are competing against the likes of CRISTIANO RONALDO, LIONEL MESSI, NEYMAR and KYLIAN MBAPPE. Others are ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI from Poland, THIAGO ALCANTARA, and…
World football governing body, FIFA, has slammed a five-year ban on the President of the Confederation of African Football, AHMAD AHMAD. FIFA’s decision also puts an end to AHMAD’s bid for a second term as the head of CAF, having held the position since March, 2017. FIFA took the decision against the Madagascar-born football administrator after he…
The winners of the maiden edition of the Kaduna Marathon have been invited to the camp of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development in Pankshin, Plateau State. They are DAVID GYANG who won the male ten-kilometre race, and KANGYANG SOLOMON who won the female category of the ten-kilometre race. The Minister of Youth and Sports…