Napoli will face Sassuolo on Friday to extend their lead in Serie A by 18 points. Victor Osimhen's eight goals in the team's six-game unbeaten run have been crucial to their success. Napoli's previous Serie A titles were in 1986-87 and 1988-90 during the Diego Maradona era. They have only ...
Barcelona and Manchester United played an exciting 2-2 draw in their Europa League playoff's first leg at the Spotify Camp Nou. The match was a hard-fought encounter, with both teams creating several chances. Both teams started the match with high intensity, and the opening 45 minutes were filled with back-and-forth ...
Liverpool’s disastrous season suffered another blow on Sunday as the holders were dumped out the FA Cup by a 2-1 defeat at Brighton. Kaoru Mitoma’s brilliant control and finish in stoppage time earned the Seagulls a place in the fifth round. Liverpool had led at the Amex through Harvey Elliott, ...
Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Simeone ensured Napoli continued their march towards a first Serie A title in over three decades with the decisive goal in a 2-1 win over Roma which pushed the team 13 points clear of the chasing pack. Osimhen almost brought the house down in the 17th ...
Nigeria’s Tobiloba Amusan has been named Africa’s Best Female Athlete for the Year 2022. The latest honour was conferred on Amusan by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) on Tuesday. Winner at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she set a record and also the World Championships in Oregon, where ...
It was not supposed to be this way. Before the World Cup started, hopes were high in Argentina that Lionel Messi was set for a glorious swansong. The diminutive superstar with magic in his boots insisted he was in fine shape physically ahead of what he suggested would be his ...
Fate played a tricky one on Yaounde-born Breel Embolo, as the lot fell on him to strike the dagger that condemned the land of his parents, Cameroon, to defeat at the ongoing Qatar 2022 World Cup. The 1-0 win at the Al Janoub Stadium gave Switzerland a good platform to ...
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in five World Cups on Thursday as Portugal opened their campaign in Qatar with a 3-2 defeat of Ghana in Group H. Ronaldo shrugged off a tumultuous week which saw him dramatically leave Manchester United to bury a second-half penalty to set ...
Super Falcons star, Asisat Oshoala, continues her impressive form this season and was among the goalscorers as Barcelona Femení thrashed Deportivo Alaves 8-0 in their Spanish Iberdrola clash on Sunday. Claudia Pina broke the deadlock in the seventh minute after taking a great touch from a Paredes pass, before shooting ...
Qatar became the first home team to lose their opening World Cup match as Ecuador cruised to a 2-0 victory over the hosts, with Enner Valencia scoring twice in the tournament curtain-raiser on Sunday. Asian champions, Qatar, enjoyed the backing of the majority of the crowd at the 60,000-capacity Al ...
