Author: loladeville

It has been a really terrible week for Brazil’s Neymar. Days after a woman accused him of raping her in a Paris hotel, an allegation he vehemently denied and published images on social media in his defence, the former Barca player has been dealt another severe blow. The Brazilian superstar has been ruled out of the Copa America Thursday after tearing his right ankle ligament during Brazil’s 2-0 friendly win over Qatar. A troubled Neymar was seen covering his face with his hands as he sat on the bench after hobbling from the field in the 20th minute at...

After a 30-year wait, former Nigeria coach Clemens Westerhof has been rewarded with the house he was promised by the then Nigerian military ruler, Sani Abacha for winning the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations. The Dutchman who coached the team from 1989 was presented with the documents recently by Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, on behalf of the presidency. “It’s taken a long go-slow, but I feel happy that my second country has fulfilled its promise to me. I always say Nigeria gave me everything as a man and in football. You can see...

Arsenal and Chelsea have returned 5,000 unsold tickets for the Europa League final back to UEFA. With the final taking place miles away in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, fans are no more interested in the event, after taking into consideration visa, travel costs, and the 5000-mile round trip it would take to attend the fixture. Another major deterrent is the limited availability of flights into the country. “This is just another example of why UEFA has to give more consideration to how it selects final venues. The main priority should be access for all fans getting to the country involved.”...

Ghanaian star, Asamoah Gyan has rescinded his decision to quit the Black Stars team after announcing his retirement over captaincy row. The country’s leading goal-scorer Asamoah Gyan retired from international football few days ago following the coach’s decision to strip him of the captain’s armband for AFCON 2019 and hand it to Andre Ayew. “If the decision of the coach is to give captaincy of the tournament to another player while I am named in the team (squad) of the tournament, I wish to recuse myself from the tournament. I also wish to retire from the national team permanently.”...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has described retaining the Premier League title this year as the “toughest” title of his career. The England champions defeated Brighton 4-1 at the Amex Stadium on Sunday to clinch their 4th EPL title. Speaking to Sky Sports shortly after the march, the Spaniard said, “To win the title we had to win 14 games in a row. This was the toughest title in all my career, by far. I have to say congratulations to Liverpool of course, thank you so much. Last season Manchester City made the standards. They helped to push us...