Rangers gaffer Giovanni Van Bronckhorst has hailed Super Eagles star Joe Aribo for his ability to switch roles comfortably in Rangers’ 3-0 Europa League victory over Partizan Belgrade.The former Charlton man has played more of a creative role since Van Bronckhorst took over from Steven Gerrard earlier this season. Nonetheless, the Dutch tactician opted to…
• French side want £16.8million Newcastle have overtaken Leeds in the race to sign Nantes speed machine Moses Simon – after opening a chain of dialogue with the Ligue 1 side to sign the Nigeria attacker. Both clubs are interested.Simon, 26, has caught the eye among Premier League clubs with 10 goal involvements in 22…
The Denmark international is widely expected to move to Camp Nou when his Blues contract expires Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has admitted he is not surprised to see defender Andreas Christensen closing in on a move to Barcelona.Christensen’s contract at Stamford Bridge expires at season’s end and despite Chelsea’s efforts to re-sign him, the…
The USMNT international has been an influential presence this season but his manager feels he is yet to hit the ceiling of his abilities Christian Pulisic “is in a good moment” at Chelsea, says manager Thomas Tuchel, but the Blues boss admits there are areas that the USMNT star can build on to become even…
The 34-year-old has now gone nine straight games without scoring against the Blancos Lionel Messi had a difficult evening against Real Madrid on Wednesday, as his PSG side were eliminated from the Champions League while he set an unwanted individual record in the process. Kylian Mbappe scored in the first half to put PSG two…
The striker scored three times in 17 minutes to take his side to the quarter-final Real Madrid hero Karim Benzema has become the oldest player to ever score a Champions League hat-trick, doing so in the 3-2 aggregate last-16 victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.The 34-year-old pounced on a Gianluigi Donnarumma mistake in the 61st…
Kylian Mbappe was running riot at the Santiago Bernabeu but his fellow Frenchman struck three times in 17 minutes to propel the hosts to victory Almost exactly five years later, it happened again! On Wednesday night, Paris Saint-Germain suffered another mind-blowing ‘remontada’, once again dumped out of the Champions League last 16 by a Spanish…
The IOC says it is urging sport governing bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes “in order to protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants”, adding that “the current war in Ukraine puts the Olympic Movement in a dilemma”. It said there had been a “breach of…
Former Barcelona FC left winger and Nigeria’s chief coach Emmanuel Amuneke has highlighted the qualities of Victor Osimen.1994 African Footballer of the Year, Amuneke has close ties to Barcelona as he was on the books of the Spanish giants for four years and went on to make twenty six appearances in all competitions for the…
