Former Chelsea star Eden Hazard said Lionel Messi is the only footballer better than him during his playing days. The Belgian disclosed this while speaking to L’Equipe in his first major interview since retiring from football. Hazard, who decided to quit the game last summer, after a disappointing time at Real Madrid said, “Lionel Messi is perhaps the only player who is better than me, I loved watching him when he was at Barcelona. I didn’t like watching him much afterwards, but he is the best in history. It is impossible to take the ball away from him. “Cristiano Ronaldo is…
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Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has turned down an offer from Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia. The ‘Special One’ is out of work after he was sacked by Italian club Roma in January. Saudi side Al-Shabab quickly made their move but, according to reports, Mourinho is not ready to move to the Middle East as he waits for better options. Italian champions Napoli are also keen on talking to the former Inter Milan manager, with the Portuguese determined to remain in Italy. Mourinho was spotted in Barcelona over the weekend, but hasn’t disclosed why he travelled to Spain. Barca head coach Xavi remains under pressure…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was at the Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny stadium in Abidjan, the capital of Cote d’Ivoire, for the Super Eagles quarterfinal games against Angola on Friday. Ademola Lookman is the hero for Nigeria as the Super Eagles reach the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-finals after a 1-0 victory over the Palancas Negras of Angola. Obi was in the stands to support the Nigerian national team in their quest to win the AFCON title for the fourth time. Also in Ivory Coast are the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Labour and…
Ademola Lookman is the hero for Nigeria as the Super Eagles reach the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-finals after a 1-0 victory over the Palancas Negras of Angola on Friday. After his double against Cameroon in the last 16, the winger has Nigeria remaining on course for a first AFCON title since 2013. The Angolans had already upset the odds by reaching the last eight of this tournament for the first time since 2010, and they gave Nigeria a huge scare in the opening exchanges when Gilberto flicked on Fredy’s corner into the path of Mabululu, who was brilliantly…
Three-time African champions Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon 2-0 in the last-16 to progress to the quarter-finals of the ongoing Africa Cup on Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast. That was a third consecutive victory in this tournament and with decades of AFCON history under their belt, Nigeria enter this match as red hot favourites to progress, backed by their formidable record in AFCON quarter-finals since the introduction of the final eight in 1992 (W9, L1). Head coach José Peseiro has been adamant that his side aren’t looking any further ahead than their next game, declaring all…
FC Barcelona Femení have announced that they’ve reached an agreement with National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Bay FC for the transfer of Nigerian striker Asisat Oshoala. Oshoala scored 117 goals in 162 games for the Spanish women’s team, making her the fourth highest scorer in the history of the club. The Super Falcons striker arrived during the winter window in January 2019, and in her first full season, 2019/20, she scored 30 goals in 32 matches. This season, the reigning CAF Women’s Player of the Year has scored eight goals in 14 games played. The former Arsenal and Liverpool striker won…
In a tournament of giant killings, the highest-ranking survivors Morocco were sent home, as Evidence Makgopa’s goal in a 2-0 win saw South Africa reach at least the quarter final stages for the third time in their last four African Cup of Nations (AFCON) appearances. Contrasting management styles were on show in San Pedro, as Hugo Broos – a 2019 AFCON winner with Cameroon – opted for eight Mamelodi Sundowns players in an unchanged lineup for a third consecutive game. It was six changes on the other hand for Walid Regragui’s side, with incoming Youssef En-Nesyri testing Bafana Bafana’s defensive…
Hosts Ivory Coast rose from the ashes of their disastrous Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) group stage to dump out holders Senegal and ensure that Egypt, back in 2010, remain the last defending champion to reach the quarter-finals. The hosts scraped through into the knockout stages as one of the best third-placed teams and opened the game looking every bit the under-confident side that they are. Senegal could smell blood and broke the deadlock after only four minutes. Sadio Mané latched on to Ismail Jakobs’ throw-in and cut it back from the byline for Habib Diallo, who took the ball…
Jannik Sinner has won his first Grand Slam title after an extraordinary fightback to beat Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final in Sunday. The 22-year-old was trailing by two sets before he recovered to win 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 in his first major . A first-time champion in Melbourne was guaranteed after Sinner knocked out 10-time champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. The Italian clinched victory with a forehand winner down the line, falling to his back on the baseline in celebration. It was another bitter experience for Medvedev, who also blew a two-set lead against Rafael Nadal…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have progresses to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after a 2-0 victory over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Saturday. It’s a very much Nigeria’s night – a well deserved victory that avenges their defeat to Cameroon in the very stadium in the 1984 AFCON final. Ademola Lookman’s brace helped Nigeria progress to the next round. Nigeria thought they’d made the perfect start when Semi Ajayi poked into the net from close range after nine minutes. However, a lengthy VAR review concluded that…