Frank Lampard has spoken out for the first time after his sacking as Chelsea manager. The club legend and record goalscorer were dismissed halfway through his second season. Breaking his silence, Lampard, 42, said: “It has been a huge privilege and an honor to manage Chelsea, a club that has been a big part of…
Four Palmas football club players and their club president have been killed after their plane crashed on take-off in Brazil on Sunday. The small aircraft was taking the group to Goiania, around 500 miles away for their Brazilian cup game against Vila Nova on Monday in the Copa Verde. The pilot of the small plane…
Frank Lampard will be fired as Chelsea manager on Monday, according to The Athletic. The report claims the board has been “angry and furious” for weeks with Lampard, over the team’s dip in form. Chelsea has slipped seven places in the Premier League in the space of six weeks. They went top of the table…
Serie A side, AC Milan have signed defender Fikayo Tomori on loan from Chelsea FC until the end of the season. The deal for the 23-year-old English defender includes an option to buy, which would cost the Italian side £26.6m (€30m.) “AC Milan is delighted to announce the signing of Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomori on loan…
Real Madrid, coach Zinedine Zidane has tested positive for the coronavirus, the La Liga club said in a statement on Friday, January 22. The French manager had been isolating earlier this month after a close contact tested positive for Covid-19 and did not attend a training session as a result. Madrid has said in a…
WBC Champion, Tyson Fury, has boasted he will beat Anthony Joshua inside three rounds. Negotiations for a dream fight between the two British boxers are still on. But Fury took to social media to say: “I just got off the phone with [my trainer] Sugarhill Steward in America. “We are going to smash AJ –…
Super Eagles former goalkeeper trainer and assistant coach Joe Erico has died at 72. Erico, nicknamed ‘Jogobonito exponent’, passed away on Tuesday morning in Lagos surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. Confirming this development, a close family member Tomiwa Aghedo, said the country’s coaching icon had died after complaining of stomach ache. “I…
Former Real Madrid B and Levante striker, David Barral has become the first-ever player to be purchased using cryptocurrency. The 37-year-old Spaniard officially signed for Spanish third division team DUX Internacional de Madrid on Tuesday, January 19, in a deal funded entirely through the use of bitcoin. The transfer fee is yet to been disclosed…
Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi could be hit with 12 matches ban after he was sent off in the last minute of Barcelona’s Spanish Super Cup final defeat to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday night. The Argentine playmaker was sent off as Barcelona were beaten 3-2 by Athletic Bilbao. It was Messi’s first red card for Barcelona and…
New Paris Saint-Germain chief, Mauricio Pochettino has tried positive for COVID-19. The previous Tottenham director just took over at the French club on January 2 and drove them to Trophee des Champions magnificence on Wednesday with a 2-1 triumph over Marseille, winning his prize as an expert supervisor. The 48-year-old Argentine will now self detach…