Germany will re-open all shops and restart Bundesliga football league season before the end of May, according to a draft agreement between The chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and state leaders. Smaller shops are already back to business in Europe’s largest economy as long as they respect social distancing rules to slow the spread of…
Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has revealed the real reason he called time on his international career with the Super Eagles shortly after winning the top scorer award at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Shanghai Shenhua-owned player says he had to concentrate on his club career because the long distance from China to…
Bundesliga side, FC Cologne, has announced that three members of their staff have tested positive for COVID-19. The club confirmed on Friday that playing staff, as well as coaches and backroom staff, were tested on Thursday at training, but three results came back positive. The trio, who are all symptom-free, will enter a 14-day quarantine period, the club…
League leaders Paris Saint-Germain have been crowned champions of Ligue 1 The Ligue 1 holders are 12 points clear at the top with a game in hand as it stands The French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe had on Tuesday said that “professional sports leagues, notably football, cannot restart” because of the risks linked to the…
The English Premier League stakeholders are eyeing a resumption of the season on June 8, behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, and reaching a climax on July 27, according to The Times. The paper claims football chiefs, along with other sports governing bodies, have been holding talks with the British government about when…
Former Super Eagles captain and Chelsea player, Mikel Obi clocked 33 today, and he’s celebrating his special day with his Russian partner, Olga Diyachenko and their twin daughters, Ava and Mia while they are all quarantined at home together. In one of his posts, Mikel wrote, Thank you for all the kind messages and wishes!…
Residents of Iba Local Council Development Area have been staying up at night to take turns in protecting their environment from the One Million Boys robbery gang terrorizing neighborhoods. Unfortunately, one young man was shot dead while returning from vigilante duties and residents say his killer had threatened him with death multiple times. Stephen, 26,…
Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has reportedly been told that he would have to accept a staggering £200,000-a-week wage cut if he wants to seal a permanent move to Manchester United. Ighalo joined United in a shock loan move from Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai Shenhua in January. The Nigerian striker has made an…
Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, has sounded a note of warning to Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, saying no one is indispensable as far as the national team job is concern. Rohr, who took over the national team job in August 2016, has entered the final three months of his contract with the Nigerian…
A Ghanaian amateur footballer, Emmanuel Harrison has died of coronavirus in Italy after being diagnosed with the disease. Italian news platform, Oglio Po reported that the 49-year-old man died 10 days after being admitted at the Oglio Po Hospital in Vicomoscano, a town in the northern Italian region of Lombardia. Harrison who played for some amateur teams including Maffei where he led…