Arsenal bosses told the club’s staff on Monday at a meeting that they were “disappointed” and that “things need to improve” following the club’s sloppy results in recent games.
Arsenal’s head of football Raul Sanllehi and managing director Vinai Venkatesham told about 200 staff at a meeting that the club is sticking with under-fire manager Unai Emery, Daily Mail reported.
“We are as disappointed as everyone else with both our results and performances at this stage of the season,” the Arsenal bosses told the staff.
“We share the frustration with our fans, Unai, players and all our staff as they …
Cristiano Ronaldo’s fitness and attitude came under the spotlight on Monday after he reacted angrily to being substituted during Juventus’ win over AC Milan and coach Maurizio Sarri said the 34-year-old had been nursing a knee injury for some time.
Ronaldo now faces two matches with Portugal where he will want to help the European champions guarantee their place at Euro 2020 and close in on the 100-goal milestone for his country although it is unclear if he will be able to play.
Portugal’s most capped player and alltime record scorer, he currently has 95 goals and, given his …
In a voting process conducted by the club, Simon won 62 per cent of the votes to beat Nicolas Pallois, Mehdi Abeid and Andrei Girotto to the award.
Simon scored four goals for Nantes in October including a hat-trick in the French Cup win against FC Paris.
The fomer Gent of Belgium player who joned Nantes on loan from Spanish club Levante in the summer has scored two goals in 10 league games
BT Sports Pundit, Owen Hargreaves and former Chelsea star, Joe Cole believe Chelsea have what it takes to be title favourites after their sixth premier league victory in a row. The last they achieved this was under Antonio Conte and they went ahead to clinch the title.
According to Owen, Chelsea needs to sort out their defence issues so as to challenge for the Premier League title. he said this after Chelsea’s 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace and moved over to the second place ahead of Manchester City.
Speaking on the after-match commentary on BT, he said: ‘You say with
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State is confident of plans by his administration to leverage local resources to produce topnotch sports talents in the state.
He said this when he teed-off the Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament in Benin City, as part of events to mark his third-year anniversary in office. Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu and other golfers in Benin City joined him.
Obaseki said his government plans to leverage on the Egbabonelimwin traditional dance popular in Edo Central to produce world-class gymnasts, noting, “The state government will use inter-school competitions to harness talents in table tennis, lawn tennis, athletics and …
Former British Light Heavyweight boxing champion, Peter Oboh has said that he foresees a very tough encounter between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz as both heavyweights engage in their re-math slated December 7 in Saudi Arabia.
According to him, even boxing experts in Los Angeles, USA will have problem predicting who will win between the two fighters.
Oboh who won the Common Wealth and WBA International Boxing title said three things that could see Joshua through are Nigerians nature of never say die, self will, and to a larger extent, an element of luck.
“But the real major one which
The captaincy furore, sparked by Xhaka’s bust-up with supporters against Crystal Palace which led to him being losing the armband, is the latest in a line of issues that have disrupted Emery’s plans.
Arsenal’s start to the campaign had already been overshadowed by Laurent Koscielny’s shock pre-season strike and Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac being victims of an attempted car-jacking.
According to Emery, they have all been major factors in why Arsenal head to in-form Leicester
“It is fantastic that we now have some youngsters
Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday with the chance to open up a nine-point lead over the defending champions in the Premier League title race and take a huge step towards a first league crown for 30 years.
Clashes between the two sides have become classics in recent seasons with Liverpool thrashing City in a Champions League quarter-final 5-1 on aggregate in 2017/18 before City gained revenge with a 2-1 victory that saw them retain the Premier League title last season.
Here, AFP Sport looks at three key battles
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he will nurture the Real Madrid Academy into a world class institution for the development of professional football.
Swearing in the Special Adviser on Real Madrid Academy, Christopher Green, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Alozie Achinihi Nwala, at the Government House Port Harcourt,yesterday, governor Wike described the academy as his personal project, noting that it will be carefully groomed.
He said: “The Real Madrid Academy is a project I will never toy with. It is a personal initiative. While I’ here, I will groom it.
“The whole world is talking …
Osimhen is guilty of receiving three yellow cards in less than 10 league games and will miss the match against the league leaders on November 22.
The 20-year-old is expected to feature for the Great Danes when they battle Metz at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in today’s league fixture, but will miss their next game after the international break.
Osimhen has established himself in France since his arrival from Sporting Charleroi in …
The attacking midfielder was one of the Golden Eaglets players observed by Manchester City during the U17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania, while the player’s camp has close links with the Gunners.
City and Arsenal were expected to run further checks on Olaniyan at the ongoing U17 World Cup, but the Sidos Academy wonder-kid was omitted from Nigeria’s 21-man roster after failing to recover from a knee injury.
The two English Premier League clubs are mulling over whether to invite …
