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Chelsea coach, Thomas Tuchel has come in defence of Jorginho following his error that gave Jadon Sancho his first Premier League goal for Manchester United on Sunday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at home by United with Jorginho scoring a penalty to make amends for his error.

Jorginho found himself as the last line of defence when dealing with a high ball that’d been booted clear by Bruno Fernandes.

The German tactician blamed the Stamford Bridge floodlights for the error which came against the run of play in the game.…

Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba, has admitted that Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is on course to destroy all his records in the Premier League.

Drogba, who said he wants to cry, also commented on Salah’s time at Chelsea.

The former Ivory Coast captain scored 164 goals in 381 appearances for Chelsea in nine seasons at Stamford Bridge.

He was also in the Chelsea squad with Salah in the 2014/15 season, who now plays for Premier League rivals, Liverpool.

In an interview with Mehwar TV which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, Drogba spoke on Salah’s time at Chelsea and how …

Former Barcelona hitman, Lionel Messi netted his first Ligue 1 goal for Paris Saint-Germain as they sealed a 3-1 victory over Nantes on Saturday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Nigerian Super Eagles winger Moses Simon did not feature for Nantes due to the injury he sustained while on international duty for Nigeria.

Messi scored with a curled left-footed effort from outside the box three minutes from time, adding to Dennis Appiah’s own goal after Randal Kolo Muani had cancelled out Kylian Mbappe’s first-half opener.

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Former Cameroonian football star, Samuel Eto’o on Thursday officially filed his candidacy for the presidency of the country’s football federation promising he would be the ‘next president despite the cheating’.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Eto’o, a four-time African footballer of the year, was accompanied by a crowd of supporters as he submitted his bid at the Cameroonian federation’s headquarters in Yaounde.

‘I urge the opposite camp to be careful because we have accepted lots of things,’ Eto’o told reporters.

The 40-year-old ex-Barcelona and Inter Milan striker said the current leadership had offered him a position as vice-president, …

The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Tuesday evening played out a 1-1 draw with Cape Verde in a World Cup qualifying fixture as it qualified for the third and final phase of the qualifying round for the elite competition.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the match was played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.

Gernot Rohr’s men opened the scoring through Victor Osimhen just one minute into the game.

However, Cape Verde equalized just five minutes later through Stopira.

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However, both sides failed to score in the second half …

European champions, Italy on Monday failed to book automatic qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Italy will now settle for a place in the World Cup play-offs having only managed a 0-0 draw at Northern Ireland on Monday night.

All they needed in the night was a win to have a chance of finishing above Switzerland in the automatic qualification spots.

Italy suffered the same fate as 2016 European champions, Portugal who could not make it to the competition automatically on Sunday after they were defeated at home by Serbia.

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Super Eagles shot-stopper, Maduka Okoye has joined English premier league side, Watford FC, the club confirmed on Monday.

Okoye joined the English club from Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam.

He was signed on a five-and-a-half-year deal which is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2022, when the transfer window opens.

However, Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Okoye will be loaned back to Sparta Rotterdam until the end of the 2021/22 campaign.

The transfer fee was undisclosed as at the time of putting pen to paper.

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Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has reacted to his side’s Premier League 3-2 defeat to West Ham on Sunday.

Klopp launched a furious rant during his post-match press conference as Liverpool lost to West Ham at the London Stadium.

West Ham ended Liverpool’s 25-game unbeaten run over the weekend, following goals from Alisson Becker (own-goal), Pabio Fornals, and Kurt Zouma as Trent Alexander-Arnold and Divock Origi’s goals were not enough to give Klopp’s side a point against the host.

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Speaking after the game, Klopp said at his post-match press conference: ‘There are …

Xavi Hernandez has reacted to his appointment as Barcelona’s new manager.

Barcelona confirmed Xavi, a club legend, as their new manager on Friday.

Xavi, signed a two-and-half-year deal, with Barcelona after saying his goodbyes to Qatari side, Al-Sadd ahead of his return to the Blaugrana.

Barcelona expects Xavi, who replaces Ronald Koeman, to arrive at the club this weekend ahead of his official presentation and first press conference at the Nou Camp on Monday.

Speaking after Barcelona confirmed his return to the club, Xavi said in an emotional video: “It wasn’t goodbye. It was see you soon.

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UEFA on Thursday named Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski amongst others in the Champions League team of this week.

UEFA released the Champions League team in a post on its website today following the conclusion of the group stage, match-day four fixtures on Wednesday night.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that both Ronaldo and Lewandowski were impressive for their respective clubs against Atalanta and Benfica.

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Ronaldo scored a brace for Man United against Atalanta, while Lewandowski netted three goals against Benfica.

Below is the UEFA …

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has recalled Odion Ighalo, over two years after the Saudi Arabia-based striker retired from international football citing personal reasons.

Rohr named Ighalo in his 24-man squad for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Liberia and Cape Verde later this month.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Ighalo called it quits with the Eagles July 2019 after emerging top scorer with five goals at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt, where the Eagles ended in third-place.

Ever since, Rohr had continually stated his desire to have Ighalo back in the team to lead his …