Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira has been announced by Crystal Palace as the club’s new manager, ending a prolonged search for a successor to Roy Hodgson.
Vieira, who won three Premier League titles as a player with the Gunners, has had mixed results in charge of New York City and Nice in his two previous managerial jobs.
The Frenchman, who also won the World Cup and European Championship with his country, is highly regarded in England for his stellar playing career under Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.
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The scoreline now means England are now the first team in European Championship history to keep a clean sheet in each of their first five games of the tournament.
Harry Kane continued his scoring run as he bagged a brace while Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson for England’s other goals.
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Played in front of a completely different atmosphere in Rome to the one seen at Wembley in the win over Germany,
Former Super Eagles attacker, Victor Moses has completed a permanent transfer to Russian Club, Spartak Moscow from Chelsea FC.
The move brings to an end the winger’s nine-year Chelsea career and returns him to the Russian Premier League club, where he made 20 appearances on loan last season, Chelsea wrote in a glowing tribute to the winger on their website.
The 30-year-old has penned a two-year deal with the Russian side, who have recently appointed former Benfica head coach Rui Vitoria as their new manager.
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Over 240,000 Les Bleus supporters have signed a petition seeking a replay of the France vs Switzerland Euro 2020 second-round fixture that saw the world champions surprisingly crashing out of the competition.
The petition comes as a protest against Switzerland goalkeeper, Yann Sommer who, according to French fans, did not respect the rule of having at least one foot on the goal line at the time the spot-kick was taken when he saved Kylian Mbappe’s effort.
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Africa Daily News, New York reports that over 240,000 people signed the petition …
Manchester United is set to complete the transfer of Jadon Sancho within a matter of days after an agreement was reached with Borussia Dortmund.
Sancho, 21, came close to joining the Red Devils last year only for United and Dortmund to disagree on the fee for the winger.
But the Bundesliga club lowered their asking price this summer and the England international is finally on his way to Old Trafford for €85million (£73m).
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As reported by many outlets in Germany, the two clubs reached a full agreement for Sancho …
England scored two late second-half goals on Tuesday to dump Germany out of Euro 2020 and reach the quarter-finals in grand style.
After a goalless first half, Raheem Sterling scored his third goal of the tournament to put England ahead on 75 minutes.
Luke Shaw produced a great pass that found Sterling inside the penalty area, who took advantage of the situation to rifle a low shot into the back of the net.
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Thomas Muller would have equalised for Germany on 82 minutes but he squandered the chance even when he …
Germany will not be allowed to train on the pitch at Wembley before Tuesday’s Euro 2020 last 16 clash with England, because of concerns that, due to the amount of rain forecast in London, it may cause too much damage to the surface.
UEFA yesterday stressed that, while it is regrettable, the decision is unavoidable and has been applied to all teams playing in a last-16 match at Wembley.
Following discussions with the Wembley ground staff, the Austrian and Italian players were also prevented from training on the pitch before their knockout game on Saturday night.
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s remarkable campaign at the UEFA Euro 2020 has come to an end on Monday after a Thorgan Hazard-inspired Belgium upstaged Ronaldo’s Portugal in the Round of 16 phase of the UEFA Euro 2020.
Thorgan Hazard’s first-half goal gave Belgium a tense win over the holders to set up a quarter-final tie against Italy at Euro 2020.
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Cristiano Ronaldo will have to wait for his record-breaking international goal as defending champions Portugal were dumped out of the UEFA Euro 2020 by Eden Hazard-led Belgium in the Round of 16 phase …
Manchester City is keen on a stunning move for Chelsea’s right-back, Reece James, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.
Although Chelsea are unwilling to sell the defender, however, it is widely expected that City will not be easily give up.
It is believed Pep Guardiola is a huge admirer of James and has added the defender to his shortlist of players this summer.
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Guardiola was particularly impressed by the 21-year-old’s performance, as City lost 1-0 to Chelsea in the Champions League final.
James is also versatile and can play …
Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, has explained why he believes that Nigeria would find it difficult to beat Mexico in the upcoming friendly.
The German tactician predicted that using home-based players cannot produce a win for the eagles.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that 25 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) players have been called up for the match against Mexico that will take place on July 4 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, USA.
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Speaking after Thursday’s training session at the Goal Project inside the MKO Abiola National …
Team Nigeria’s women 4x400m relay team will be among the 16 nations that will appear for the event at the delayed Olympics after the team ground out a 3:26.84 African lead yesterday at the ongoing Lagos Open Athletics Championship in Lagos.
The team which is steered by Patience Okon-George has now jumped to the front of the queue for the four available slots on offer for the event in Tokyo.
The quartet of World U-18 fastest girl so far this year, Imaobong Nse Uko, NCAA 200m finalist Favour Ofili, Knowledge Omovoh, and Okon-George is now ranked 13th in the ranking …
Colombia qualified for the quarterfinals of the Copa America despite losing 2-1 to hosts Brazil in controversial circumstances.
Porto winger Diaz opened the scoring in Rio de Janeiro in the 10th minute, when Juan Cuadrado lobbed a cross from just outside the penalty area.
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Brazil’s second-half equalizer, a Roberto Firmino header, was preceded by a Neymar pass that glanced off Argentine referee Nestor Pitana.
Colombia heatedly argued afterward that play should have been stopped, but Pitana ruled neither side was hindered and allowed the match to continue.
The resentment …
