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Manchester U Credits Ighalo’s Account With N29.45M

Manchester Utd Credits Ighalo’s Account With ₦29.45M

March 20, 2020 5:28 am

Former Nigerian international, Odion Ighalo has received £62,000 (₦29.45 million in Nigerian currency) bonus since he joined Manchester United in the winter transfer market, according to The Sun.

As part of the agreement between club and player, the striker will pocket £8,000 for every goal he scores for Manchester United and he has now earned £32,000 (N15.2 million) after finding the net against Derby County (2), Club Brugge and LASK.

Another variable that will increase the wages of the Shanghai Shenhua

loanee is that he is paid £9,000 for every win in the Premier League and takes home …

I’m Waiting For NFF To Renew My Contract – Rohr

I’m Waiting For NFF To Renew My Contract – Rohr

March 18, 2020 5:39 am

Super Eagles Franco-German coach, Gernot Rohr, has stated that he awaits the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for a new contract.

Rohr’s current deal with the three-time African champions will come to an end in July, and in a chat with the BBC, the former Bayern Munich player said he was yet to be approached by the NFF.

He said, “I will not ask the NFF what is going on with my contract renewal. It is for the NFF to approach me. I am still waiting. My job is to focus on the Super Eagles as long as I am

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Mikel Gets Kicked Out Of Trabzonspor For Refusing To Play

Mikel Gets Kicked Out Of Trabzonspor For Refusing To Play

March 18, 2020 5:23 am
Former captain John Obi Mikel parted ways with Turkish club, Trabzonspor, on Tuesday.

Goal.com reported that the Turkish Super Lig club has announced the departure of Mikel “by mutual consent” and that the midfielder also gave up his remaining wages.

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The reason for his departure is linked to Mikel’s recent action of criticizing the Turkish Football authorities for not suspending the Super Lig season despite the coronavirus epidemic across Europen and refusing to play in their recent matches.

Mikel joined the Black Sea Storm club as a free agent …

French World Cup Winner Matuidi Catches Coronavirus

French World Cup Winner Matuidi Catches Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 5:07 pm

France World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi has tested positive for coronavirus but is currently asymptomatic, his club Juventus confirmed on Tuesday.

“Matuidi has undergone medical tests that have revealed his positivity to the Coronavirus-COVID-19,” the Italian champions said in a statement.

Juve added 32-year-old Matuidi, who lifted the World Cup in 2018, is currently “in voluntary home isolation”.

The midfielder’s club teammate Daniele Rugani was the first top-flight footballer to be diagnosed with coronavirus last Wednesday, sending the entire team into quarantine.

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The 25-year-old Italian was also asymptomatic and …

UEFA Gives Nod To Partial Fan Return For Super Cup

Fate Of Euro 2020 To Be Determined, UEFA Set For Meeting

March 16, 2020 4:48 pm

Euro 2020 could be postponed by up to a year, with all the sporting and financial consequences that would entail, when UEFA holds a crisis meeting on Tuesday as Europe battles the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

European football’s governing body will hold a videoconference with representatives from all 55 member associations as well as from clubs and players bodies. UEFA will then hold an executive committee meeting at 1400 (1300 GMT) at their Swiss headquarters.

The future of the European Championship, due to take place for the first time in a dozen different cities spread across the continent from June 12 …

IOC Set For Crisis Talks As Fears Grow For Tokyo Olympics

IOC Set For Crisis Talks As Fears Grow For Tokyo Olympics

March 16, 2020 4:47 pm

The International Olympic Committee will hold high-level talks on Tuesday, as doubts grow over the Tokyo Games and with some in Japan urging officials not to risk lives by pressing ahead during the coronavirus emergency.

While countries across Europe have gone into full lockdown after the continent was declared the new epicentre of the deadly virus by the World Health Organization, no decision is expected yet on a possible postponement, or indeed cancellation, of this summer’s Olympics.

The IOC’s executive board will meet via conference call to prepare an “information exchange” ahead of a series of talks with athletes’ representatives, …

Francisco Garcia 21 Yr-Old Footballer Killed By Covid-19

Francisco Garcia 21 Yr-Old Footballer Killed By Covid-19

March 16, 2020 11:47 am
Francisco Garcia, a 21-year-old youth football coach in Malaga, Spain , has died few days after catching coronavirus.

News reports described him as the youngest victim to die in the entire world.

Francisco was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Friday, along with the devastating news that he had leukaemia.

“Mr Garcia had no idea he had an aggressive form of cancer, which made him extremely vulnerable to coronavirus, when he went to a hospital with breathing problems last Friday”, The Mirror reported.

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The president of the Atletico Portada Alta football …

English Premier League Must Continue – Former FA Chairman

English Premier League Must Continue – Former FA Chairman

March 16, 2020 11:46 am

Former English Football Association (FA) chairman, Greg Dyke, said it would be nonsensical for the Premier League to abandon the current season and scratch the rankings.

According to him, such a move would lead to huge financial losses. This, he said after the season was suspended till April 4.

The Premier League was suspended following an emergency meeting sparked by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta testing positive for coronavirus.

Earlier, the current FA chairman, Greg Clarke had said at the weekend that he did not think the season would be completed.

However, Dyke said scrapping the season would prove costly …

How Premier League Stars Keep Busy During Shutdown

How Premier League Stars Keep Busy During Shutdown

March 15, 2020 5:30 pm

The Premier League has postponed all matches until at least April 3 as the coronavirus wreaks havoc with the sporting schedule across Europe.

That has left the league’s players and clubs at a loose end, so AFP Sport looked at what some of them have been getting up to:

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Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi has been keeping himself in good shape — and virus-free — in case the season can resume any time soon.

The German, whose manager Mikel Arteta tested positive for the virus on Thursday, posted a video

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Players Treated Like Guinea Pigs Over Coronavirus- Rooney

Rooney: Players Treated Like Guinea Pigs Over Coronavirus

March 15, 2020 5:30 pm

Former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney claims the British government and football authorities have treated players like “guinea pigs” during the coronavirus crisis.

While the rest of European football was shutting down due to the growing threat of the global pandemic, Rooney is angry it took several days for the Premier League and Football League to postpone their matches until April 3.

It was only when Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive for the virus on Friday that football’s UK governing bodies called a temporary halt to the season.

Rooney, currently playing for second tier …

Liverpool Left To Wait And Wonder After Virus Strikes

Liverpool Left To Wait And Wonder After Virus Strikes

March 15, 2020 2:56 pm
Liverpool could have been crowned Premier League champions on Monday for the first time in a generation. Instead, the stadium will be silent and the streets empty.

Jurgen Klopp’s team needed Manchester City to lose to Burnley on Saturday to give them a chance to seal the deal at their local rivals Everton two days later.

Regardless of whether it would have happened at Goodison Park or over the coming weeks, their first top-flight title for 30 years was a mere formality.

But now fans are wondering when, or even if, …

Breaking: Paul Pogba Hit By Coronavirus

Pogba Makes Coronavirus Fund-Raising Pledge

March 15, 2020 2:55 pm
Manchester United star Paul Pogba has promised to financially support the fight to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Pogba has organised a fundraising page on Facebook and the France midfielder will double the amount raised if the target of £27,000 is reached.

World Cup winner Pogba, who had his 27th birthday on Sunday, wrote: “It’s my birthday and I’m always grateful that me, my family and friends are healthy. Nonetheless, not everybody is in good health right now.

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