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Former Arsenal defender, Martin Keown, has given two reasons he doubts Unai Emery will be sacked by the club, despite their “shambolic” defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League. The Gunners lost 2-1 to the German club at a half-empty Emirates on Thursday evening, missing the chance to qualify …

By @Vjwale Nigeria’s Super Eagles coordinator, Pascal Patrick, said the shortlisted Eagles players for the 2019 CAF best XI deserves to win the Africa Best Player of the year Award.  Earlier, former Nigeria international Odion Ighalo, Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi and Francis Uzoho were shortlisted for the 2019 Caf best XI. The …

ARSENAL are lining up potential replacements with boss on the brink, according to reports. The Spaniard was thrown under further pressure as the Gunners suffered a drab 2-2 draw with struggling Southampton Only a last minute equaliser from Alexandre Lacazette spared Arsenal’s blushes as supporters continued to turn on their manager. …

President of Kogi United Football Club and former Nigerian International, Abdul Sule has admonished the forty-six clubs set to compete in the 2019/2020 Nigeria National League, NNL season to chase their ambition of winning the league’s top prize legitimately, rather than resorting to crude means of achieving success. Abdul Sule, …

Unai Emery says Granit Xhaka could return to the Arsenal team against Southampton on Saturday, despite recently claiming he was unsure if he would play for the club again. Xhaka, 27, was stripped of the captaincy following his angry confrontation with Gunners fans in a game against Crystal Palace last month. The …

Towards championing accountability in the country, the Eagle –Eye Transparency Initiative (ETI) has called for the sack of the sports minister, Sunday Dare’s , Special Adviser on Sports Mary Onyali-Omagbemi over anti-doping scandal.   Mary Onyali-Omagbemi , who was appointed by the Sunday Dare as Special Adviser on Sports last …

Slovakian club AS Trencin, have completed the signing of 19 year old Ahmad Ghali, from Mahanaim FC Abuja, for an undisclosed fee. The Slovakian club announced the signing of the Nigeria U20 star on their official TV, AS TV, where Ahmad Ghali revealed that his aspiration is to perfom better …

Tragedy was averted on Wednesday when Former ABS F.C  Manager/ Coach, Folabi Ojekunle, escaped deaths in an auto crash along Ogbomoso area of Oyo State, Sportswaka.com. can reports.  The accidents which occurred at about 5:00pm when his Toyota camry car ran into a near by bush at Aburuka, along Oyo …

The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) have received a big boost as the LMC announced a multi-million naira sponsorship deal with NEXT TV. Chairman of the league management company (LMC)  Mallam Shehu Dikko disclosed this at the Annual General Meeting of the LMC held in Abuja  on Wednesday. He said …

Bayern Munich have turned down an approach from Arsene Wenger to take over the vacant manager’s position following the sacking of Niko Kovac, the German champions said on Thursday. “Arsene Wenger called (Bayern chairman) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Wednesday afternoon to make him aware of his interest in the job,” a …