The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has now scored 807 goals for club and country after his hat-trick heroics against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford. The 37-year-old 12th-minute opener helped him equal the record of Austro-Czech Josef Bican who netted 805 goals between 1931 and '55.
Manchester city Manage, Pep Guardiola has hinted Bernardo Silver of Mancity that he needs to be active on social media to make it to Ballon d’Or. The Midfielder, 27 is on both Instagram and Twitter has a combined followership of 3.4 million fans. The Portugal international in the last season has made 37 appearances in all for his Man city club, scoring ten goals and four assists.
FIFA has confirmed that Russia has been suspended from the 2022 World cup qualifying series.
Russian Billionaire, Roman Abramovich has demanded that any new company that wishes to buy Chelsea football club to continue to invest in the club with a promise to develop Stamford Bridge. Sky Sports News reports that the Russian investor since last week has flagged up the Chelsea club for sale, though said he was doing that in the best interest of the club.
Chinese Premier League rights holder iQIYI Sports has stated that it will not be airing any premier league games this weekend as a result of the Premier League governing body's stance on the Ukraine/ Russia war.
Super Eagles boss Augustine Eguavoen has called and released thirty-two (32) man provisional list for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off round against the Black Stars of Ghana. Among the invited players is former U17 World Cup star Akinkunmi Amoo, officially called for the first time, defender Calvin Bassey, Watford forward Emmanuel Dennis and RB Leipzig forward (currently on loan at Leicester City) Ademola Lookman, who recently got cleared by FIFA to switch international allegiance.
