Jose Agostinho Becker, Father of Liverpool football club goalkeeper, Alisson Becker has died after a tragic drowning in a lake near his holiday home in the early hours of Thursday. The 57-year-old had been swimming at a dam on his property near the town of Rincao do Inferno and was declared missing around 5 p.m. on Wednesday before the local police confirmed his drowning on Thursday.
The French star fired his side to victory with a spectacular overhead kick, sealing a massive advantage heading into the second leg. Olivier Giroud says Chelsea came into Tuesday's clash with Atletico Madrid with their eyes on winning, even if it was an away leg at a neutral site.
Nigeria national women’s football team, the Super Falcons have emerged as the first African team to be champions of the 2021 Alanya Gold City Cup after thrashing Equatorial Guinea 9-0 to claim their first international trophy of the year. Successive 1-0 wins over CSKA Moscow Ladies and the Uzbekistan women national team, saw the nine-time African champions recorded three wins with 11 goals scored without conceding any to lay claims the top prize in the high-profile invitational tournament.
Super falcon forward Asisat Oshoala has been named African women's player of the decade by the international federation for history and statistics (IFFHS) edging the likes of Gabrielle Leonie Ngaska and Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene.
Popular EPL referee Mike Dean has been asked to step down from the Premier League for the meantime after receiving abuse and death threats on social media after handing out two controversial red cards given to Southampton's Jan Bednarek and West Ham's Tomas Soucek in previous two games; Both decisions overturned on appeal.
Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes has called on his club members to desist from conceding easy goals as they are set for a showdown for the FA cup.
