Chelsea defender Marcus Alonso has been handed a three-game ban by the English FA and will miss Sunday’s FA Cup clash against Southampton at Wembley Stadium. Alonso was deemed to be guilty of violent conduct after planting his left boot into Shane Long’s right leg during Sunday’s Premier League meeting between the Saints and Chelsea.
Enyimba International Football Club of Aba on Wednesday booked their place in the group stage of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup on the strength of the away goals rule. The former African champions, who drew 1-1 in the first leg tie in Johannesburg, qualified after playing a goalless draw with visiting Bidvest FC of South Africa.
A racial abuse investigation involving a Spain player allegedly insulting an England player at the Under-17 World Cup final in October has been closed by FIFA because of a lack of evidence to support the England player's claim. Morgan Gibbs-White, the Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder,
CD Feirense of Portugal goalkeeper Dele Alampasu has been handed another chance to impress the technical crew of the senior national team of Nigeria according to a statement by the president of the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) Amaju Pinnick.
Alampasu was ever present in the squad of the Super Eagles during the early days of coach Gernot Rohr as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria , however he has not been considered of late with his former U17 deputy Francis Odinaka Uzoho taking his spot.
25 year old Crotone Nigerian forward, Simy Nwankwo rescued his team from defeat against Juventus with his bicycle kick strike helping them to a 1-1 draw against the Old Lady of Turin in a Serie A game.
Juventus hanged on to a 16th minute goal by Alex Sandro which was the opening goal and only of the tie until Nwankwo struck to draw his team level five minutes after the hour mark to frustrate the Serie A leaders.
FIFA has laid out plans to replace the Confederations Cup with an expanded Club World Cup that would only be held every four years from 2021, a source told AFP on Wednesday. According to a letter Gianni Infantino, the president of world football’s governing body,
