Football

Liberia President and former Ballon d'Or winner George Weah is rooting for Nigeria to become the first African country to win the World Cup, but insists they must be prepared early enough.

The Super Eagles have been zoned alongside Argentina, Croatia and Iceland in Group D of Russia 2018 World Cup which starts in June.

And the former AC Milan star who paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja wants the country’s bigwigs to support Gernot Rohr’s side so that they can focus on making the continent proud at the showpiece.

Chelsea’s Belgian football star, Eden Hazard has taken a swipe at Antonio Conte’s tactics in their 1-0 defeat at Manchester City on Sunday, saying he felt like he “hadn’t played a game of football”. Hazard started as a false nine at the Etihad and touched the ball just 31 times in 89 minutes. The Blues failed to hit a shot on target against City, who completed 902 passes in the match.

Chelsea met defeat at the hands of Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, with Pep Guardiola's side taking a huge step towards the title.

Manchester City moved just four wins away from clinging the Premier League title as Bernardo Silva clinched a one-sided 1-0 victory over defending champions Chelsea.

Arsenal's expectation of finishing in the top four took a dive as they slipped up away to Brighton and Hove Albion.

The Gunners ended a tough week in miserable fashion as they lost 2-1 to Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium on Sunday.

Italy star Davide Astori and captain of Italian Club Fiorentina has been found dead in a hotel room after passing away at age 31.

Fiorentina made the disclosure via a statement which read: “Fiorentina are profoundly shaken and forced to announce that their captain Davide Astori has died."

Video assistant referees are set to be used at this year's World Cup in Russia after football's lawmakers voted to approve the technology.

VAR has been tried in some domestic English cup games this season, and has been used in Germany and Italy.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) "unanimously approved" its introduction on a permanent basis after a meeting in Zurich on Saturday.