Football

Arsene Wenger launched a scathing attack on referee Anthony Taylor after Arsenal suffered fresh penalty pain in their dramatic 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Wednesday. Wenger has been charged by the Football Association for his furious protests following a penalty given for a handball by Arsenal’s Calum Chambers in Sunday’s draw at West Bromwich Albion. But the Arsenal boss was in an angry mood again following Taylor’s decision to award a second-half spot-kick for Hector Bellerin’s foul on Eden Hazard.

Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been rated as the player with the most successful tackles across the top five leagues in Europe.

This was according to football news and statistics website Squawka Football.

Home-based Eagles coach, Salisu Yusuf has released his final 23-man squad for the African Nations Championship in Morocco. Headlining the list are goalkeeper and skipper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Kano Pillars midfielder, Rabiu Ali and Lobi Stars forward, Anthony Okpotu.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been charged with misconduct following comments made after the Gunners’ West Brom draw. The French boss, 68, was furious with referee Mike Dean after he awarded a last-gasp penalty following Calum Chambers’ handball from a Kieran Gibbs cross.

The Nigeria Football Federation has granted Gernot Rohr’s request to lead the Super Eagles against Poland in a friendly affair. Both teams are searching for warm-up encounters ahead of the Russia 2018 World Cup. Poland, who are grouped alongside Japan, Colombia and Senegal, in Group H, confirmed on December 11 the White and Reds manager Adam Nawałka had agreed to lead the Eastern European nation against the Eagles on March 23.

Chelsea and Nigerian star, Victor Moses as well as Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah are top on the list of players in France Football’s Africa XI for 2017. Moses missed out on two of the continent’s top awards this year, the (BBC) African Player of the Year as well as the (CAF) African Footballer of the Year.