The claim that Chelsea Striker, Michy Batshuayi may be the first English Premier League Gay Player to openly come out and declare his sexuality may be false after all. On Thursday a certain Twitter handle @TheChelseaDaily, suspected to be manned by club fan tweeted that the Belgian was "set to become the first openly gay footballer in the premier league after coming out to teammates #CFC"
Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane has moved to settle the rift between captain, Sergio Ramos and club legend, Cristiano Ronaldo as the club prepare to lock horns with Atletico Madrid this weekend. The rift between the duo started after the Portuguese blamed the crisis confronting the club on the exit of Alvaro Morata, Pepe and James Rodriguez. He claimed that their move away from Madrid left the squad with young and inexperienced players.
The 2017/2018 Nigeria Professional Football League season will kick off on January 14, 2018, Complete Sports reports. Preceding the new season will be the annual NPFL pre-season tournament will which will run from December 11 to December 17 in the pyramid city of Kano.
Former England striker Gary Lineker - who won the Adidas Golden Boot at Mexico 1986 - will conduct the Final Draw in Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace on 1 December, supported by Russian sports journalist Maria Komandnaya, FIFA announced on Friday.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved the request made by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, to move the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers scheduled for March next year to another date for teams through to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino has hailed Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger as the longest serving coach in the English Premier league after he celebrated his 21 years at the club last month. Wenger won three domestic league titles and seven FA Cups during this period. He also ensured that Arsenal enjoy great success against their rival, Tottenham.
