Southampton has knocked out tournament favourites Manchester City to reach the semi-finals. A strike from Sekou Mara and a lob from Moussa Djenepo saw the saints pull off a remarkable 2-0 win to book a last-four clash with Newcastle.
Chelsea has beaten Premier League rivals Manchester United and Arsenal to the signing of the Portuguese forward, Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid for the remainder of the season.
Super Eagles and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has been nominated alongside African duo, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah by EA sport among the top hundred (100) best-performing footballers of the year (2022).
France manager Didier Deschamps has signed a new contract with the France national team until 2026. Deschamps has committed himself to taking charge of the World Cup runners-up by two years despite the many speculations going around that the France manager would step down after the tournament in Qatar.
Former Arsenal legend, Ray Parlour, has hinted at the teams that would finish before Chelsea FC in this season's Premier League table. Chelsea ended –up in third place on the Premier League table last season, with the hope of improving this year.
The Stamford Bridge team are currently maintaining the tenth position on the League table shortly after their latest 1-0 defeat to Manchester City yesterday night. However, Parlour is optimistic that teams like Arsenal, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Man City will be the teams to finish before Chelsea adding that Graham Potter’s side will struggle to finish in the top six.
Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) has received their take-off grant of N200 million as the league resumes on Sunday 8th of January 2023. On Thursday, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) announced a partnership between the GTI Group Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Federation. This partnership will see each participating team of the NPFL receive a take-off grant of N10 million each.
