Falconets, the Nigerian U-20 women’s team maintained a 100% record in the group stage after coming from a goal down to defeat Canada 3 -1 in their last group C tie. The 2014 runners-up will now play The Netherlands in the quarter-finals on Sunday.
Football’s world governing body, FIFA, has decided to suspend the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) “due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA statutes”.
Heading back to his former club, RB Leipzig after completing his deal, Timo Werner is already missing Stamford Bridge where he experienced a tough period of his football career. Werner has today sealed a deal of going back to Leipzig for a deal of £25million after completing a medical. Some commentators opined that the departure of the German international has brought an end to his boring two years at the London Club where he was signed in for a whooping £47.5million during the year 2020.
Manchester United Legend, Gary Neville had foreseen that the Arsenal midfielder, Granit Xhaka will disappoint Arteta and let him down at some point in the season while passing comments on the player. The Legend warned Arsenal that they should prepare their mind for the eventuality. He said, Xhaka has been a divisive figure in the squad of the Arsenal fan base, though attributed it to the player's past disciplinary record but Arteta has always been fond of him at every opportunity when he is to throw in players.
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has directed the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to pay former Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr a compensation fee of $378,000. Rohr was sacked by the NFF last December, a few weeks before the start of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Cameroon.
Liverpool have won the 2022 FA Community Shield after defeating arch-rivals, Manchester City 3-1 at the King Power Stadium in Leicester City yesterday. For the first time in 10 years, the match which is the 100th FA Community Shield took place away from the usual Wembley Stadium due to the hosting of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 Final.
