Football

Super Eagles forward Ebere Paul Onuachu has attracted the interest of several European teams including Liverpool after winning the Jupiler Pro League Professional Footballer of the Year award for the 2020/21 season and also picking up the Golden Shoe Award following a stellar campaign for Genk. The 26-year-old scored 33 goals and provided five assists in 38 league appearances which ensured Genk won the Belgian Cup and second behind Club Brugge in the league.

The English premier league (EPL) 2020/21 curtain has been drawn closed with Manchester City finally laying hands on the EPL title they won earlier in May with two games to spare. City celebrated winning their fifth Premier League title in stunning style as they demolished Everton 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium, thereby finishing the season on 86 point while Liverpool is a surprise top three finishers after enduring a turbulent season with a 2-0 victory over crystal palace, ensuring they finish 5 points behind second-place manchester united and a champions league place guaranteed.

Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has declared his interest to leave the club which he joined in 2017 after their final Premier League match of the season against Manchester United on Sunday; moreover, The Midlands club is in talks with the former Benfica manager Bruno Lage over potentially taking over.

Manchester City defender Ruben Dias has been named Football Writers' Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year for the 2020/21 season. The 24-year-old Portugal international who was signed by City for about £65m from Benfica last summer made series of eye-catching impact on the champions since coming on.

Real Madrid striker Karim Mostafa Benzema has been named as the best French player playing abroad by the UNFP (France's National Union of Professional Football Players); at the same time, getting a recall for the first time in five years by France coach Didier Deschamps to his 26-man squad for Euro 2020, despite facing trial for alleged blackmail.

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has stated he is stepping away from top-flight Premier League football, and the final two matches remaining for Palace this season will be his last as manager. The 73-year-old who began his coaching career in Sweden in 1976 and went on to manage England between 2012 and 2016, will take charge of his last Selhurst Park match against Arsenal on Wednesday before facing one of his former clubs, Liverpool, on Sunday in his final game.