Tonight's Champions League result table

Story of the night?

Here goes...

Transfer news: Renato Sanches moves to Swansea

Renato Sanches has left Bayern Munich to join Swansea on a season-long loan



He will wear shirt number 85 in the Swansea team



Do you think Swansea is the perfect destination for him?

FA cup 2017 finals: Arsenal beat 10man Chelsea to become FA cup 2017 champions

Arsenal are now FA cup 2016/2017 champions,
memorable pictures from the match











Congratulations Arsenal!!!

More images coming soon

FA cup 2017 finals: Arsenal beat 10man Chelsea to become FA cup 2017 champions

Arsenal are now FA cup 2016/2017 champions,
memorable pictures from the match











Congratulations Arsenal!!!

More images coming soon

Have you seen the new style of the Premier League kit?

There will be a new style of names and numbers on the Premier League kits from the 2017/18 season onwards.

Here's a sample:


What do you think?

Breaking news: Mali has been banned from international football !!!

Mali has been suspended from international soccer after the West African country's sports minister sacked the executive committee of its soccer federation.

Mali are bottom of African Group C with 1 point from 2 games. Their next match is not until the end of August when they play away at Morocco, giving them plenty of time to find a solution.

FIFA blamed the actions of sports minister, Housseini Amion Guindo after he "decided to dissolve the executive committee of FEMAFOOT (the Malian FA) and appoint a provisional committee mandated to run the association."

FA Cup: Middlesbrough 0-2 Manchester City, as it happened in numbers

The last time Manchester City faced Middlesbrough in the FA Cup was in 2015 the Citizens lost 2-0

Manchester City are now the top scoring team left in the FA Cup this season (13 goals), with 8 different scorers finding the net

Sergio Aguero has scored 4 FA Cup goals this season for Man City equalling his best tally in a campaign for the club

Raheem Sterling has 2 goals and 5 assists in his 6 FA Cup games for Man City

David Silva has been directly involved in 5 FA Cup goals (2 goals, 3 assists), in his last 5 appearances in the competition

Before today, Middlesbrough had eliminated Manchester City in 4 of their last 5 FA Cup meetings

STATISTICS

POSSESSION:

Middlesbrough: 31%
Manchester City: 69%

SHOTS:

Middlesbrough: 9
Manchester City: 18

SHOTS ON TARGET:

Middlesbrough: 3
Manchester City: 10

CORNERS:

Middlesbrough: 1
Manchester City: 7

FOULS:

Middlesbrough: 19
Manchester City: 11

What's next?

The Citizens are heading to Wembley.

But for Middlesbrough, they have got to be more adventurous, they are currently playing a counter attacking game and, apart from Traore, they don't have the legs  to get forward quickly

Real Madrid's legend Raymond Kopa dies

The footballing legend Raymond Kopa has died at the age of 85.

Kopa was one of the stars of the Real Madrid side that dominated European football in the late 1950s. It was during his time at Santiago Bernabeu that he won 3 European Cups and also won the Ballon d'Or in 1958.

In Spain, he was part of the side that won 2 Primera Division titles, monopolised the early years of continental football and attained the game's highest individual honour at that time.

He played 45 times for France between 1952 and 1962, scoring 18 goals and was one of the outstanding figures at the 1958 World Cup, where he was eclipsed arguably only by 13-goal team-mate Just Fontaine and Brazil's teenage sensation Pele.

May his soul rest in peace.

Celebrate Ryan Giggs' memory today

On this day in 1991, Ryan Giggs made his debut for Manchester United against Everton,









Here's a timeline of his history at Manchester United



He has had:
963 appearances for the club in all competitions

162 Premier League assists

35 trophies in total

Premier League matchweek 26: Saturday results and pictures as it happened

Premier League Saturday results

Chelsea 3-1 Swansea












Crystal Palace 1-0 Middlesbrough




Everton 2-0 Sunderland




West Brom 1-1 Bournemouth






Hull City 1-1 Burnley

Leicester FC's decision to sack manager Claudio Ranieri; wise or a mistake they might regret?

Leicester City announced on Thursday that they have sacked their manager, Claudio Ranieri.

Ranieri took up the Leicester job in 2015 and stunned the world by leading Leicester to the Premier League title last season.

Unfortunately, Leicester have replicated their struggles of 2014/15 this campaign,
with only 5 wins all season and just 1 point from their last 6 Premier League matches, they are just 1 place and 1 point above the relegation zone.

Leicester vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said in a statement;

“This has been the most difficult decision we have had to make in nearly 7 years since King Power took ownership of Leicester City,”
“But we are duty-bound to put the club’s long-term interests above all sense of personal sentiment, no matter how strong that might be.”

The club's assistant manager Craig Shakespeare and first-team coach Mike Stowell will take charge until a new manager is appointed.

photo credit: the sport bible

Magic Johnson forfeits ESPN for Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers have hired
Magic Johnson as President of Basketball Operations after firing former General manager Mitch Kupchak!

Magic Johnson will now officially leave his role as ESPN'S NBA countdown to take front office job at the Lakers

Arsenal news: Now this is really bad for Arsenal

Arsenal are currently undergoing a lot of pressure, as a result of losing consecutive matches in a row. The height of it was their 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday.

This has made thousands of Chileans to plan a march protest in Santiago, Chile on the 1st of March in an  attempt to get Arsenal forward  Alexis Sanchez to move clubs.

Report has it that the fans are protesting because they want Sanchez to leave Arsenal for the 'good of his career'.

A lot of Arsenal fans are also calling for Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger to leave the club and allow a better manager to take over it's affairs.

But, Arsene Wenger says he will not retire this summer, even if it means managing a club other than Arsenal.

Champions League round of 16: Bayern Vs Arsenal, exclusive pictures from yesterday

Arsenal terribly flopped against Bayer Munich yesterday, as they were beaten 5-1 by their host

Here are exclusive pictures from the match yesterday