Relentless Villa beat Man City, Liverpool win

Elsewhere on a busy programme in the English top flight, Scott McTominay scored twice as Manchester United beat Chelsea 2-1 and Fulham hammered Nottingham Forest 5-0, heaping the pressure on manager Steve Cooper. Villa, who have now won 14 league games in a row at home, scored the only goal of the game in the … Read more

Haaland faces FA charge over referee criticism after Spurs draw

Haaland faces FA charge over referee criticism after Spurs draw

Erling Haaland could face the English Football Association’s sanctions after his reaction to a ‘controversial’ refereeing decision during Manchester City’s 3-3 home Premier League draw with Tottenham on Sunday. The prolific striker vented frustration on social media after the referee halted play as teammate Jack Grealish raced towards goal late on. Haaland had been fouled … Read more

Leverkusen’s Boniface strikes to grab draw with Dortmund

Leverkusen's Boniface strikes to snatch draw with Dortmund

A aim from Nigeria striker Victor Boniface with 11 minutes remaining earned Bayer Leverkusen a 1-1 dwelling draw with Borussia Dortmund on Sunday, preserving the league leaders’ unbeaten file this season intact. Dortmund scored simply 5 minutes in by way of Julian Ryerson and the guests seemed set to be the primary aspect this season … Read more

Eagles drop to 42 in newest FIFA rankings

Eagles drop to 42 in latest FIFA rankings

Nigeria have dropped two locations within the newest FIFA males’s rankings for the month of November. The Tremendous Eagles, who had been ranked fortieth on the planet within the rating launched in October, dropped 16 factors to forty second. The Eagles’ drop within the rankings was largely as a consequence of their poor begin to … Read more

Brighton, West Ham seal spots in Europa League knockout spherical

Brighton, West Ham seal spots in Europa League knockout round

Brighton booked their place within the Europa League knockout stage with a 1-0 win at AEK Athens, whereas West Ham additionally superior after a late Tomas Soucek purpose in opposition to Backa Topola on Thursday. Roberto De Zerbi’s facet are competing in Europe for the primary time of their historical past and the Seagulls’ journey … Read more

NFF may sack Peseiro, shops for local coach

The PUNCH has gathered that the Nigeria Football Federation is considering the future of Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro, with the coach likely to be disengaged soon as the search for his replacement has commenced. Our correspondent learnt that the Technical Committee of the federation was not pleased with the performance of the Eagles under … Read more

Association promises to sanction erring referees

The President of the Nigeria Referees Association, Sanni Zubair, on Monday, reiterated the body’s commitment to ensure that referees performing below par were flushed out of the country’s domestic leagues. Zubair said this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos against the backdrop of incessant cases of poor officiating by match officials. NAN reports … Read more