Fury grows as Turkish leagues play on amid outbreak

By Reuters,

Turkey’s sports minister is meeting on Thursday with soccer, basketball and volleyball federations to discuss a widening coronavirus outbreak after ...

coronavirus , Turkey

Coronavirus: John Mikel Obi leaves Trabzonspor after expressing fears

By Agencies,

Former Nigeria captain and ex-Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has left Trabzonspor by mutual consent, days after expressing his concerns about the T...

coronavirus pandemic , Former Nigeria captain , John Mikel Obi , Mutual consent , Trabzonspor , Turkish Super Lig

Fleck strikes as Sheffield hold Arsenal

By Reuters,

Sheffield United's outstanding first season back in the Premier League continued as John Fleck hit a late equaliser at Arsenal. The Blades were typ...

Arsenal , Emirates , Gabriel Martinelli , Mikel Arteta , Sheffield United

Mikel: Nigeria still to find rhythm at Cup of Nations

By Reuters,

An avalanche of criticism is only to be expected for Nigeria who are still battling to find their rhythm at the Africa Cup of Nations, captain John Ob...

AFCON2019 , John Obi Mikel , Nigeria

Nigeria’s Super Eagles receive ‘part’ of AFCON money

By Reuters,

Nigeria’s football federation (NFF) says it has received “part of the money” allocated by the government for the national side’s participation...

AFCON2019 , Nigeria , Super Eagles

Nigeria must improve before World Cup says Mikel

By AFP,

Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel admits his side have to improve quickly if they are to make an impact at the World Cup. The Super Eagles lost 2-1 to...

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Injured Moses to miss final Nigeria qualifier

By AFP,

Chelsea's Victor Moses will miss Nigeria's final 2018 World Cup qualifier in Algeria and the friendly against Argentina with a hamstring injury, while...

Algeria , chelsea , Gernot Rohr , Nigeria , Victor Moses , World Cup qualifier

Nigeria, Tunisia, Egypt eye World Cup places

By AFP,

There are five places reserved for Africa at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and Nigeria, Tunisia, and Egypt could fill three of them this weekend. Ni...

2018 , Egypt , Group B , Nigeria , russia , tunisia , Zambia

Chelsea ‘legend’ Ivanovic lands at Russia’s Zenit

By AFP,

  Defensive stalwart Branislav Ivanovic ended his hugely successful Chelsea career on Wednesday when he signed for Zenit Saint Petersburg for ...

Branislav Ivanovic , chelsea , Lokomotiv Moscow , russia , Serbia , Zenit Saint Petersburg

Chelsea’s Conte says Costa is injured amid media speculation

By Reuters,

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte confirmed top scorer Diego Costa missed Saturday's 3-0 win over Leicester City through injury but declined to say if he ...

Antonio Conte , Chelsea FC , Diego Costa , English Premier League , football

Chelsea’s Mikel joins China gold rush with move to Tianjin

By Reuters,

Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel has become the latest big name player to join the Chinese Super League gold rush after leaving Chelsea for Tianjin T...

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Chelsea great Terry set for more than two weeks out

By AFP,

Chelsea captain John Terry will be out of action for more than two weeks because of a "muscular problem", Blues boss Antonio Conte said Friday. For...

Antonio Conte , Chelsea FC , English Premier League , John Terry , London derby , Tottenham Hotspur

City agree to personal terms with Barcelona keeper Claudio Bravo

By John Kyanda,

TRANSFER TITTLE-TATTLE with John Kyanda/Hot 96/@johnkyanda Pep Guardiola's quest to find a 'footballing' goalkeeper is edging closer after Manchest...

Umar heads Nigeria to the last eight

By Agencies,

Nigeria progressed to the quarter-finals at the Men's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 after a 1-0 victory over Sweden in Group B thanks to a Sadi...

football , Nigeria , olympics , Rio 2016 , sweden

Hazard at the double on Chelsea return

By Agencies,

Eden Hazard scored his first and second Premier League goals of the season as Chelsea beat AFC Bournemouth 4-1 at The Vitality Stadium. The Belgian...

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Sigurdsson inflicts first league defeat on Hiddink

By Agencies,

Chelsea suffered their first Premier League defeat since the appointment of Guus Hiddink as they lost 1-0 at Swansea City on Saturday. Hiddink repl...

Chelsea FC , Guus Hiddink , Gylfi Sigurdsson , Premier League , Swansea City

Pato breaks his duck as Chelsea rout Villa

By Agencies,

Alexandre Pato marked his long-awaited Chelsea debut with a goal as the Blues won 4-0 to leave crisis club Aston Villa teetering on the brink of releg...

Alexandre Pato , chelsea , Pedro Rodriguez

Chelsea Boss Jose Mourinho Slams PSG Ahead of Champions League Clash

By Citizen,

Speaking ahead of the match, Mourinho accused PSG of playing aggressive football, noting that they were the most aggressive team Chelsea have played a...

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