Tag: Champions League

South African Coach Mosimane Joins Saudi Arabian Club

26Sep

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South Africa, Sports

South African Coach Mosimane Joins Saudi Arabian Club

South Africa’s most successful coach in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) club competitions, Pitso Mosimane, just became the new coach of Saudi Arabian second division team, Al Ahli Saudi. See Also: Alex Iwobi Nominated for Premier League Player of the Month Award According to the Nation, A close associate revealed the South African coach had joined the club but the details of the contract were not stated. Mosimane coached Egyptian club, Al Ahly, before leaving in June, he won the CAF Champions League in 2020 and 2021 then ended up runners-up to Wydad Casablanca this year with the club. The 58-year-old also helped Ahly win the CAF Super Cup, a fixture held between the Champions League winners and the second-tier Confederation Cup winners. He has also won the C...

Napoli Suffer Injury Blow as Osimhen to Stay on the Sidelines

11Sep

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Sports

Napoli Suffer Injury Blow as Osimhen to Stay on the Sidelines

Nigerian Striker and Napoli star, Victor Osimhen, could stay out of football action for more than four weeks after he sustained an injury during a champions league match on Wednesday. Osimhen left the field injured during the champions league match against Liverpool as Napoli was leading 2-0. See Also: Umar Sadiq Seals Late Move from Almeria to Real Sociedad Napoli would later win 4-1 against the English side at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Napoli revealed the striker sustained a second-degree lesion in his right bicep and would start a recovery program to address the injury. Such injury takes nothing less than four to five weeks to recover from, so Osimhen would be out of action until after the international break in October. So far, the Nigerian has scored t...

Falcons Defender Glory Ogbonna Joins Turkish Champions

13Aug

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Falcons Defender Glory Ogbonna Joins Turkish Champions

Super Falcons defender, Glory Ogbonna, reveals she has signed a one-year contract with Turkish club, ALG spor Kulűbű after refusing to renew her contract with her previous club, Santa Teresa. Speaking in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In Calabar on Thursday, she revealed her decision to join the Turkish women league champions was to fulfill her desire to play in the women’s Champions League. See Also: Super Falcons Fail to Qualify for 2022 WAFCON Final The Falcons defender signed the contract on Wednesday after turning down numerous offers from different clubs across Europe, stating that her desire to play in the Champions League is what motivated her to join the Turkish club. “I have always been desirous to play in the Champions League as such...

Football: Mane Fires in 3 as Liverpool Thrash Porto 5:0

15Feb

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Senegal, Sports

Football: Mane Fires in 3 as Liverpool Thrash Porto 5:0

Sadio Mane scored a brilliant treble as Liverpool romped to a 5-0 thrashing of Porto at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday to march towards the Champions League quarter-finals. Mane fired the away side ahead in the first leg of the last-16 clash, before Mohamed Salah’s audacious finish for his 30th goal of the season quickly made it two. The Senegalese forward slotted in his second as Liverpool completely outclassed their opponents, with Roberto Firmino adding his name to the scoresheet with 20 minutes to play, before Mane’s searing strike completed his first European hat-trick. “It was important to play as a team and we did, we played great football from the beginning,” Mane told BT Sport. “We created so many chances and we scored five. It was well deserved.” Playing in the...

Champions League: PSG Tie Set to Define Real Madrid Season – Ronaldo

12Feb

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Champions League: PSG Tie Set to Define Real Madrid Season – Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that Real Madrid’s season is now effectively all about their looming Champions League tie against Paris Saint-Germain as the Spanish giants trail off the pace in La Liga. “The tie…is one that could define the whole season,” the Portuguese forward told Real’s website after picking up a prize for best player in the world last season from the website Goal.com. “We’re going to come up against a great team with excellent players, whom we respect a lot. “But we’ve already shown that we have a very strong, united and experienced group in this competition.” Real host PSG at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday in the first leg of their last-16 tie, with the return set for March 6 in the French capital. Zinedine Zidane’s side have won the Champions League...