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Germany’s Bundesliga has delayed their said resumption date by a week; this is a request from the German government, will have to wait another week to find out about a possible restart date as the government has delayed a decision over resumption. The league has been suspended for some time because of the global pandemic coronavirus. Chancellor Angela Merkel said that any decision on if and when sports activities could resume would now be taken on Wednesday, which is on May 6. “It is absolutely necessary that we remain disciplined and stick to health guidelines,” she said, the chancellor said.…

Paris Saint-German PSG has been declared the French Ligue One 2019/20 champions, they were declared the winners following the unresolved league due to coronavirus. The French authority suspended all sporting activities in the country following the continues rise in the coronavirus pandemic. Paris Saint-German (PSG) were topping the league with 12 points ahead of second place Marseille with ten more games to go before the coronavirus pandemic caused the suspension of the league. The annoumcement came following the French government’s decision on Tuesday to further extend their lockdown to September.  A statement was released by the French league president Nathalie…

EPL players will have to cover their faces as part of new rules to allow a safe return to full training. This is in accordance to the new document which is stated in the ‘Project Restart.’ The English Premier League clubs will be meeting on Friday to further discuss the resumption date. Proposals have been drafted by Premier League director of football Richard Garlick but a return to training will only happen with the agreement of the government. The plans to resume the league includes testing all players and officials 48 hours before returning to training and they will also…

The Spanish La Liga which has been in indefinite suspension since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s top division La Liga has created a detailed protocol for the return to training with proper health safeguards to be observed. The protocol is aimed at a potential restart to the league in mid-June and all games will be played behind closed doors. The Spanish La Liga has 11 rounds of matches remaining, with Barcelona two points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the table. Spain recently announced a four-phase plan to lift the country’s stringent lockdown and, during…

Tottenham Hotspur and England international Harry Kane who has been in injury for some time now has finally recovered from his hamstring injury. This was made known by the club’s manager Jose Mourinho, he said both Harry Kane and fellow team-mates Moussa Sissoko and Steven Bergwijn are all back. According to the former Manchester and Chelsea coach said: “It is one thing not to be injured, it’s another thing to be ready to play football,” “For them it is many, many, many weeks of injury and when the injuries were almost at an end, we stopped training,” he concluded. The…

Following the Project Restart project brought by the English Premier League and all efforts put by the UEFA to ensure they eradicate the coronavirus pandemic. Clubs across Europe have been burning with confidence and so we will be giving you all the transfer news from the various clubs. Italian Serie A Transfer News Juventus have turned their attention to signing Tottenham Hotspur and England striker Harry Kane, after they failed to secure Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen. Inter Milan’s Argentine star Martinez could be leaving the club to join Barcelona in the next transfer market. Inter are also ready to offer…

French Ligue 1 and the Ligue 2 has been scheduled to resume until late September because of the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the 2019-20 sporting season was over as he announced plans to ease France’s coronavirus lockdown on 11 May. French Ligue 1 and the Ligue 2 governing body had hoped to resume the season on 17 June and finish the campaign on 25 July but with the recent cases of coronavirus in the country. Football was suspended indefinitely in France since on 13 March. Ligue de Football Professional (LFP) have not concluded on whether or not to terminate…

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is set to benefit a huge sum of money from the $150 million (139 million euros) largess to be released by FIFA to its member associations to help handle financial troubles caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The world football governing body , FIFA said that all her 211 member associations will receive the sum of $500,000 which is N194,753,588.65 in Nigerian currency. The money is to help combat the global pandemic coronavirus which has put the whole world on hold. FIFA said in a statement recently that “all operational funding” for 2019 and 2020 would be distributed amongst…

Following the suspension of football across Europe due to the coronavirus pandemic UEFA has given all clubs which are under the suspension date for resumption of the league might end up been terminated. UEFA gave until May 25th for a date of resumption to be given to them by all the suspended league, the English Premier League has stepped up their plans to resume the league this week and have initiated a project which will see to the quick resumption of the league. The project is labelled “Project Restart” Some English Premier League sides like Arsenal, Tottenham, Brighton and West…

In today’s transfer News we will be looking at clubs who are willing to sell out their players and get new ones as well in the next transfer window. Even in the midst of the global pandemic coronavirus which is threatening the transfer market which comes up in summer. Some leagues are gradually picking up and getting set for resumption of training. Others are plaining on terminating their leagues and give the league to the league leaders. The COVID-19 pandemic is gradually losing her grip on the world some leagues in the world are already set to resume training with…

Tokyo olympics which was to take place in 2020 but now scheduled to run from 23 July to 8 August next year after being delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic might not be played in tokyo again if it is not played in 2021 says Yoshiro Mori who is the Tokyo Olympics Games chief. This statement is as a result of the concerns made by health experts, they have doubts if the Tokyo Olympics Games could be held next summer without the creation of a vaccine or effective drug to treat Covid-19. And this is the major reason why the Olympics…

When talking about great coaches in the world of football Jose Mourinho’s name cannot be left out of the book. The Portuguese man has won himself all the club trophies any coach can ever wish to win in their career. Jose Mourinho was asked about his greatest moment and he gave a shocking reply to the question. To the surprise of everybody went ahead to say his greatest moment is not in the several occasions when his teams have lifted the famous trophy. Not even the knee slide against Manchester United that marked his iconic arrival to the English Premier…

In today’s transfer gossip we will be looking at players who are likely to leave get a club in the next transfer window. Clubs have been busy as the coronavirus pandemic is gradually losing her grip on the world some leagues in the world are already set to resume training with the German Bundesliga topping the move followed by the Italian Serie A. Manchester United Transfer Gossip Manchester United have been looking for a perfect player to wear the jersey number 7 which Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo wore. The search for that player might just be very…

The English Premier League plans to resume the league will step up this week through the creation of what is called “Project Restart”. Both Arsenal and Brighton have all opened their training grounds to players for individual workouts training as at yesterday Monday. The league is very hopeful to resume on the 8th of June and to finish at the end of July to fit in with Uefa’s European competition plans. With Project Restart season, full training would be required at least on the 18th of May which is just less than a month away. Top-flight clubs will meet on…

The football governing body FIFA is looking at proposing a temporary dispensation to make five substitutions to help with the congested schedule they might likely face when the season resumes. Football leagues around the world are currently halted due to the global pandemic coronavirus. Fifa are currently on the move to organize a body to see that, this project will come to actualization, it is scheduled to work until the end of the 2021 season. Fifa spokesman coomenting on it said: “health comes first” and no competition is “worth risking a single human life”. They added: “Football should only resume…

Italian Serie A clubs have been given a date to resume training, they will be allowed to return to individual training on the 4th of May and then full club training on the 18th of May. This statement was made known by the Italian prime minister, he made it known that it will be the first step in lifting the country’s coronavirus lockdown. Chances are that the Serie A fixtures could resume between 27th of May and 2nd of June with hopes of ending the season early August. However, there was no formal announcement on the possibility of the league…

The world of football is facing a very hard time as the coronavirus pandemic has put sporting activities not just football on hold across Europe. With all of this happening there is doubt if the transfer window will be open as at when it is supposed to be open. We will be looking at club’s readiness and who they are looking at bringing into their various clubs in the next transfer window. We will be looking at the clubs and the players in the various leagues and how active they are in the transfer market. Transfer Window News Spanish La…

Arsenal former forward Olivier Giroud is set to pen down a contract extension with the Europa league holders Chelseas. The 33-years-old Frenchman was rumoured to leaving in the January transfer window after he only made five Premier League appearances and entering the last six months of his contract. Olivier Giroud was linked with a move to Inter Milan in the January transfer window but the moved failed after Chelsea failed to get a replacement for the attacker. Through the injury of fellow striker Tammy Abraham in January, he was able impress the manager Frank Lampard and since then he has…

Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has come out to deny and describe the news of him having coronavirus as fake news. Reports were going on that the former Leicester City and CSKA Moscow player has tested positive to coronavirus, the global pandemic that has held the world to a stand still. Ahmed Musa left the English Premier League side Leicester City after he could not get good playeing time with the club and moved to Saudi Arabia. He has been there for over two seasons now but with the outbreak of coronavirus which made the league to be suspended he…

Uefa have approved the Scottish Premier Football League (SPFL) board to end their league and give the league leaders the trophy, this is as a result of the crisis that was going on in the league. Also with the recent case of coronavirus, Uefa is in support of the league to end the season which is what the lower leagues in Scotland. Celtic are currently stopping the Scottish championship followed by Rangers, but should the league end now Celtic will be given the league title as they are topping the league with 16 points. Uefa gave a direct warning on…

Tottenham Hotspur Midfielder Eric Dier has been charged by the English Football F.A for misconduct, the incident happened in FA Cup game against Norwich. Eric Dier reacted very badly in their last FA Cup home game in which they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Norwich. According to a statement released by the English F.A, it says: “Eric Dier has been charged with misconduct for a breach of FA Rule E3,” the FA said in a statement. “It is alleged that his actions at the conclusion of the fixture were improper and/or threatening.” Eric Dier has been given…