Goals

Borussia Dortmund must tighten their defence and trust teenage striker Erling Braut Haaland to provide the goals against Bundesliga giant-killers Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday after a “week to forget”.

La Liga referee Jose Maria Sanchez has been dropped for the upcoming La Liga games this weekend as he was not allocated any game to officiate by the Spanish football federation following his poor officiation between Real Betis and Barcelona on Sunday at the Benito Villamarin.

Real Madrid’s 4-1 win over Osasuna on Sunday saw Zinedine Zidane further cement his legendary place in the club’s history.

Kwadwo Asamoah was in obvious jubilant mood after Inter Milan saw off Fiorentina 2-1 to make it to the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia on Wednesday night.

Goals from Michy Batshuayi and Fikayo Tomori either side of half-time saw the Blues book their place in the fifth round.

Robin van Persie was angered at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s post-match interview after Manchester United were beaten convincingly by Arsenal.

With goals seemingly difficult to come by at their hitherto fortress at the Ifeanyi Ubah Stadium, Nnewi, one of the defenders of the FC Ifeanyiubah, Ikenna Cooper has implored the Anambra Warriors attackers to shoot more with precision while in their opponents’ goal area than they are doing presently after another laboured home win against Heartland on Sunday.

The Nigeria Football Federation are shopping for an African team to play the Super Eagles on October 10 after confirming an international friendly game against Brazil in Singapore on October 13, Sports Extra can report.

Super Eagles’ midfielder John Ogu has applauded his teammates after their impressive 2-2 draw against Ukraine in Dnipro on Tuesday night, stating that the future remains bright for the national team.

Marco Silva has challenged Alex Iwobi to continue providing “high-quality, creativity and goals” as the deadline-day signing aims to build on an impressive start to his Everton career.

Pep Guardiola lamented that VAR needs to be fixed after he watched his Manchester City team have a last-minute winner against Tottenham ruled out on Saturday.

Goals from Jill Scott, Ellen White and Lucy Bronze gave Phil Neville’s side a comfortable victory in Le Havre, which means they will now face either hosts France or holders USA in the final four.

Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has criticised his former club for their “collapse” against Chelsea in the Europa League final.

Mohamed Elneny is excited after Arsenal moved to the third spot in the Premier League log following their 2-0 win over Newcastle United on Monday.

Manchester City's quadruple quest will see them come up against Brighton and Hove Albion in the FA Cup semi-finals, while Wolves and Watford will contest the other last-four showdown.

Nigeria forward Odion Ighalo said it is difficult for him to accept that his side Changchun Yatai suffered relegation from the Chinese Super League under his leadership.

Goals on both sides of half-time gave Chelsea a 2-0 win over Manchester City in Premier League action on Saturday night.

Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze played the entire duration, but couldn’t save his side Villarreal from suffering 2-0 defeat in the hands of Catalan giants Barcelona at Camp Nou on Sunday.