Players

Manchester United have been charged by the Football Association over the misconduct of their players in the 2-0 defeat by runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool.

It is imperative that the Red Devils have a successful and uneventful winter break after playing through the busy Christmas and January periods with a skeleton squad. Players such as Harry Maguire, Marcus Rashford and Dan James have each played 28, 27 and 23 games already this season and there are concerns over player burnout as the season progresses.

Former international Friday Ekpo is piqued that none of the Nigerian players made it to the final round of the Africa Footballer of the Year Award which has three prominent players in the continent at the moment performing creditably for their clubs and countries.

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard said his attacking players had to do more to break down visiting teams after Thursday’s 2-0 loss to Southampton left them with two straight Premier League defeats at Stamford Bridge for the first time in eight years.

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted that the Foxes were never in a title race with Liverpool.

New Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is already ruffling feathers in training sessions by demanding more commitment from players prone to fancy flicks and tricks.

Nigeria has proved it is the powerhouse of African Table tennis after the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rated it 16th in the latest ranking.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has stated that he does not need to explain himself to his players if they are rested from the staring lineup.

Ex-international Victor Ikpeba is delighted with the nominations of Super Eagles trio, Victor Osimhen, Odion Ighalo and Wilfred Ndidi among the 30-man shortlisted for the coveted 2019 CAF African Footballer of the year award.

The government of Seyi Makinde in Oyo State is setting its eyes on the solid mineral sector as a major boost for its Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR), the Special Adviser on Solid Minerals Development, Mr Abiodun Oni, has said.

South Korea’s national football team described their World Cup qualifier against North Korea in Pyongyang as a “rough” match played under strange conditions that may be reported to FIFA.

Turkey's players celebrated their draw with France in Euro 2020 qualifying by making a military salute, despite already facing an investigation for a similar celebration in their previous match.

Twenty one Super Eagles players have arrived in Singapore ahead of Sunday’s friendly with Brazil at the Singapore National Stadium.

Players and officials of the Super Eagles are expected to Singapore on Wednesday for Sunday’s friendly encounter against five-time world champions, Brazil.

Former Nigeria international goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has debunked the rumours making the rounds that he could come back from international retirement to solve Nigeria goalkeeping crisis.

England Manager Gareth Southgate has explained why the duo of Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori were invited for this month’s Euro qualifiers against Bulgaria and Czech Republic.

Former Tanzania national team assistant coach, Emeka Amadi, has appealed to Nigerians to stop castigating the home-based Super Eagles following their back to back defeat to Togo in the African Nations Championship qualifier and at the ongoing 2019 WAFU Nations Cup.

Former Tanzania national team chief coach Emmanuel Amunike has backed CHAN Eagles coach Imama Amapakabo’s recent comment after his side’s 4-1 defeat to Togo.