Italian referee, Fabio Maresca has been suspended from officiating UEFA Champions League (UCL) games after allegedly threatening to kill a player. Maresca also faces a potential one-month suspension from Italian Serie A refereeing duties. According to Corriere della Sera, the incident happened in the face-off between Kuwait SC and Al-Arabi when Maresca was confronted by…
Manchester City midfielder Matheus Nunes has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of stealing a mobile phone at a nightclub in Madrid. The 26-year-old Portuguese international was allegedly detained in the early hours of September 8 at La Riviera, a popular disco, and taken to a local police station for questioning, Dailymails reports. His arrest occurred…
Argentina goalkeeper, Martinez was found to have violated FIFAās code of conduct when holding a replica of the Copa America trophy to his groin after the World Cup qualifier win over Chile on September 5. It is not the first time Martinez has performed such an action having also done it with the Golden Glove…
President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has expressed regrets for not buying Premier League Club, Arsenal FC when he had the chance. Dangote made his regrets known in an interview with Bloombergās Francine Lacqua in New York. He recounted that in 2020, he made known his intention to go for the North…
Daniel Dubois was too strong and good for Anthony Joshua, winning all five rounds and knocking down Joshua in four of them to retain the IBF world heavyweight title. The defect makes it the second knockout defeat of his career, falling to Daniel Dubois in their all-British heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium. Dubois,…
Nigerian striker Victor Olatunji made a stunning impact on his UEFA Champions League debut, scoring and assisting in Sparta Pragueās 3-0 demolition of Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday. Olatunji etched his name in the record books as the first Nigerian player to achieve this feat, joining African legends Daniel Cousin (2007) and Serge Aurier (2015)….
Al Nassr struggled in Cristiano Ronaldoās absence on Monday, when the Saudi club kicked off the revamped Asian Champions League with a 1-1 draw against Al Shorta in Iraq. Al Nassr captain Ronaldo did not travel with the squad for the match in Baghdad, with the club issuing a statement a day before stating that…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Portugal international and Al-Nasr captain, Cristiano Ronaldo has reached 1 billion followers across all social media. In a post sighted by our correspondent on his X formerly Twitter page, Ronaldo said history his has been made. He said: “Weāve made history ā 1 BILLION followers! This is more than just a…
The biggest sporting reason footballers play the game is to win trophies. It is indeed the best thing that can happen to a footballer, for it does not come easy at all. The reason for the foregoing is not difficult to discern. There have been great players who have not been able to lift their…
A monumental embarrassment awaits Ghana, after the Confederation of African Football withdrew approval for the use of the Baba Yara Stadium for AFCON Qualifiers. The CAF inspection team, on their last visit to Ghana, identified several issues, including a playing field that was deemed unsuitable for competitive matches. Uneven surfaces, poor drainage, and inadequate grass…