International Football

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has heaped praise on hat-trick hero Raphinha Dias. He said that he has never coached a player as determined as the Brazilian. This is after the former Leeds winger netted a hat-trick against Bayern Munich. Barcelona who were playing at home found the net first through the former Leeds United winger in the first minute of ...

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has tipped the club’s forward to win this year’s Ballon d’Or. The Los Blancos overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat Borussia Dortmund 5-2 in their Champions League MD3 league phase match. With a 30-minute hat-trick at the Santiago Bernabeu, Vinicius Junior was the highlight of the show for the defending champions. After the full-time whistle, ...

Despite four players overcoming fitness issues to play against Bournemouth, Mikel Arteta is still dealing with a lot of Arsenal injury concerns ahead of the Champions League matchup against Shakhtar Donetsk. Luckily for him, Ben White, Kai Havertz and Thomas Partey started the match against Bournemouth. This is despite both having left international service early. William Saliba was sent off ...

Former Uruguay striker Edison Cavani has omitted Cristiano Ronaldo from his list of the best footballers of all time. The Uruguayan was asked if he considered himself a genius in football. He said that he doesn’t and picked the players he thinks are geniuses. They included Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Neymar Jr and Ronaldinho. The former PSG forward thinks that ...

Argentina captain Lionel Messi has talked about his retirement from professional football revealing that the end is near. The 37-year-old made the remarks last evening at an event organized by Spanish Sports publication Marca which named him as the greatest footballer of all time. He was followed by Cristiano Ronaldo and Pele. This was such a big headline especially owing ...