Napoli made an £8m bid for Brighton’s Billy Gilmour. Brighton is currently on a pre-season tour in Japan. Gomez will join Brighton after the Olympics. Brighton have turned down an £8m offer from Napoli for Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour, as reported by the BBC on Saturday. Sources indicate that this was an initial bid, suggesting … Read more
Marcos Alonso has been ruled out. Barcelona is struggling with injuries. Alonso will be out until March of next year. This season, Barcelona is struggling with injuries, and a solution doesn’t appear likely. Although veteran left-back Marcos Alonso has continued to play on the sidelines, the Blaugrana do not have enough depth in their lineup … Read more
Arsenal has signed Jorginho from Chelsea on an 18-month deal. The Italian midfielder has won two titles with Italy. The 31-year-old has made more than 200 appearances for Chelsea. Leading Premier League team Arsenal announced on Tuesday that it has recruited seasoned Italian midfielder Jorginho from London rival Chelsea to an 18-month deal. Welcome to … Read more
Napoli defeats Ajax 6-1 in Champions League, Inter defeats Barcelona. Giacomo Raspadori scored twice in the victory. Internazionale turned things around with a critical 1-0 victory over Barcelona Tuesday’s Champions League match between Napoli and 10-man Ajax resulted in a commanding 6-1 victory for Napoli after they rallied from behind. Giacomo Raspadori scored twice in … Read more
The Italian football league has begun an investigation into racist chanting at Napoli’s match against Verona. Napoli striker Victor Osimhen was subjected to monkey chants during Monday’s 5-2 victory. This was the latest incidence of racist screaming at Verona, who have a long history of such behaviour. After Napoli striker Victor Osimhen was subjected to … Read more
Napoli under investigation for possible false accounting in Victor Osimhen transfer. Napoli owner Aurelio de Laurentiis also under investigation, Italian media report. Serie A club’s offices searched as part of probe into suspicious transfers. Napoli is being investigated for possible false accounting in the transfer deal that brought Nigerian Victor Osimhen to the Serie A … Read more
Nigeria recalls Victor Osimhen to their Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers squad. The striker was absent from the squad for the recent trip to the United States. Adebayo Adeleye and Sani Faisal are the only two players from local leagues named. Nigeria has recalled called back striker Victor Osimhen from Napoli for 2023 Africa Cup … Read more
Jurgen Klopp examined the ruins of Liverpool’s 2018 Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid and replied with a game-changing acquisition of Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker. Klopp’s team would not be ready for Saturday’s revenge mission against the Spanish champions in Paris if Alisson had not made significant contributions to the Liverpool cause, including a … Read more
Moise Kean’s late goal on Monday handed Juventus a 2-1 win over Sassuolo in Serie A, allowing them to cut the distance on third-placed Napoli to just one point. When Kean scored two minutes from time, Sassuolo had done more than enough to earn a share of the points. Kean, a 67th-minute substitute for Alvaro … Read more
Stephan El Shaarawy’s last-gasp equalise secured AS Roma a 1-1 draw at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Monday, putting an end to Napoli’s Serie A title chances. After captain Lorenzo Insigne broke the stalemate with a well-taken penalty after 11 minutes, the hosts led for the duration of the game in a tense match … Read more
Barcelona has struggled at home in international play this season, but if they are to reach the Europa League semi-finals, they must beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday at the Camp Nou. Last week, the Catalans needed a second-half Ferran Torres goal to come from behind and draw 1-1 with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany in the … Read more
Inter Milan kept their Serie A championship defence alive and healthy with a 2-0 victory against Verona on Saturday, bringing them to within a point of leaders AC Milan. In front of approximately 60,000 spectators at a sun-dappled San Siro, goals from Nicolo Barella and Edin Dzeko in the first half ensured that the champions … Read more
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have helped Liverpool conquer England and Europe, now both crave Africa Cup of Nations winners’ medals. Both sharpshooters will be in quarter-finals action on Sunday in Cameroon with Mane-inspired Senegal tackling surprise packets Equatorial Guinea while Salah and his Egypt teammates confront Morocco. Mane says he would “swap all the … Read more
MILAN: Inter Milan kept their lead in the Serie A title race thanks to a tight 2-1 win over Lazio on Sunday, while Juventus pulled off an incredible comeback to sink a distraught Roma 4-3. Milan Skriniar thumped home the decisive goal with a towering header from Alessandro Bastoni’s cross in the 67th minute to put … Read more
Napoli on Thursday were held to a 1-1 draw by Juventus that left them lagging behind in the Serie A title race, on a day where the dominant topic was the coronavirus cloud hanging over the league. Dries Mertens opened the account in the 23rd minute for Napoli, who performed well in an open game … Read more
ABUJA: Nigeria have selected Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, who is still recovering from a serious injury, as part of its 28-man squad for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Osimhen looked certain to miss the tournament, which is scheduled to kick off in Cameroon on January 9, after initially being ruled out for … Read more
Inter Milan are progressing in the Serie A title race as the defending champions reach the halfway point of the campaign in pole position with arch-rivals Juventus out in the cold. Under Antonio Conte Inter broke almost a decade of Juve dominance when they claimed their 19th league championship last season and have defied expectations following a turbulent … Read more
MILAN: Inter Milan have stolen a march in the Serie A title race as the champions reach the halfway point of the campaign in pole position with arch-rivals Juventus out in the cold. Under Antonio Conte Inter broke almost a decade of Juve dominance when they claimed their 19th league championship last season and have … Read more
PARIS: Last season’s beaten finalists Chelsea were sent packing from the Women’s Champions League on Thursday after a 4-0 defeat away to Wolfsburg in Germany in a dramatic final round of group games. Captain Svenja Huth and Tabea Wassmuth, the competition’s leading scorer, both scored twice as the Germans claimed the comprehensive win they needed … Read more
LONDON: The Premier League on Thursday postponed six more matches due to the wave of coronavirus infections hitting Britain, but said it intended to “continue its current fixture schedule where safely possible” as calls for a circuit break intensified. Leicester’s scheduled match against Tottenham was postponed just hours before kick-off on Thursday. Five more games … Read more
MILAN: Inter Milan will attempt to pull clear of AC Milan as they travel to struggling Salernitana in Serie A this weekend while their title rivals host a Napoli smarting from back-to-back defeats. Champions Inter are one point ahead of Milan who on Sunday face a tricky tie against fourth-placed Napoli, just four points off … Read more
MILAN: Napoli will pay tribute to Diego Maradona on Sunday when they host Lazio hoping to put two painful and costly consecutive defeats behind them. The football world honoured Maradona on the anniversary of his death on Thursday but Napoli are using this weekend’s fixture to enable Neapolitans to finally say goodbye at the place where their icon was … Read more
Aleksandr Sobolev’s first-half double helped Spartak Moscow to a 2-1 home victory over Serie A leaders Napoli on Wednesday which moved the Russians top of their Europa League group. All four teams can still progress from Group C and the winner of Leicester’s game against Legia Warsaw at the King Power Stadium on Thursday would … Read more
