Spanish La Liga side Girona rounded off an impressive season with a 7-0 victory over relegated Granada as Artem Dovbyk pulled a goal clear as La Liga’s top scorer. The Ukraine striker, Dovbyk scored a hat-trick as the Catalan club chalked up the biggest victory in their history. Eric Garcia and Viktor Tsygankov both found…
Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney is expected to be confirmed as the head coach of Championship side Plymouth Argyle on Saturday after holding talks about the vacancy. Rooney, 38, is keen to re-establish his reputation after a disastrous spell at Birmingham last season, when he lost nine games out of 15. Argyle are looking for…
Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni is expected to be ruled out of the Champions League final against Dortmund because of a foot injury and could be a doubt for Euro 2024. The 24-year-old suffered a stress fracture in his foot in the semi-final second leg win over Bayern Munich earlier in May. The La Liga…
Barcelona have sacked manager Xavi with former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick set to replace him. Xavi will take charge of Barcelona for the final time on Sunday, when they host Sevilla in their last La Liga match of the season. The 44-year-old, who had been contracted until 2025, was informed of the club’s decision…
Former Arsenal Striker Olivier Giroud says he plans to quit international football after Euro 2024. The AC Milan striker is France’s all-time top scorer, with 57 goals in 131 appearances and won the World Cup in 2018. The former Chelsea forward has been named in Didier Deschamps’ provisional squad for the Euros, which start next…
The newly reinstated Emir of Kano Sanusi Muhammadu has received his letter of appointment as the Emir of Kano, barely a day after he was reinstated by Governor Abba Yusuf. He received the letter at the Government House in Kano on Friday at an event attended by top government officials, traditional rulers, kingmakers, and other…
Security personnel, on Wednesday, took over the Cross River State Assembly Complex just after the impeachment of the Speaker of the Assembly, Elvert Ayambem, barricading every access to the complex. The security agents were a combined team of men of the Nigeria Police Force and operatives of the Department of State Services. Ayambem was impeached…
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday. However, the NLC and the TUC shifted…
Bayern Munich are in advanced talks with Burnley over the shock appointment of Vincent Kompany as their new coach. The Bundesliga side believe Kompany wants to join them and the two clubs are aiming to agree on a compensation fee. It is believed Kompany, 38, would take his Clarets backroom staff with him to Munich,…
Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso has praised his side’s “exceptional” record-breaking unbeaten run but said it hurts that it was ended in the Europa League final. The German side have been one of the stories of the season, having gone 51 games without defeat as well as winning the Bundesliga. But their hopes of ending…
