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• Maresca: Chelsea Can Catch Up With Arsenal

  07-12-2025 15:06 via completesports.com
  Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca says he’s still optimistic the Blues can catch up with Arsenal in the race for the Premier League title. Recall that Chelsea was held to a goalless draw against Bournemouth, while Arsenal lost to Aston Villa on Saturday, to reduce the point gap to eight points. Speaking with the club’s website, [...]
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• AFCON 2025: Chelle, Super Eagles Backroom Staff, Uzoho Arrive Egypt

  14-12-2025 07:47 via completesports.com
  The Super Eagles will begin preparation for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday (today), reports Completesports.com. Head coach Eric Chelle, his assistants, and backroom staff arrived Cairo on Saturday. The Super Eagles are based at the Renaissance Hotels, Cairo. Read Also:AFCON Is An Important Competition — Kompany Meanwhile, Omonia Nicosia goalkeeper Francis Uzoho [...]
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• AFCON 2025: Eagles Must Avoid Over-Reliance On Osimhen For Goals –Sodje

  14-12-2025 07:46 via completesports.com
  Former Nigerian international Sam Sodje has warned the Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, not to over-depend on Victor Osimhen for goals at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. In a chat with Footy Africa, the former Brentford star stated that the Super Eagles players must learn to share responsibilities and avoid over-reliance on the [...]
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• Palmer: I’m Yet To Be At My Best

  14-12-2025 06:58 via completesports.com
  Chelsea superstar Cole Palmer has disclosed that he’s yet to be at his best after helping the Blues to a 2-0 win over Everton in Saturday’s Premier League. The England international scored his first goal since September for the club by opening the scoring at Stamford Bridge. Palmer missed more than two months with a [...]
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• AFCON Is An Important Competition — Kompany

  14-12-2025 06:43 via completesports.com
  Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany says the importance of the Africa Cup of Nations must not be underestimated, reports Completesports.com. The scheduling of the tournament has constantly caused friction between European clubs and participating countries. The two parties are always at loggerheads over the release of players for the biennial competition. Read Also:Chelle’s Mandate [...]
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• Very Unlucky For Us –Arokodare Laments Wolves’ Defeat To Arsenal

  14-12-2025 05:59 via completesports.com
  Tolu Arokodare has expressed his disappointment following Wolverhampton Wanderers’ 2-1 defeat to Arsenal in Saturday’s Premier League match at the Emirates. Arokodare opened his Premier League goals account for Wolves against Arsenal in the 90th minute, which seemed like he had rescued a point for his struggling side. The Super Eagles striker connected with a [...]
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• Arokodare Scores First EPL Goal As Wolves Fall To Arsenal

  13-12-2025 23:20 via completesports.com
  Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare was on target as Wolves lost 2-1 to Arsenal in Saturday’s Premier League game. The Nigerian international, who was making his 12th appearance, netted his first Premier League goal for Wolves this ongoing season. Read Also:Serie A: Lookman Plays 90 Minutes In Atalanta Win Vs Cagliari Arsenal dominated possession throughout [...]
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• Salah Sets New Premier League Record In Liverpool’s Win Vs Brighton

  13-12-2025 23:18 via completesports.com
  Mohamed Salah set a new English Premier League record for goal involvements to take his combined tally of goals and assists for Liverpool to 277 on Saturday, according to aa.com.tr. The 33-year-old player assisted Hugo Ekitike’s second strike in the 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion to reach his 89 assists in the Premier [...]
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• Maresca claims ‘worst 48 hours at Chelsea’ after alleged lack of support

  13-12-2025 23:02 via vanguardngr.com
  Enzo Maresca said he had suffered his “worst 48 hours” since joining Chelsea after a 2-0 win at home to Everton on Saturday as he lamented a lack of support.Victory took the London club into fourth place in the Premier League table and ended a run of four winless games in all competitions, with Cole Palmer scoring on his first home start since August.Yet Chelsea boss Maresca, who in his debut 2024/25 season in charge guided the Blues to both the Europa Conference League and Club Wor
  
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• Serie A: Lookman Plays 90 Minutes In Atalanta Win Vs Cagliari

  13-12-2025 22:57 via completesports.com
  Super Eagles winger Ademola Lookman played all 90 minutes as Atalanta defeated Cagliari 2-1 in Saturday’s Serie A game. The Nigerian international, who was making his 12th appearance, has scored two goals this ongoing season for Atalanta. Read Also:EPL: Bassey Scores, Chukwueze Bags Assist, Iwobi Subbed Off As Fulham Edge Burnley The host took the [...]
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• EPL: Bassey Scores, Chukwueze Bags Assist, Iwobi Subbed Off As Fulham Edge Burnley

  13-12-2025 22:44 via completesports.com
  Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey scored his first goal of the season while Samuel Chukwueze bagged an assist as Fulham defeated Burnley 3-2 in Saturday’s Premier League game. Bassey, who was making his 16th appearance for Fulham, scored his first league goal in the 31st minute with a powerful header. Prior to his goal, Smith [...]
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• Galatasaray Coach Talks Up Osimhen’s Performance In Win Over Antalyaspor

  13-12-2025 22:21 via completesports.com
  Galatasaray head coach Okan Buruk has praised Victor Osimhen for his performance in the club’s 4-1 win over Antalyaspor. Osimhen scored Galatasaray’s third goal of the game in the 56th minute. Leroy Sane, Burak Yilmaz and Mauro Icardi were also on target for the Yellow and Reds in the away win. Osimhen has so far [...]
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• Algeria include son of Zinedine Zidane in AFCON squad

  13-12-2025 22:01 via vanguardngr.com
  Goalkeeper Luca Zidane, a son of France football icon Zinedine Zidane, was named on Saturday in the Algeria squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which kicks off on December 21 in Morocco.The 27-year-old plays for Spanish second-tier club Granada and represented France at youth level before switching his international allegiance to Algeria.He debuted for Algeria in a World Cup qualifier against Uganda two months ago and is one of three goalkeepers chosen. The others are Oussama
  
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• Turkey: Osimhen On Target In Galatasaray’s Win Over Antalyalspor

  13-12-2025 21:55 via completesports.com
  Victor Osimhen was on target as Galatasaray beat their hosts Antalyalspor 4-1 in a Turkish Super Lig encounter on Saturday night. Leroy Sané gave the visitors the lead after seven minutes, while Baris Yilmaz doubled the advantage four minutes later. Osimhen scored Galatasaray’s third four minutes before the hour mark. It was the Nigeria international’s [...]
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• Serie A: Dele-Bashiru Helps Nine-Man Lazio Overcome Parma

  13-12-2025 21:28 via completesports.com
  Fisayo Dele-Bashiru was in action for nine-man Lazio who edged out Parma 1-0 in the Serie A on Saturday. Dele-Bashiru was introduced into the encounter with 20 minutes left. Tijani Noslin was the hero for Lazio as his 82nd minute strike was enough to secure the three points. Lazio was reduced to 10 men after [...]
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• Raphinha double stretches Barca’s Liga lead in Osasuna win

  13-12-2025 21:21 via vanguardngr.com
  Raphinha hit a brace to give Barcelona a narrow 2-0 win over Osasuna on Saturday and take them seven points clear at the top of La Liga.The Brazilian winger broke the deadlock after 70 minutes with a fizzing strike from the edge of the box to earn Barca their seventh-straight top flight win.Second place Real Madrid visit Alaves on Sunday, aiming to cut the gap on the champions back down to four points.Barca lacked their usual sparkle but ground out their victory, keeping a first clean sheet in
  
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• US drops bid to preserve FIFA bribery convictions

  13-12-2025 20:07 via vanguardngr.com
  The US government has moved to drop its case against a former Fox broadcasting executive involved in the FIFA corruption scandal that plunged the world’s footballing body into crisis.Prosecutors told the Supreme Court on Tuesday they wanted to end their fight to preserve the convictions of Hernan Lopez and Argentine sports marketing firm Full Play.Both were found guilty in March 2023 of wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies related to bribes to secure lucrative television rights to
  
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• NPFL: Bendel Insurance Extend Unbeaten Run After Draw Vs Rangers

  13-12-2025 19:56 via completesports.com
  Bendel Insurance extended their unbeaten streak to five games after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Rangers at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City on Saturday. Both teams fought hard in the first half, failing to hit target despite creating a couple of chances. ‎Promise Anyanwu gave Insurance the lead nine minutes from [...]
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• ‘No issue to resolve’ with Salah after outburst, says Liverpool’s Slot

  13-12-2025 19:56 via vanguardngr.com
  Arne Slot said there was “no issue to resolve” after bringing Mohamed Salah on as a substitute in Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Brighton on Saturday — a week after the forward’s explosive comments about the club.Hugo Ekitike scored at Anfield after 46 seconds and Salah, introduced in the 26th minute, set up the Frenchman for a second goal with half an hour to go.Salah accused Liverpool of throwing him “under the bus” after he was left on the bench for las
  
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• Chelsea Defeat Everton 2-0 To End Winless Streak; Ekitike’s Double Sinks Brighton

  13-12-2025 19:04 via completesports.com
  Chelsea ended their Winless run after overcoming Everton 2-0 in Saturday’s Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge. First half goals from Cole Palmer and Malo Gusto helped the Blues end a run of four straight matches without a win (two draws, two defeats). Palmer opened the scoring in the 21st minute before Gusto added the [...]
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• Salah makes goal assist on return to Liverpool action

  13-12-2025 18:59 via vanguardngr.com
  Mohamed Salah set up a goal in Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Brighton on Saturday as he returned to action after an explosive outburst cast doubt over his future at the Premier League champions.The Egypt forward, the subject of intense scrutiny in the build-up to the game at Anfield, came off the substitutes’ bench to huge cheers in the 26th minute, replacing injured defender Joe Gomez.The home team, whose title defence has collapsed after a shocking run of results, were leading 1-0 a
  
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• Palmer strikes as Chelsea return to winning ways against Everton

  13-12-2025 18:19 via vanguardngr.com
  Cole Palmer returned with a much-needed goal as Chelsea beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday to end a run of four games without a win in all competitions.Victory at Stamford Bridge lifted Chelsea back into the top four.Injury-plagued attacking midfielder Cole missed Chelsea’s loss away to Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday as part of his recovery from a two-month spell on the sidelines.Palmer was initially troubled by a groin problem and then fractured his toe after
  
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• Chelle’s Mandate Is To Reach AFCON 2025 Final; I Had No Say In Super Eagles Final 28-Man Squad –Gusau

  13-12-2025 16:41 via completesports.com
  President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ibrahim Gusau, has said Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle’s mandate for the 2025 AFCON is to reach the final. After the disappointment of not qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, attention of Nigerian football fans is the 2025 AFCON which will kick off on December 21 [...]
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• Mbappe back for Alonso’s depleted Real Madrid

  13-12-2025 14:52 via vanguardngr.com
  Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said Kylian Mbappe is fit to play on Sunday against Alaves in La Liga, as his depleted team bid to turn around a run of bad results.Mbappe missed the Champions League defeat by Manchester City on Wednesday which left Madrid with just two wins in their last eight games and Alonso at risk of the sack.“We’ve got Kylian back, he’s ready to play, and tomorrow we’ll see and decide (if he starts), that’s good news obviously,” Alonso sai
  
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• Gusau Clears Air On Super Eagles’ Bonus Row, Failure To Qualify For 2026 World Cup

  13-12-2025 12:52 via completesports.com
  President of the Nigeria Football Federation , NFF, Ibrahim Gusau has shared his thoughts on the bonus saga that trailed the Super Eagles’ opening fixture at the 2026 FIFA World Cup African playoffs. Players and technical staff of the team boycotted training two days before their crucial semi-final clash with the Panthers of Gabon. The [...]
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• Fans vandalise India stadium after Messi’s abrupt exit

  13-12-2025 12:41 via vanguardngr.com
  Angry spectators broke down barricades and stormed the pitch at a stadium in India after football star Lionel Messi, who is on a three-day tour of the country, abruptly left the arena.As a part of a so-called GOAT Tour, the 38-year-old Argentina and Inter Miami superstar touched down in the eastern state of West Bengal early Saturday, greeted by a chorus of exuberant fans chanting his name.Hours later, thousands of fans wearing Messi jerseys and waving the Argentine flag packed into Salt Lake s
  
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• EPL: Most Important Game –Cucurella Speaks Ahead Chelsea Vs Everton

  13-12-2025 11:34 via completesports.com
  Chelsea fullback Marc Cucurella has disclosed that the Blues must do everything to overcome Everton in today’s Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge. In a chat with the club’s website, the Spanish international stated that Chelsea need the three points to remain within the top four spots. “For me, this is one of the most [...]
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• Full list of Premier League players going to AFCON

  13-12-2025 11:14 via vanguardngr.com
  The 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be held in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, bringing together the continent’s top national teams.A total of 25 players plying their trade in the English Premier League are currently in line to feature at the tournament, underlining the league’s continued influence on African football. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria lead in Premier League representation, with four players ea
  
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• We’re Proud Of Alebiosu’s Progress –Blackburn Rovers

  13-12-2025 10:57 via completesports.com
  Blackburn Rovers have expressed delight with the addition of Ryan Alebiosu to the final Super Eagles squad list for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Reacting to his inclusion in the Super Eagles squad, Blackburn, via their official club’s website, lauded Alebiosu’s progress since he joined the team this summer. Read Also:‘Nathan Had [...]
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• ‘Nathan Had Hopes, Real Hopes’ –Leverkusen Coach Reacts After Tella’s Omission From Eagles’ AFCON 2025 Squad

  13-12-2025 07:33 via completesports.com
  Bayer Leverkusen coach Kasper Hjulmand has expressed disappointment that Nathan Tella was not listed in the Super Eagles’ final squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Recall that Chelle unveiled his final 28-man list on Thursday, December 11, the deadline given to all team coaches by the Confederation of African Football. Read Also:AFCON 2025: [...]
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