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The mother of Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has died after being diagnosed with the novel Coronavirus, the English Premier League champions said on Monday. “The Manchester City family are devastated to report the death today of Pep’s mother Dolors Sala Carrió in Manresa, Barcelona after contracting Coronavirus. She was...

UEFA has suspended all Champions League and Europa League matches “until further notice” due to the coronavirus pandemic, European football’s governing body said after a meeting on Wednesday. All national team games scheduled for June have also been postponed, including play-off matches for Euro 2020, which has been moved to...

  English football will be suspended until at least April 30 due to the coronavirus crisis, the English game’s governing bodies said in a joint statement on Thursday. The governing bodies however pointed out that the current season can still be extended indefinitely. The Football Association, Premier League, EFL and...

  The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) late Wednesday in Abuja announced the cessation of all forms of football activities in the country for the next four weeks. Ademola Olajire, the NFF Director of Communications, in a statement said the shutdown was “as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic’’. He...

  West Ham United vice-chairman Karen Brady says hopes of re-starting the English Premier League in three weeks are “dreamland” and believes this season could be declared null and void. England’s top-flight football league, like the rest of world sports, finds itself in unprecedented peace-time territory as it attempts to...

UEFA on Thursday announced postponement of the second leg Round of 16 Champion League ties between Manchester City and Real Madrid billed for Etihad stadium in Manchester. It also postponed the Juventus versus Lyon match slated for Turin, Italy. The football body said the postponement was due to outbreak of...

European football governing body UEFA will hold a video conference meeting of all 55 football federations in Europe, it said on Thursday. The meeting which will involve representatives of clubs, leagues and players is to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on all football in the region, including Euro 2020....

Wednesday’s match between Manchester City and Arsenal has been postponed “as a precautionary measure,” the Premier League said, announcing the first match in the top competition to be called off due to the novel coronavirus. The league said that the decision followed the announcement on Tuesday that the owner of...

Watford FC proved to be the giant killers on Saturday by beating run-away EPL leaders, Liverpool unbeaten run. The relegation-threatened team beat the EPLbleaders in EPL, breaking the Meyerside side’s 18-match consecutive wins with three goals no nothing....

  Yellow House has emerged as the champions of the Home Science Association Secondary School, Alakuko, Lagos State inter-house sports. The House won the contest with 15 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. The event, held on February 14, 2020, saw Red House coming in second with 8 Gold,...