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Following is the draw for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals, which was held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. Four quarter-finalists were confirmed before the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the season, while the remaining four last 16 second leg matches will be played at the respective clubs’...

Apart from Liverpool wrapping up the Premier League title, the only other inevitability about the restart of the season has been VAR controversy, and this week has provided it in spades. West Ham United Manager,Davis Moyes, was “spewing” after Tomas Soucek’s strike was chalked off for an offside decision that...

The Confederation of African Football Executive Committee on Tuesday announced the postponement of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. It said the competition will now hold in Cameroon in January 2022. The decision was reached after the committee met via video-conference to discuss the future of competitions and other related...

Liverpool have been crowned Premier League champions after Manchester City‘s defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The triumph ends a 30-year wait for the Reds who last won the title in 1990. Last year’s champions City were Liverpool’s closest challengers this season but required victory in west London on Thursday...

Manchester City’s Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez scored two goals apiece as the hosts crushed a woeful Burnley 5-0 in the English Premier League (EPL) at The Etihad stadium on Monday. Manchester City showed their impressive strength in depth, making eight changes but were still too strong for the visitors....

Getafe’s bid to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time continued to look tight as they could only draw 1-1 at home to struggling Eibar on Saturday. But they escaped a worse fate as a late goal for the visitors was ruled out by a VAR review....

Denmark on Monday said it would allow more than 500 spectators at three upcoming top-flight league matches, including a Copenhagen derby. The move was part of an effort to test further easing of restrictions on public gatherngs introduced over the coronavirus pandemic. The matches include: Sunday’s Super League fixture between...

As La Liga resumes in Spain and other leagues across Europe amid partial lockdown in Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has directed for the re-opening of all viewing centres in the state. He, however, directed them to observe all protocols enunciated by health workers. He made this known when...

  The 2019/2020 Premier League season in England will restart on June 17, according to a media report on Thursday. Howevet, a spokesman for the Premier League, which stopped play in March, declined to comment as the meeting of 20 club officials was ongoing. The season will get under way...

Spanish football’s top flight division La Liga can return to action from June 8 after being disrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. All organised football in Spain was provisionally suspended on March 12, although clubs in the top two divisions have since returned...