Manchester United officially signed Crystal Palace defender in a £50M deal

Manchester United have signed England Under-21 and Crystal Palace right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka in a £50M deal.


The 21-year-old who made his first team debut for Palace last year, has agreed a five-year contract with the Red Devils that will earn him up to £80,000 a week. 


United are paying £45m upfront, making the new signing the Club's fifth biggest signing, behind Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Angel di Maria and Fred. 

"It's an unbelievable feeling and honour.",Wan-Bissaka said.

Manchester United confirmed the signing on Saturday. 

Though his transfer was delayed by final negotiations between the clubs, which ended with the Eagles securing a 10% sell-on clause if Wan-Bissaka leaves United for more than £50M.

Nigeria became the first team to qualify for the last 16 of the African Cup of Nations as they beat Guinea 1-0

Three-time winners Nigeria scored the only goal in the 73rd minute when Moses Simon's right wing corner was headed in at the near post by Kenneth Omeruo.

Though Nigeria dropped their famous captain, John Obi Mikel, who played for Middlesbrough in the 2018-2019 season, but their side did include Brighton's defender Leon Balogun, Stoke midfielder Peter Etebo, Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi.

The Gunner's man had one of the best chances, when it was goaless with a curled effort from just outside the penalty area, but Guinea goalkeeper Ibrahim Kine produced a spectacular one-handed save to push it over the bar. 

Guinea's side included Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita who was making his first start for club or country since May, when he picked up a groin injury in the Red 's 3-0 loss to Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

However, keita received some strong challenges and he was later substituted in the 71st minute.

He was replaced just before a Nigeria corner and Guinea, who now have one point from their two matches, went behind instantly thanks to, later announced man of the match winner, Kenneth Omeruo's header.

Rafael Benitez will officially leave Newcastle United at the end of this month.

Newcastle boss, Rafael Benitez, will leave the club at the end of this month which is when his contract at the club runs out.


The club made this known on Monday afternoon via their twitter handle.


The club's statement:

"It is with disappointment that we announce manager Rafael Benitez will leave Newcastle United upon the expiry of his contract on 30th June 2019.


"We have worked hard to extend Rafa's contract over a significant period of time, however it has not been-and will not be-possible to reach an agreement with Rafa and his representatives".


"We would like to thank Rafa and his coaching team for their effort over the last three years and their significant contribution to what has been collectively achieved."


Rafael Benitez undoubtedly been one of the best managers to ever coach at the club. 


Let's see how this one works out for them.

Argentina scaled through to Copa America quarterfinals

Argentina, needing a win to advance from the group stage, were handed the perfect start when a Qatari defender mistakenly passed the ball to Martinez at the top of the penalty area and the Inter Milan forward beat Saad Al-Sheeb to make 1-0 in the 5th minute.


Manchester City striker, Aguero, gave his side a second goal in the 82nd minute beating his defender and blasting past Al-Sheeb to double the lead.


Next up for Argentina, who finished second behind Colombia in Group C, is a quarter Final match against Venezuela on June 28 at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.

France beats Brazil to qualify for the Quarter Final of the 2019 Women's World Cup

2019 Women's World Cup host,  France, eliminated Brazil from the tournament yesterday night, which was sure a thrilling encounter.


France Captain, Amadiane Henry, later announced player of the match, scored in extra time as the host beat Brazil 2-1 at the Women's World Cup in Le Havre on Saturday night to send Les Bleues into the quarter finals of the tournament.

France, however lacked sharpness up front until the 26th minute when Gauvin fired home from Kadidiatou Diani's cross, but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review ruled the striker headed the ball out of goalkeeper Barbara's hands.

The goal later came from Gauvin after latching onto a cross from Diani in the 52nd minute, however, Brazil levelled through Thaisa low cross-shot taking the game to extra-time where Henry definitely sealed the victory with her decisive goal. 

Afcon 2019: Host, Egypt off to a flying start

The African Cup of Nations kick started yesterday and it's sure to be an exciting tournament as the opening match proved.


Mahmoud Trezeguet handed host, Egypt a winning start to the African Cup of Nations with the only goal of the Friday's opening game against Zimbabwe in a high tempo start to the tournament.

In the 41st minute, Trezequet pick the ball out wide,  he collected it back inside the penalty area after a short pass, and then made a body check to shake off the defence and open room for himself to fire home a curling shot that gave the Zimbabwean goalkeeper, Sibanda, no chance.

Egyptian and Liverpool forward, Mohammed Salah, though showed no signs of post-season fatigue, after a long campaign with Liverpool, had Egypt's best chances of the second-half but the Zimbabwe defence and goalkeeper ensured a frustrating night for the Champions League winner.

Though, Zimbabwe had a couple of chances to equalise but they were not just clinical enough in front of goal.

The opening match, however, ended a victory for the host, Egypt.

Petr Cech back at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea's legend and former goalkeeper, Petr Cech, is back to where he belongs as almost every Chelsea fan would say.


The goalkeeper known for his heroic saves and record breaking cleansheets during his stay at the club as a player is back again but now as a technical and performance advisor.


This was made official on Friday morning via the Chelsae twitter page.


In a statement on their website, the blues were explaining Cech's new role at the Bridge saying:

           "The focus of the job will
             be to provide advice on
             all football and performance
             matters throughout the club
             as well as embed and facilitate 
             strong links between our men's 
             and academy teams, ensuring 
             that the various support department 
             are working together effectively."

Women's World Cup 2019: Super falcons qualify for round of 16

The Super Falcons on Thursday qualified for the knock out stages of the Women's World Cup for the first time in 20 years.


The falcons have reached the knockout stages of the Women's World Cup just once before now, a quarter-final appearance in the competition in the United States in 1999.


They will confront former champions Germany in the last 16 of the 2019 Women's World Cup in Grenoble on Saturday.


The falcons qualified as one of the best losers to the round of 16 finishing third in Group A behind France and Norway.


Though, the African champions managed only 3 points out of the group after beating South Korea(2-0) and losing to both France(1-0) and Norway(3-0).


A 3-0 win for Chile over Thailand would have ended the falcons dreams of qualification but having led 2-0, the South Americans lost a penalty late on in dramatic fashion to hand the Nigerians a spot in the knockout stages.


Cameroon also qualified as one of the best third place losers, thus making it the first time two Africans will reach the knockout stages of the competition.

Mats Hummels back to his former Club: Dortmund

Bayern confirmed Hummel's departure to AFP subsidiary SID on Wednesday afternoon. Dortmund has reportedly signed Hummels on a three-year deal for an estimated fee of 38 million euros($43.6m).


The 30-year-old defender twice won the Bundesliga title with Dortmund before joining Bayern for 35 million euros in 2016.

He has since made 118 appearance for Bayern in the last three years, winning three Bundesliga titles and the domestic double in 2019.

Dortmund also appeared to confirm the transfer on twitter, posting an emoji of a bubble bee, the German word for which is "Hummel".

Brazil handed Italy their first defeat in the 2019 Women's World Cup

Marta's second-half penalty sent Brazil into the last 16 the Women's World Cup with a 1-0 win against Italy on Tuesday that ensured they finished as one of the best third-placed sides.

It was Marta's 17th World Cup goal, moving her ahead of Germany's Miroslav Klose to become the outright top scorer in both men's and women's game. She is also the only player to score at five different world cup.

Though there were flurry of chances from both sides but it was the Brazilians that have the last smile when they were awarded a penalty after Debrina was brought down by Elena Linari and Marta cooly converted the spot kick, wrong footing Giuliani.

Though it ended as a defeat for the Italians, they still finish top of the group on goal difference.

Women's World Cup 2019: Group A and Group B final matches

Nigeria VS France

It took a remarkable six-minute period in the second half for what had been a largely uneventful Women's World Cup match to come to life in Rennes as France beat Nigeria 1-0 in a controversial and dramatic fashion.


In most part of the game, the super falcons seemed up to the task of facing France, who had won 15 of it's last 16 group match, with a very compact defence and well organized team.


But on the 73rd minute, the Video Assistant Referee(VAR) came into play and created a period of theatre.


Nigeria defender Ngozi Ebere had brought down Viviane Asseyi inside the box, leaving the referee, Melissa Borjas, award for the spot kick when she opted for a VAR check.


Ebere was subsequently shown a red card for a second bookable offence, while France defender Wendi Renard went in to hit the post from the spot-only for the VAR to give France a lifeline by penalizing Nigeria goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie for stepping away from her line before the ball was it.

Renard retook the penalty and this time dispatched her effort with aplomb to give the hosts what proved to be the match-winning goal. 

Germany VS South Africa

Though, Germany had qualified for the knock out rounds, but that didn't stop them from dismantling South Africa in it's final group stage match.

German attacks came through thick and fast in Marseille, and victory would have been by a greater margin had Martina Voss-Tecklenburg's team not squandered several chances in front of goal.

Goals from Melanie Leupolz, Sara Daebritz, Alexandra Popp and Lina Maguel sealed the victory for the Germans leaving South Africa it's first ever World Cup with three defeats from three matches.

Spain VS China 

Spain played out a 0-0 draw in Le Havre with China which saw both teams progress to the last 16.

Spain,  which finished second in group B on goal difference, has reached knock out stages of the World Cup for the first time and is likely to face the dreaded defending champions US in the next round.

Former finalist China, which has never failed to progress beyond the group stages, is guaranteed to finish as a best third-place side and could face England.

Argentina kick-off their 2019 Copa America campaign with a defeat

Argentina's 2019 Copa America campaign got off to a rocky start on Saturday as Colombia scored two goals in the second-half to win 2-0. Lionel Messi's Argentina as always entered the game with high expectations, and with a youthful squad and new pieces around Messi, the team did next to nothing.

Argentina although had the better moments overall when it came to possession, but none of their shots really felt like they were going in. Messi missed a tricky header inside the box when it was 0-0;but then it was mere long-range shot that didn't look all that great, aside from a Leanodo Paredes effort.

Goals from substitute and later announced man of the match, Roger Martinez and also substitute, Duvan Zapata sealed the victory for Colombia.

Argentina will next play against Paraguay in what looks like a must win match for them, while Colombia take on Qatar.

Ukraine wins U-20 World Cup

Ukraine recovered from the shock of falling behind to an early penalty as they beat South Korea 3-1 to win the under-20 World Cup final in Poland on Saturday.

A brace from the 19-year-old Dynamo Kiev player Vladyslav Suphriaha, and an emphatically finished goal from Heorhiy Tsitaishvili sealed the win for Ukraine and making them win the prestigious title for the first time, succeeding the England side who won in 2017.

Though the Koreans took early lead in Lodz in central Poland, with Valencia starlet Lee kang-in converting a fifth-minute penalty awarded following a VAR preview after Kim Se-Yun had been fouled right on the edge of the box. 

However, Ukraine levelled in the 34th minute through a fine Supriaha's turning and brilliantly slotting the ball home after the Korean defence had failed to clear a free-kick.

The same player also gave Ukraine the lead on the 53rd minute, with Heorhiy closing the books a minute from time after scoring a fine finish. 

Canada progressed to the round of 16 of the 2019 Women's World Cup

Canada had a 2-0 win over New Zealand on Saturday night to join their group counterparts, Netherlands, who won with a margin of 3 goals to 1 over Cameroon earlier,in the last 16 of the 2019 Women's World Cup.


Canada became the first non-european nation to progress to the last 16 with a deserving victory over New Zealand, as they completely shut out their opponent in most part of the game.

Though there were plenty of chances from the Canadians but goals from later announced player of the match, Jessie Fleming(48') and one of Canada's best player on the pitch, Nichelle Prince(79') sealed the victory and the last 16 qualification.

France, Germany, Italy and England have also progressed to the last 16.

West Ham made their first signing official

West Ham have completed the signing of Villarreal midfielder Pablo Fornals for a reported fee of £24 million($30m).

The 23-year-old has signed a five-year contract with Manuel Pallegrini's side and has been tipped to make a big impact in the Premier League.


The 23-year-old was a regular with the Laliga in the 2018-19 campaign, with the Yellow Submarine finishing within the table and reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa League,where they were beaten by Valencia.


Indeed,he created 22 chances from open play in Europe's secondary competition last season with only Eitratcht Frankfurt's Filip Kostic (27) topping the chart.


Let's see if Fornals would make a big impact in the Hammer's 2019 Premier League campaign.

Juventus signs Maurizio Sarri

Chelsea have agreed a deal in principle of their manager Maurizio Sarri to join Seria A champions Juventus.


An agreement was reached late Thursday evening after talks between senior officials.


It is understood a compensation fee in excess of £5M has been agreed.

Sarri arrived from Napoli in July 2018 and led the blues to third place in the premier League and won the Europa League in his one season in charge of the blues. 

Though, throughout the 60-year-old Italian's time at Stamford Bridge there was repeated speculation about his position, with Chelsea fans expressing their discontent at tactics and team selections.

Premier League fixtures 2019-2020: Season starts with Liverpool hosting Norwich.

The 2019/2020 Premier League season start with Champions League winners hosting newly promoted Norwich city on Friday, 9 August.


Premier League 2017/2018 champions Manchester City will open their title defence the following day with a trip to West Ham.


Aston Villa and Sheffield United,the other promoted teams, play Tottenham and Bournemouth respectively.


The opening weekend will also see a very competitive match as Manchester United hosts Europa League winners Chelsea on Sunday, 11 August.

Check full fixtures here https://www.premierleague.com/news/1240976?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral.

Nigeria overturned their first match defeat in the 2019 Women's World Cup against South Korea

The Nigeria Super falcons,beaten in it's opening game by Norway, bounced back against South Korea courtesy of an own goal by Korea's Kim Do-yeun and,player of the match, Asisat Oshoala's fine second-half strike.




Though the Super falcons were a bit shaky in the early stages of the match but they later grew into the match with a lot of confidence after the first goal.

Asisat Oshoala, the 24-year old Barcelona forward and a three-time African Footballer of the year, raced onto the Chidinma Okeke's perfect through ball before accelerating away from her marker and rolling the ball past the goalkeeper.

Though there were a flurry of chances for the Korean side but the super falcons 18-year old goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, was up to the task becoming the youngest goalkeeper to keep a cleansheet in a Women World Cup match.

The defeat all but ends South Korea's hopes of qualifying for the next stage after it was thrashed by the host nation, France, in the opening game of the tournament.

Nigeria will take on France on it's final group game on Monday while South Korea takes on Norway.

HAZARD SHIRT NUMBER DILEMA

Former Chelsea star, Eden Hazard, who just signed a 5-year deal with Spanish giant, Real Madrid, might just be having a problem-his favorite No.10 shirt is already taken.

Hazard has worn the No.10 shirt for both Chelsea and Belgium for a number of years, but Luka Modric has that number at Los Blancos.

Real Madrid, however are already working on the Belgian's presentation at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu; one that will generate huge interest and lots of fans.

The only number currently available in the first team squad is No. 16.

The particular shirt doesn't have any link to any famous names in Real Madrid's history, nor does it have any relation to Hazard himself.

Let's see how this one goes!!!

USA Beat Thailand at the ongoing Women World Cup by the highest goal merging ever in the competition.

The United States, has expected by many to impress, posted it's biggest victory ever at the Women World Cup on Tuesday night,opening the defense of it's 2015 title with a 13-0 annihilation of a definitely outplayed Thailand in Reims, France.



It has the largest margin of victory ever at the World Cup, and the most goals scored in a single World Cup match. The Americans out shot Thailand, 39-2.

Alex Morgan,later announced as the player of the match, scored five goals,tying a team record, and Rose Lavelle and Sam Mewis each had two. Lindsey Horan, Megan Rapinoe, Maluory Pugh and Carli Lloyd-two minute into second-half injury time-completed the rout.

But the flurry of goals also was a stunning display of the attacking force the United States can bring to bear. The goals came early (two in the first 20 minutes),in bunches (three in one six-minute span early in the second half) and late (five after the 79th minute).

This is definitely a perfect start for the defending champions!!!!!!