Robert Lewandowski has been banned for three Barcelona matches following his red card in last week’s 2-1 victory against Osasuna. The 34-year-old striker, who is now representing Poland at the World Cup, received two yellow cards, the second for an elbow to David Garcia’s face. Gerard Pique received a four-game suspension for abusing the referee... Read More

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June 26, 2014

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Opinion: #WorldCup2014 – A curtain call for the old generation of football stars

by Chinedu George Nnawetanma Andrea Pirlo and Gianluigi Buffon have been on either side of that cruelty in the past and weathered the storm together. Whether they will continue to play on for years to come or not is anybody’s guess. Owing to early exits from the competition, many of them will not get the befitting... Read More

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June 28, 2012

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Cristiano Ronaldo is not to blame!

by ‘Ifreke Inyang On Wednesday night, the first finalist of the ongoing European Championships was decided. A tight Iberian derby by all accounts, we did not witness the best of football. Despite the fact that we had an incredible number of world-class players in the two teams, the match was eventually decided via penalty kicks, after a goalless... Read More

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November 11, 2011

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Before you place a bet, read this first: The England vs Spain preview

by “Ifreke Inyang England will square up against Spain in a friendly match at the Wembley stadium tomorrow. Once again, the Spaniards would emerge victorious. It is really that predictable. However, the last time they both met in a game the story was different. It was the European Championships in 1996, England managed to eliminate Spain on... Read More

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May 4, 2011

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Tonight United Schal play Barcelona in Wembley!

by Ifreke Inyang Just like the Barcelona – Real Madrid game, this semi-final tie was settled from the first leg. Both common sense and statistics are the conspirators-in-chief. No team in the Champions League era has ever overturned a two-goal home defeat to progress on aggregate. Such is the scale of the task facing Schalke... Read More