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Monthly Archives: January 2024
Liverpool not showing any signs of missing Salah
Liverpool are not showing any signs of missing the missing Salah. A 4-1 dismantling of Chelsea yesterday is evidence.
Ivory Coast dumped Senegal out of AFCON 2023
Drogba,who had been looking very glum not so long ago is now quite happy, He was glum because at...
Afcon 2023 and Total Energies
Total Energies brilliant plan for Africa – which involves some doublespeak,some greenwashing and a whole lot of moolah.
Miami suffer second straight loss
4-3 against Al Hilal gives Inter Miami their second friendly loss of the pre season. Hmm (That chuckling sound...
AFCON and the climate crisis
The effects of the climate crises -extreme weather,sea level rise,flooding and fires are affecting schedules of global sporting events.AFCON...
Egypt are out of AFCON 2023
Salah will mourn the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that led to his hamstring injury which then led...
Barcelona’s meltdown sees Xavi calling it a day.
Xavi is quitting at the end of the season. Barcelona need some kind of a miracle to bring them...
Klopp drops a bombshell
Fatigue,after 9 relentless years,is the primary reason he is giving for saying that he is going to say goodbye...
Messi christens new cruise liner
Inter Miami celebrated its partnership with cruise line Royal Caribbean International by having Messi take part in the naming...
Messi and Suarez combine to almost make magic
Telepathy almost produces a goal for the ages… ( Inter Miami v/s FC Dallas a few days ago)
Drogba sees his beloved team getting hammered
Drogba gazes glumly from the stands at his country’s national team getting beaten 4-0 by lowly Equatorial Guinea. Ranked...
Egypt scrape through to the last 16
High drama in the Ivory Coast.Egypt only managed a 2-2 draw against Cape Verde but still ended up 2nd...
Salah less Liverpool still going strong
Mohamed Salah is going to return to Liverpool to undergo rehabilitation for a hamstring injury, but could fly back...
Joao Felix saves the day for Barcelona
Barcelona’s beleagured title hopes would have gone up in smoke if Joao Felix hadn’t produced a 90th minute winner...
Roy Hodgson is on the brink of another retirement.
While managing Crystal Palace in 2021 Roy Hodson had said “I’ve seen so many people retire with all the...
The Messi Ronaldo polarisation
More evidence of the extreme polarisation that plagues our planet these days.Messi won FIFA player of the year 2023...
Mourinho turns to the east
There was a time when he was the special one, Now the only special thing about him seems to...
Egypt lose Salah to injury
Salah has exited with what looks like a hamstring injury, Egypt had to come back from being 1 goal...
Namibia pull off the mother of all upsets
A scoreline no one could have ever predicted.Tunisia ,currently ranked third of 54 African football nations and 87 places...
AFCON 23 : Defending champs Senegal start well
Egypt have their talisman in Salah and Senegal have theirs in Sadio Mane.Senegal,the defending champs,made a much better start...
Egypt make a nervy start at AFCON 23
The puzzle of why AFCON 2023 is being played in 2024 is solved. Ivory Coast requested the CAF for...
Real Madrid win 3rd El Clasico in a row
Grim times for Barca fans as their archrivals completed a hat trick of El Clasico wins. The third Real...
Kevin de Bruyne picks up from where he left off
Kevin de Bruyne, has been hors de combat and out of the action with a hamstring injury since the...
Zlatan settles the GOAT debate once and for all
Who is the greatest player of all time. Zlatan settles the matter once and for all..
Harry Kane scores from his own half
Harry Kane scores a sensational goal from inside his half against Darmstadt 98 a couple of days ago. another...
Spanish Supercopa El Clasico Final
Barcelona entered the final of the Spanish Supercup by beating Osasuna 2-0 . The first goal was scored by...
Liverpool on course for a 10th League Cup
Klopp is very happy but his Fulham counterpart Marco Silva will be thinking dark and bitter thoughts for a...
Counting down to AFCON 2023
AFCON 2023 kicks off in the Ivory Coast on January 13. Morocco are the favourites.
Charity Matches featuring legends of old
Old – but still Gold ( Great Britain and Ireland v/s the Rest of the World) -for UNICEF in...
Franz Beckenbauer RIP
The Kaiser has gone to his well deserved heavenly reward. ( 11th Sept 1945 – 7th Jan 2024) “It...
City and Liverpool progress in the FA Cup
Huddersfield, currently on the brink of getting relegated in England’s second-tier Championship,were no match at all for Man City....
EPL is the most watched Soccer League in the USA
The EPL has taken the idiot box by storm in the USA with most folks seemingly following the fortunes...
Man City not affected by AFCON or Asian Cup
Pep is pleased as punch. Man City will get a big advantage in the EPL for the next couple...
Is Samba going to meet the Special One?
There’s a rumour doing the rounds that the special one is going to Brazil as coach of their national...
Alison Becker’s best saves
Liverpool have released a video of Alison Becker’s best saves to mark his 250th game for the club. Click...
Rooney gets the boot
When Rooney was appointed as manager of Birmingham City 83 days ago it was hailed as a “defining moment...
Salah says goodbye with a brace
Salah is leaving Liverpool.He will be heading off to the Ivory Coast to captain the Egyptian National Team in...
Ten Hag starts 2024 on a new low.
That famous 3-2 comeback win against Aston Villa not the turning point that Ten Hag would have hoped it...