Florence Otedola, a Nigerian disk jockey (DJ) better known as Cuppy, says she has ended her six years relationship with Arsenal FC. The development comes at about the same time when Mikel Arteta, Arsenal manager, had vented his frustration at his players. The London club, on Saturday, conceded two late goals to lose against Brighton, a relegation-threatened side — handing them their second defeat [...]
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Mikel Arteta, Arsenal manager, on Saturday, vented his frustration after his team conceded two late goals to lose against Brighton -- handing them their second defeat since the restart of the English Premier League (EPL). The Spanish boss saw his side take the lead on 68 minutes through a Nicolas Pepe curler from the edge of the box. He however, endured watching [...]
Manchester City defeated ten man Arsenal 3-0 on Wednesday night at the Etihad stadium, thanks to goals from Raheem Sterling, Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden. It was the first English Premier League (EPL) match day since the league was suspended on March 9, due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The match was also the first visit of Mikel Arteta, [...]
The English Premier League (EPL) has confirmed that it received six positive cases of COVID-19 from three clubs after the first phase of mass testing on 748 players and staff. The mass testing was conducted as preparations for "project restart" intensify ahead of a scheduled next month resumption of the current season. In a statement on Tuesday, the EPL said those that tested positive [...]
Alex Iwobi, Super Eagles forward, says scoring the goal that helped the team to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup remains the happiest moment in his football career. Iwobi, in an Instagram live interview with Soccer Bible, said his match-winning strike during the world cup qualifying match against Zambia, which sent the Gernot Rohr's boys to Russia, stands out as the [...]
Arsenal first-team players and the coaching staff have agreed with the English club to take a 12.5 per cent pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was announced by the North London club in a statement released on its website on Monday, after what it termed “positive and constructive discussions” and “a strong desire for players and staff to show their [...]
Chelsea have confirmed that Callum Hudson-Odoi, England winger, tested positive for coronavirus. The first-team squad, coaching staff and some members of the club's backroom staff are to self-isolate after Hudson-Odoi's positive test result was confirmed on Thursday night. Despite the result, Chelsea said the 19-year-old was "doing well". Hudson-Odoi displayed symptoms of cold on Monday morning and has stayed away from the club [...]
The English Premier League game between Manchester City and Arsenal -- expected to take place on Wednesday night at the Etihad -- has been postponed over coronavirus fears. The postponement comes hours after Evangelos Marinakis, Olympiacos owner, announced that he has contracted the diseases. Marinakis was seen on the pitch at the Emirates stadium when his side played Arsenal in the Europa League on February [...]
Evangelos Marinakis, Nottingham Forest FC majority owner, says he has tested positive to coronavirus. In a statement issued on Tuesday via his Instagram page, the Greek businessman said "the recent virus has visited me". He added that he's now following the advice of doctors regarding self-isolation after contracting the killer disease. The 52-year-old, who was present during Forest's 3-0 defeat to Millwall four days [...]
Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons captain, says Barcelona is the best club side she has ever played for. Oshoala, who netted her second hat trick for the Lluis Cortes side in FC Barcelona Femeni away win against Logrono on Saturday, told TheCable that the club helped her to improve her game than any other side she had played for. The four-time African women's [...]
Kanu Nwankwo, former Super Eagles legend, says he has lost Enitan, "his daughter", on Tuesday. Enitan was one of the first beneficiaries of the Kanu Heart foundation initiatives, who had an open heart surgery when she was just 2-year-old in London. The ex-Arsenal player took to his Twitter page to break the sad news. "Why why why one of Kanu heart foundation gone. My [...]
Finally, Unai Emery, the Spanish coach, was shown the exit at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium around noon on Friday -- 18 month after walking into English football as the heir to Arsene Wenger, legendary French manager. Prequel to the news, the 48-year-old Emery would have filled his disengagement form, known as P45 in England, and tasked his legal team to do the [...]
Arsenal Football Club has sacked Unai Emery as head coach for poor performance. Arsenal's 2-1 Europa League loss to Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday night was the final straw for club chiefs, culminating in the club's worst run of results for 27 years. Emery replaced Arsene Wenger in the summer of 2018 but has lasted just 18 months. Former star player of the club, [...]
Liverpool triumphed 5-4 on penalties against Arsenal to qualify for the quarter finals of the Carabao Cup after a goalfest that ended 5-5 at full time. Divock Origi and Gabriel Martinelli both scored braces, and further goals were delivered by Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Joe Willock and James Milner. Arsenal's four goals was the third time they achieved the feat at [...]
Arsenal football club, Everton and many others have taken to social media to celebrate Nigeria as the country marks its 59th independence anniversary. Arsenal shared a picture of Nwankwo Kanu, former Super Eagles captain, wearing the green national jersey with the north London club insignia at the background on their official Twitter handle. The English side also adopted the pidgin English language as [...]
Manchester United and Arsenal continued their underwhelming start to the season on Monday night, playing out a disappointing 1-1 draw at the Old Trafford. After making big-money signings in the summer, the two great rivals and former giants of English football were dire and average. Scott McTominay scored for Man United while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a gift-wrapped equaliser for Arsenal. The draw means Manchester [...]
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