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All Countries at the 2026 World Cup have played a match now, so after the first round of matches... the question is who do you think has been the best player of the tournament so far?

Is it Kylian Mbappe, who scored a brace to put down a stubborn Sengalese team or maybe his teammate Michael Olise, who ran the show?

Yasin Ayari also came through with a brace for the Swedish, scoring two bangers against his native country, Tunisia.

Erling Haaland announced himself with a similar double.

But all these don't count as the King, Lionel Messi put everyone else to the sword. He scored the first and only hat-trick of the tournament so far, against Algeria.

Messi to win the Golden Boot at the World Cup is currently at 4.25 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/world-cup/world-cup-2026/outrights

As for Cristiano Ronaldo? Well........

South Korea came from a goal down to Czechia in the second game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Krejci had opened up scoring for the Europeans early in the second half, but the Czechs could not take advantage and were made to pay as Hwang equalised for Korea in the 67th minute. Tomas Soucek thought he had won it for the Czechs when he scored, but that was ruled out for offside. A few minutes later, Korea hit on the break and Oh made it count as he scored to give South Korea a much-needed win to kick off their World Cup campaign.

South Korea to win Group A is currently at 3.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/world-cup/world-cup-2026/outrights

Mexico currently tops the group with 3 points and a 2-goal difference after defeating South Africa 2-0 in the opening game of the Tournament, with Korea in second place with 3 points and 1 goal difference. Czechia and South Africa are currently without points.

Manchester City have reached an agreement with Enzo Maresca to replace Pep Guardiola at the end of the season. Pep, last night, announced that he would be leaving the club after 10 years and 20 Trophies. Marseca was let go by Chelsea in January after disagreeing with the club's transfer policy, among other things.

Maresca won the UEFA Conference League and FIFA World Club Cup during his time at Chelsea. Manchester City is said to have signed him to a 3-year deal.

More News to Follow.

The Best player in the world is the one who wins the Ballon d'Or, right? So, with the 2025/26 European Football season coming to an end around the Major leagues, who are the frontrunners for the award? Ousmane Dembele was the winner last year after an amazing campaign, which saw PSG claim their first-ever Champions League title. This year, a World Cup year....we have got no obvious winner, but here are some highly rated options.

Harry Kane - Just ended the Season with 70 G/A in all competitions for Bayern Munich, winning the Bundesliga Title along the way. However, he felt short in the Champions League with Bayern losing to PSG in the semi-finals. However, England are expected to go far in the World Cup this summer, and with Kane as captain and Talisman, expect anything.

Ousmane Dembele - The current holder, Dembele has had a good season both in the Champions League (PSG are in the final up against Arsenal) and in the League, where he was just named Player of the year despite having just 9 starts. Don't bet against him, especially if he manages to upstage Kylian Mbappe at the World Cup.

France to win the World Cup is currently at 5.75 Odds here now - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/fifa-world-cup-2026/world-cup-2026/outrights

Declan Rice - If Arsenal wins the League and the Champions League, with England going far in the World Cup, Rice might just nick the award. He has been Arsenal's best player this season, with the Gunners looking to end their 22-year wait for a Major trophy.

Dark Horses are Michael Olise, Kylian Mbappe, Lamine Yamal.

After Last night's win over Atletico Madrid, the one thought on everybody's mind is what if Arsenal does win the UEFA Champions League? Is this the season Arsenal finally breaks the jinx and joins the big club status officially? However, winning it is not the only thing on everyone's mind.

The major question is whether Arsenal is the strongest team on the planet right now. Or is it PSG or Bayern? The French and German champions obviously have some of the best attacks ever seen, but overall, in terms of squad depth and Quality, it is hard to argue against the Gunners. As highlighted earlier this season, Arteta and his board have done well in looking ahead to securing cover for their star players, and right now it is paying off.

Arsenal to win the Premier League is currently at 1.20 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Right now, Arsenal is 90 minutes away from winning the first Champions League title in its history and 3 matches away from its first Premier League title in 22 years. The way it is going, it is going to be hard to bet against the Strongest team on the planet.

Chelsea have announced the sack of Head Coach Liam Rosenior after a run of 5 league defeats with no goals scored. Assistant coach Calum Mcfarlane has been named as interim till end of the season.

Chelsea to finish top 5 is currently at 22.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Early reports say Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike is expected to be out for around 9 months after rupturing his right Achilles tendon in the Champions League match against Barcelona. He is not expected to miss the rest of the season, the FIFA World cup with France and the rest of the year.

Liverpool to finish in Top 4 is currently at 2.10 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

His Injury comes as Alexander Isak returns from his own long-term injury.

Two days ago, Mohammed Salah announced that he would be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season, bringing an end to an amazing time with the club that included a Champions League title, 2 Premier League titles, amongst others. Tributes began to flow in from all around the world, praising him for all he has achieved at Liverpool. Some people have even gone as far as calling him the greatest Premier League player of all time. And now the arguments have begun, is he greater than Hazard, Ronaldo and Henry?

Note - This conversation is based on their Premier League Legacy alone and not their playing career. So Let's look and compare.

Salah - 4 Premier League Golden Boots, 2 Premier League Player of the Year, 4 PFA Premier League Team of the year, 3 PFA Players' Player of the year, 3 PFA Fans' Player of the Year, 14 Times Player of the month.

Henry - 4 Premier League Golden Boots, 2 Premier League Player of the Year, 6 PFA Premier League Team of the year, 2 PFA Players' Player of the year, 2 PFA Fans Player of the year, 4 Times Player of the month.

Hazard - 1 Premier League player of the season, 4 PFA Premier League Team of the year, 1 PFA Players' Player of the year, 1 PFA Fans Player of the year, 2 times Player of the Month.

Ronaldo - 1 Premier League Golden boot, 2 Premier League Player of the season, 4 PFA Premier League Team of the year, 2 PFA Fans Player of the year, 6 Times Player of the year.

Looking at all these, who do you think is the greatest?

Chelsea have been fined 10M pounds and banned from signing any academy players for the next 9 months. Also, they have been hit with a suspended transfer ban for the first team. These sanctions come from information shared by Chelsea owners a consortium featuring American businessman Todd Boehly. The reports were based on the activities of former Owner Roman Abramovich.

Since Boehly and co have taken over the club in 2022, they have spent over 1 billion pounds in transfer fees, the club have won UEFA's Conference League and FIFA's Club World Cup, beating PSG 3-0 in the final. Currently, they are struggling to make the top 4 in the English Premier League and a step out of the Champions League after losing the first leg of their round of 16 tie against PSG 5-2.

UEFA Champions League , Round of 16 Draw.

Real Madrid vs Manchester City.

Bodø Glimt-Sporting.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Chelsea.

Galatasaray vs Liverpool.

Newcastle vs Barcelona.

Atlético Madrid vs Tottenham.

Atalanta vs Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal

As we get into the playoff stage of the UEFA Champions League, things have changed. Some teams have dropped form, some teams have ghosted and some teams have woken up. Let's take a quick look at which teams can win the UCL.

Bayern Munich - Kings of Germany and currently the best Attack in Club football this season. Arsenal proved earlier this season that the German machines can be stopped but that was months ago now and the machine is still firing. Their defence might not be Top tier as other teams but with their God tier attack, anything is possible.

Real Madrid - The Champions League team, the greatest team in the world? This is the team that has won the most Champions League titles (15). That and the fact that they have arguably the best player in the world (Kylian Mbappe) should be enough reason not to write them off. Forget the fact that they did not make the top 8 of the league Phase.

Arsenal - A month ago, if you had asked anyone who was going to win the Champions League based on form, Most people were likely to call Arsenal. But now, things seem to be changing, the gunners seem to be running out of steam. Over the last few matches in the league, they have been unable to do what is necessary to steal the trophy, will they be able to step up against Europe's traditional powerhouses?

Arsenal to win the Champions League is at 4.50 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/uefa/champions-league/outrights

Manchester City - Kevin De Bruyne left City and everything seems to have fallen apart but remember Pep Guardiola is still the coach and Erling Haaland is still a beast.

Barcelona - The "Broke" club, they can't compete and so many other stories. Barcelona have been called all sorts of names over the last few years but they keep picking up wins and trophies, most especially they keep schooling Real Madrid. They also have a top 5 player in Lamine Yamal. If Hansi Flick continues with his high line , Barcelona might not even make it to the Semi-finals.

PSG

Tottenham Hotspurs are currently looking at former Juventus coach Igor Tudor as a short term coach. Rumors are they have reached out to his camp for a deal that will run till the end of the season.

Tottenham to relegate is currently at 7.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Remember that just two days ago, Thomas Frank was fired as head coach after a horrible season so far that has Spurs in 17th position in the league and just 5 points above the relegation zone.

More Info to follow shortly.....

In recent Interview on Channels Television, Music legend 2Face idibia was asked to pick between Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid. And he went with Burna, saying Burna is greater than both Davido and Wizkid. This has started another round of debate among the various fan base, the outsiders, 30BG and Wizkid FC.

One thing I feel people keep missing is the context and also what metric are we using to judge who is the greatest. Albums sold, Awards, events performed. Before we have conversations like these, we should drop bias and just focus. Everyone is going to have their favorite no matter the metric. Should we should comparing?

Nah, let's Argue... Who do you think is the Greatest of the 3?

Arsenal Football club.... After years of trolling by rival fans, this might just be the year. The year Arsenal finally lift a Champions League trophy or win the English Premier League again. Despite losing to Manchester United last weekend , they still top the league table with 7 points after schooling Leeds Unied 4-0 on Saturday. They also ended the UEFA Champions League group phase in 1st place.

Manchester City to win the Premier League is currently at 5.40 Odds here now - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Is there a problem? Yes and no because the problem is also a solution is its own way. Does Mikel Arteta want to continue Haram Football (As against Manchester United) or set his team loose like we saw on against Leeds? With Manchester City's on and off form, not to mention Aston Villa's lack of experience. What can really stop the gunners?

At the moment, Arsenal have the best squad in the world. Merino has picked up a long term injury while Bukayo Saka also picked up a knock during warm-up before the Leeds match. They have got Eze, Madueke and Noorgard as good covers. What can stop them from lifting a Major trophy or two in May? What?

Here are the fixtures for the UEFA Champions League Playoff.

Juventus vs Galatasary

Bayer Leverkusen vs Olympiacos

Borussia Dortmund vs Atalanta

Newcastle vs Qarabag

PSG vs Monaco

Atletico Madrid vs Club Brugge

Real Madrid vs Benfica

Inter Milan vs Bodo

Which Clubs are going out?

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Club Brugge Vs Marseille - Marseille to score.

Benfica vs Real Madrid - over 1.5

Dortmund vs Inter Milan - over 2.5

PSV vs Bayern Munich - Bayern o1.5

Barcelona vs Copenhagen - BetBuilder 1.5 goals
1.5 cards 2nd half 0.5

Liverpool vs Qarabag - 0ver 2.5

Manchester City vs Galatasaray - over 1.5

PSG vs Newcastle - o8.5 corners

Leverkusen vs Villareal - handicap 2goals for levekusen

Frankfurt vs Tottenham -

Bet on Good odds here - https://m.betking.com/sports/football/uefa/champions-league/matches

Arsenal vs Kairat - over 2.5

Monaco vs Juventus - /ov 2.5

Union vs Atalanta - Asian over 2

Atletico vs Bodo - Atletico straight win

Ajax vs Olympiacos - first half o 0.5

Pafos vs Slavia Prague - 1st half, Over 0.5

Bilbao vs Sporting Lisbon - 2nd half over 0.5 -

Napoli vs Chelsea - HT under 2.5

Bet Responsibly o!

Manchester United are out of the FA cup After losing 2-1 at Old Trafford to Brighton. A brace from former United player Danny Welbeck was enough to send them out even though Benjamin Sesko pulled one back for the Red devils, it was a little too late.

United are now out of all cup competitions this season, which means they would play just 40 matches this season, one of their lowest tally in history. It remains to be seen if caretaker coach Darren Fletcher would be appointed on a permanent basis or someone new would be brought into the dugout.

Manchester United to make Top 4 is currently at 6.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Here are the most popular selections to look out for this weekend on Betking.

Chelsea 1.4 (vs Charlton) Saturday

Arsenal to win the FA Cup is at 7.00 Odds Here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/fa-cup/outrights

Arsenal 1.21 (vs Portsmouth) Sunday

AZ Alkmaar 1.22 (vs Volendam) Saturday

PSV 1.14 (vs Excelsior) Saturday

Bayern Munich 1.12 (vs Wolfsburg)
Sunday

Villarreal 1.5 (vs Alaves) Saturday

Twente 1.31 (vs Zwolle) Saturday

Brentford 1.28 (vs Sheffield Wednesday) Saturday

Crystal Palace 1.24 (vs Macclesfield) Saturday

Wolves 1.24 (vs Shrewsbury) Saturday

Ruben Amorim has been fired by Manchester United. Transfer Guru Fabrizio Romano and several other news outlet report that the decision was reached earlier this morning.

This comes after a 1-1 Draw with Leeds United and claims of in-fighting between Ruben Amorim and Sporting Director Jason Wilcox.


Manchester United to make top 4 is currently at 6.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

More Updates to follow soon.

Chelsea have agreed with part ways with Head coach Enzo Maresca (Fabrizio Romano Reports) barely a month after he accused people with the club of not supporting him. Transfer Guru Fabrizio Romano released a tweet on X a few minutes ago saying the club has come to a final decision and an official statement would be put out within the next 24 hours.

After their league win over Everton on December 6th, Maresca had claimed that several people within the club did not support him, this was thought to be the sporting directors, however it has been claimed to be Co-owner Behdad Eghbali.

Chelsea to finish top 4 is at 2.25 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Maresca won the UEFA conference League and the FIFA Club World cup in his 18 months in charge.

Manchester City have finally gone top of the Premier league after beating West Ham United by 3 goals to nothing at the Etihad. Erling Haaland was firing all on all fronts as he scored twice and assisted one more goal.

The win now puts the Citizens at the top of the Premier league table for the first time while everyone awaits results from the Arsenal versus Everton match. Arsenal remain bookies favorites to win the league this season but things are beginning to look shaky at the top. Dark horses Chelsea dropped 2 points as they could only come from behind to draw with Newcastle at St James' park.

Arsenal to win the FA Cup is currently at 7.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/fa-cup/outrights

Here are the Top 10 Matches to check out on BetKing

Man City (vs West Ham) Saturday

Real Madrid (vs Sevilla) Saturday

Arsenal (vs Everton) Saturday

Dortmund (vs Monchengladbach) Friday

Bournemouth (vs Burnley) Saturday

Atletico Madrid (vs Girona) Sunday

Lazio (vs Cremonese) Saturday

Barcelona (vs Villarreal) Sunday

Bayern Munich (vs Heidenheim) Sunday

Fenerbahce (vs Eyupspor) Saturday

Chelsea to finish Top 2 is currently at 9 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Here are the most popular selections to look out for this weekend on Betking.

Barcelona (vs Osasuna) Saturday

Atletico Madrid (vs Valencia) Saturday

Arsenal (vs Wolves) Saturday

PSG (vs Metz) Saturday

Real Madrid (vs Alaves) Sunday

Leverkusen (vs Cologne) Saturday

AC Milan (vs Sassuolo) Sunday

Atalanta (vs Cagliari) Saturday

Inter Milan (vs Genoa) Sunday

Bayern Munich (vs Mainz) Sunday

Real Madrid to win La Liga is at 2.49 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/spain/la-liga/outrights

Here are the most popular selections to look out for this weekend on Betking

Real Madrid (vs Celta Vigo) Sunday

PSG (vs Rennes) Saturday

Bayern Munich (vs Stuttgart) Saturday

Newcastle (vs Burnley) Saturday

Inter (vs Como) Saturday

Chelsea to win the Premier League is at 21.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Leverkusen (vs Augsburg) Saturday

Barcelona (vs Betis) Saturday

Galatasaray (vs Samsunspor) Friday

PSV (vs Heerenveen) Saturday

Man City (vs Sunderland) Saturday

Here are the top 10 games you should look out for on Betking this weekend.

Man City (vs Leeds) Saturday

Barcelona (vs Alaves) Saturday

Atletico Madrid (vs Real Oviedo) Saturday

Real Madrid (vs Girona) Sunday

Porto (vs Estoril) Sunday

Aston Villa (vs Wolves) Sunday

Inter (vs Pisa) Sunday

Juventus (vs Cagliari) Saturday

Bayern Munich (vs St Pauli) Saturday

Benfica (vs Nacional) Saturday

Here are the top 10 games you should look out for on Betking this weekend.


Real Madrid (vs Elche) Sunday

Barcelona (vs Athletic Bilbao) Saturday

Liverpool (vs Nottingham Forest) Saturday

Bayern Munich (vs Freiburg) Saturday

Chelsea (vs Burnley) Saturday

PSV (vs NAC Breda) Saturday

Villarreal (vs Mallorca) Saturday

Arsenal (vs Tottenham) Sunday

PSG (vs Le Havre) Saturday

Ajax (vs Excelsior) Saturday

The Super eagles of Nigeria have crashed out of the CAF playoffs, losing 4-3 to DR Congo on penalties. The match ended 1-1 during normal regulation time and both teams could not get a goal during extra time. Nigeria had scored first during the match, taking the lead under 10 minutes but Congo pulled their equalizer back and controlled the rest of the game and extra time but could not simply find the winning goal.

During the Penalty shootout, Super eagle's Goalkeeper Nwabali managed to pull 3 saves but was let down by his players as they simply could not score. This is going to be thje second consecutive World that Nigeria is missing out on after failing to qualify for Qatar 2022.

Atalanta have announced the sack of Head Coach Ivan Juric just a few days after a touchline tussle with Nigerian International Ademola Lookman. Juric who was already on the ropes after a poor start to the season sees his reign cut short after just 15 matches. Sunday's match at home to Sassuolo ended in a 3-0 defeat, this proved to be the final draw for the Croatian coach.

Juric had already been called out in different quarters for his tussle with Lookman who had not taken kindly to been substituted during their Champions League against Olympique Marseille. Now Atalanta can restart their season, however no interim coach has been announced yet.

Here are the Top 10 Games to check out this weekend on BetKing.

Chelsea (vs Wolves) Saturday

Bayern Munich (vs Union Berlin) Saturday

Arsenal (vs Sunderland) Saturday

Leverkusen (vs Heidenheim) Saturday

Atletico Madrid (vs Levante) Saturday

Real Madrid (vs Rayo Vallecano) Sunday

Galatasaray (Vs Kocaelispor) Sunday

Dortmund (vs Hamburg) Saturday

Barcelona (vs Celta) Sunday

Marseille (vs Brest) Saturday

Who do you think is the best striker in the world right now? Harry Kane who is breaking all sorts of record, Mbappe who is out for a fight for the Ballon D'or, Halaand who is about to win the golden boot in Europe and there is also Osimhen who is showing Europe every they must have missed out in not signing him?

Let us do a quick break down.

Harry Kane - 16 Matches, 22 Goals, 3 Assists

Kylian Mbappe - 18 Matches, 20 Goals, 2 Assists

Erling Haaland - 14 Matches, 18 Goals, 1 Assist

Victor Osimhen - 11 Matches, 9 Goals, 0 assists

Number do not lie? Who are you picking as the hottest striker right now?

The Top UCL/Europa selections on BetKing for this Game Week.

1. Arsenal (vs Slavia Prague) Tuesday

2. Barcelona (vs Club Brugge) Wednesday

3. Atletico Madrid (vs Union St Gilloise) Tuesday

4. Chelsea (vs Qarabag) Wednesday

5. Tottenham (vs Copenhagen) Tuesday

6. Newcastle (vs Athletic Bilbao)
Wednesday

7. Aston Villa (vs Maccabi Tel Aviv) Thursday

8. Man City (vs Dortmund) Wednesday

9. Napoli (vs Frankfurt) Tuesday

10. Villarreal (vs Pafos) Wednesday