Legendary footballer, Pele has shared his opinion on who is better between Lionel Messi of Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal. Over the years, there has been an unending debate of who is better between the two footballers. While some threw their weight solidly behind Lionel Messi for being an exceptional player, others showed their interest in Cristiano Ronaldo for his consistency and hard work.

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta who was the first high profile sportsman in England to contract the novel COVID-19 says he has recovered fully from the virus. It was reported earlier this month that the coach of the Arsenal team was tested positive for the coronavirus which was some of the reasons why league games were suspended in England.

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There are strong reports that former Super Eagles of Nigeria player, Victor Moses, has successfully departed Italy which has become the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic that started in Wuhan, China.

The Chelsea football star who now plays for Inter Milan on loan was among other players of the club who were placed under a 14-day quarantine. After the 14-day quarantine, he was reportedly tested negative and he was reportedly among the seven players of the club that were cleared to return to their bases.

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Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has been linked to Real Madrid and according to reports, the Spanish giants believe they can land the winger in the summer for £126million (€150m). Salah is contracted with Liverpool until 2023 and the Premier League side will be reluctant to sell their starman.


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The President of Mexican top tier club League, Enrique Bonilla has joined a legion of others around the globe to be infected with the novel COVID-19 after he returned from Spain from days ago. This was confirmed via a statement by the Liga MX on Friday night that the President of the League has been tested positive for the deadly pandemic currently sweeping the entire world.

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Juventus have confirmed another case of coronavirus in the club. The Italian giant club revealed that midfielder Blaise Matuidi has tested positive for the virus. The French man is the second player from the club to contract the virus after their midfielder defender Daniele Rugani. Reports revealed that the 32-year-old midfielder is not showing any symptoms yet but has placed himself in self-isolation since Wednesday.

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The Malaga-based club, Atletico Portada Alta has confirmed the death of its coach Fransisco Garcia who died of the novel COVID-19. Reports revealed that the 21-year-old tactician was diagnosed with leukemia after he was rushed to the hospital when he developed severe symptoms of coronavirus.

Francisco Garcia died on Sunday, 15th of March barely a week after he was tested positive for the deadly epidemic. He was placed in isolation center at the Regional Hospital of Malaga before death came through. While he was at the hospital, it was discovered that the young coach is suffering from a form of Leukaemia which made him more vulnerable to the virus and declines his chances of survival.

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The Premier League Cup was formed in 1992, apparently, the 2019/2020 season is the 27th year campaign since the Premier League is established.

One of the most incredible moments in Champions League was back in 2002/2003 when Arsenal won the League with an unbeaten record. All the 38 games they played in the league they had an unbeaten record. Ever since then, no team has been able to do the invisible.



Here are the list of the premier league winner


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Fc Barcelona and Argentina‘s skipper, Lionel Messi has sent a message of goodwill and strength to the people affected by the coronavirus and to the rest of the world as well. The six-times Ballon d’Or winner has called for people to stay at home and obey the advice of authorities in a bid to control the outbreak.

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A group of unidentified armed men broke into the house of Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen and burgled his home while the player was away on Champions League duty with Tottenham on Tuesday.

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Real Madrid of Spain has been reportedly put on lock after a case of Covid 19 was discovered at Valdebebas on Thursday, 12, March. The Spanish team shares its facilities with the basketball players at Valdebebas and one of the basketball players, Trey Thompkins was tested positive for the virus. In response to this, the management of the club has put the club on lockdown to avoid further spread of the virus within the club and country at large.


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Paris Saint Germain star player, Neymar and his closest teammate Kylian Mbappe led the host of others to mock Dortmund sensational youngster, Erling Haaland, after the German team was knocked out of the Champions League by PSG with a 3-2 win aggregate. Though the match was played behind closed doors due to the fear of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, however, there is doubt that the winning team surely had a swell time during and after the match even without the presence of the sonorous audience.

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Shockingly Liverpool have been kicked out of the Champions League with a loss at their home in Anfield. Liverpool v Atletico Madrid ended 4 - 2 aggregate.


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Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis on Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The Greek businessman created panic in English football as Premier League and Championship clubs may have been exposed to the deadly virus.

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Germany team RasenBallsport Leipzig has ended the Champions League adventure of the English team, Tottenham Hotspurs. The first leg of their bout ended with a one-goal from Leipzig a none from Tottenham Hotspurs

The second leg of their Champions League game showed Tottenham Hotspur showing their strength and aggressive part in the first few minutes of the game. Hotspurs were eagerly and aggressively playing trying to overturn their first defeat to Leipzig.


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European football governing body, UEFA has admonished government across European states to ensure that the Euro 2020 Championship slated to commence on holds as planned despite the fear of Coronavirus outbreak in Europe. The governing body of European football debunked the rumor circulating around that it has plans to postpone Euro 2020 till 2021 following the outbreak of the deadly virus in Europe. This was explained via a statement released by the European football governing body which reads: “UEFA has had no requests to move or cancel the tournament.”



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The Premier League has postponed the match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night over coronavirus fears. The match is the first Premier League game to be postponed since the outbreak of the deadly virus which has so far killed six in the UK.

FutballNews understands that the league management called off the match after a number of Arsenal players and staff members met with Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis, who tested positive to the virus on Tuesday.

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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced that Serie A and other sporting events in the country be suspended until April 3 to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Conte made this known on Monday while extending a series of strict quarantine measures, including a ban on public gatherings in the country.

Italy’s national Olympic committee (CONI) had earlier recommended the move after a special meeting of sporting federations was held on Monday. According to a statement released by CONI, the suspension of all sporting activities in Italy would require a government decree to impose its decision.

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Manchester United winger Tahith Chong has signed a new contract at Old Trafford until June 2022 with the option of another year. The Holland Under-21 international signed the two-year deal worth £30,000-a-week to end talk of leaving the club on a free transfer.

Chong has made 14 senior appearances for the club in all competitions after joining the United academy in 2016. The winger was part of the United squad that defeated Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in last season’s Champions League comeback.



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Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has been linked to Real Madrid and according to reports, the Spanish giants believe they can land the winger in the summer for £126million (€150m). Salah is contracted with Liverpool until 2023 and the Premier League side will be reluctant to sell their starman.

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Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has asked Los Blancos fans to blame for him for the club’s worst game of the season after a 2-1 loss to Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday. The Frenchman added that his players gave their best but weren’t good enough.

Madrid fell behind to Sidnei da Silva’s stunning strike into the top corner but leveled via Karim Benzema’s penalty. Former Barcelona forward Cristian Tello struck in the 82nd minute to give Betis the win.

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Barcelona captain Lionel Messi on Saturday night emerged the top goalscorer in the top five European leagues, surpassing Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. The top five leagues include England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Germany’s Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1.

The Argentine international recorded this feat when he scored a penalty in Barcelona’s 1-0 win against Real Sociedad last night. The goal was Messi’s 438th goal in his 474th appearances for Barcelona, beating his rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who has bagged 437 goals in 540 games for Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus.

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There have been speculations that Manchester United of England is quite keen on Borussia Dortmund youngster, Jadon Sancho and are making efforts to sign him into the club. If Manchester United will have a breakthrough in signing the youngster, they might have to break their signing record, because the youngster is reportedly worth about £126M.

No doubt, Manchester United is one of the richest clubs in the world, hence, signing any player would not be a problem for them. However, there is more to signing a player than a mere money funfair. World-class players have other things they look at before agreeing to a deal with any team.

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Drug epidemic is affecting a lot of Nigeria, especially young guys.

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Liverpool had an incredible run this season. They have played premier league games, they won 26, draw one and lost one to Watford on February 29, 2020. The game started of shacky for Liverpool, Watford was in charge of the match and they were dominant than Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Liverpool lost to Watford

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Arsenal won 1 – 0 at Olympiakos’ home but they were not able to get the job done at the Emirates stadium.

The game need 2-2 but Arsenal was knocked out of the Europa League due to away goal advantage

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Real Madrid welcome Manchester City to the Santiago Bernabeu in tonight’s UEFA Champions League round of 16. Eden Hazard will not be available for the game after the Belgian suffered a recurrence of his ankle injury on Saturday.

Hazard has been sidelined since November last year but he returned to action for his second game this season. The Belgian, however, suffered another setback when he limped off in the second half of Madrid’s 1-0 loss at Levante.


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Earlier this month, Chelsea announced that a deal had been reached with Ajax for the Moroccan international signature. This is provided the player agrees to personal terms.
Hakim Ziyech signs with Chelsea
On agreeing to those terms, Ziyech said: “I am delighted and proud to have signed for such a huge club as Chelsea. I am looking forward to next season and hope we can achieve great things together.”

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