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MICHEAL ESSIEN has revealed that he’s surprised that former Chelsea team-mate became a manager as he was quiet in the dressing room.

Essien, 37, says he has been impressed with Lampard’s progress as Chelsea boss but he never envisioned him in the managerial hot-seat.

In an interview with talkSPORT he said: “He [Lampard] was one of the leaders [in the dressing room].

“I didn’t really see.... Read all

Wales manager Ryan Giggs has been arrested by Manchester police for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend Kate Greville at their house on Sunday night, according to latest reports... More Info

Diego Maradona was admitted to a hospital with signs of depression Monday, three days after his 60th birthday.

A Maradona staffer told The Associated Press the former footballer's health condition is “not serious." He requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the issue.

“He has been very sad for a week, didn't want to eat," the staffer said, adding that Maradona's personal doctor Leopoldo Luque took the former footballer to a hospital so he could undergo health checks.

The captain of Argentina's 1986 World Cup winning team was...More Info

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored an acrobatic late goal, taking his league tally to seven this season, to give Serie A leaders AC Milan a hard-fought 2-1 win at Udinese on Sunday.

Udinese defender Sebastian De Maio sliced an attempted clearance and Ibrahimovic, with his back to goal, hooked it into the net with an overhead kick in the 83rd minute despite not making proper contact......More(see all photos)

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi should have been shown a red card after he kicked the ball towards the referee in frustration at the weekend, according to a LaLiga official. 

The disgruntled 33-year-old once again cut an irked figure during the limp draw with Alaves and was caught up in an unsavoury flashpoint involving the referee....More(photos)

Source: https://ovasports.com/football/messi-should-have-been-sent-off-against-alaves-insists-laliga-official/

Cristiano Ronaldo enjoys sensational return after recovering from covid as he scores twice after coming off the bench to lead Juventus to a 4-1 victory.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his return to the Juventus side on Sunday having contracted Covid-19 last month, scoring three minutes after coming on as a substitute before converting a penalty to lead Andrea Pirlo's men to a 4-1 Serie A win at Spezia.

The Serie A champions, pegged back at 1-1 when the 35-year-old entered the fray, scored three times in 20 minutes after his arrival as they went second in the table..... More

Source: https://ovasports.com/football/cristiano-ronaldo-enjoys-sensational-return/

Normalcy returned to the English Premier League on Saturday as title holders Liverpool returned to the top of the standings after a hard-fought win over West Ham United while former champions Chelsea and Manchester City also picked up victories in back-to-back fixtures.

Substitute Diogo Jota came off the bench and scored in the 85th minute to earn Liverpool a 2-1 victory over West Ham, extending the team’s unbeaten record in league play at Anfield to 63 games — tied for the longest streak in the club's history.

Pablo Fornals took advantage of a poor header from Joe Gomez to fire West Ham ahead in the 10th minute but the champions drew level just before the break when Mohamed Salah was fouled in the area by Arthur Masuaku and the Egyptian converted from the spot.

Diogo Jota had an effort ruled out but then grabbed the winner when fellow substitute Xherdan Shaqiri found him with a perfect pass and the Portuguese made no mistake with his third goal in as many home games for the Merseyside club....More

Source: https://ovasports.com/football/liverpool-back-on-top-of-premier-league-wins-for-chelsea-and-manchester-city/

Joao Felix claimed another brace for Atletico Madrid and Eden Hazard emerged from his yearlong scoring rut at Real Madrid, Lionel Messi failed to score in a fifth straight Spanish league match as Barcelona stumbled again on Saturday.

Barcelona goalkeeper Neto's big mistake cost Barcelona victory as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Alaves on Saturday in the La Liga. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid on the other hand, registered massive wins....Read all

Source: https://ovasports.com/football/alaves-hold-barcelona-real-and-atletico-madrid-register-wins/

Footballer Megan Rapinoe (35) and women’s basketball star Sue Bird (40), who met at the 2016 Olympics, have announced their engagement via an Instagram post. Megan, a two-time soccer World Cup winner, and Sue Bird, 11-time WNBA All-Star, have been dating since 2017 and are now engaged

The gay couple have been vocal about a variety of political and social causes and popular due to the same, over and above their sports careers. From supporting Black-owned businesses to encouraging people to....More(see photos)

Source: https://ovasports.com/football/megan-rapinoe-and-sue-bird-get-engaged/

Juventus and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo recovered from Covid-19, 19 days after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, the Serie A club said in a statement on Friday. Cristiano Ronaldo is no longer subjected to isolation at his Turin residence.

Cristiano Ronaldo had tested positive for Covid-19 on October 13 while he was travelling with.... More

Europa League: Antwerp register shock 1-0 win over Tottenham, Arsenal and AC Milan win.

Tottenham Hotspur fell to a surprising 1-0 loss against newcomers Antwerp in the Europa League on Thursday while AC Milan and Arsenal registered identical 3-0 wins over Sparta Prague and Dundalk, respectively.

Tottenham saw its 10-match unbeaten run end, despite having Gareth Bale in the starting lineup for a second straight time in the competition.

A penalty miss by Zlatan Ibrahimovic had little impact on AC Milan as they cruised..More(see all photos)

ANTHONY JOSHUA will keep fighting to have fans in the lion’s den for his homecoming O2 showdown with Kubrat Pulev on December 12.

The mandatory defence of his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against the Bulgarian has been confirmed for the iconic Greenwich venue.

Joshua and his team are fighting to have fans present for his December fight with Pulev....Read More(fight Stats)

Former Arsenal captain Sol Campbell says Mesut Ozil will ever play for the Gunners again.

The German playmaker has not featured at all this season and Campbell cannot see that changing.

He told GentingBet: 'Mesut Ozil is yesterday's news at the club.

'There is no chance that he will feature for Arsenal again this season, or ever again....Read more

CRISTIANO RONALDO has urged fans to ‘respect but not fear’ coronavirus in his first comments since testing positive.

The 35-year-old also extolled the virtues of sunbathing as he hit back at claims he had breached protocol by flying to Italy.

The Portuguese mega-star is currently isolating.

On an Instagram Live addressing the importance of developing a strong immune system, he said: “The sun helps a lot.

“People don’t have that perception, but it does a lot of good.

“When I get the chance, I do some sunbathing. In Turin it is more difficult, but I always try to get 20 or 30 m......Read more

Tottenham have signed Swansea defender Joe Rodon.

The Wales international has signed a five-year deal at the Premier League club after beating the domestic transfer deadline.

Rodon, 22, has joined for a fee believed to be £11million plus add-ons, a deal that too....Read More(photos)

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that Paul Pogba has had his Manchester United contract extended.

The 27-year-old’s deal was set to expire in the summer, with speculation beginning to swirl about his immediate future.

Those rumours were only fuelled....Read what Pogba had to say

Getafe have changed the name of their club and their badge ahead of this weekend’s La Liga match against Barcelona.

In a remarkable move, the club have confirmed they are dropping the first four letters of their name for a one-off occasion around the game so that they are called “Fe CF” – which translates into English as “Faith FC.”

The club kits will have a badge which will be without the “Get...More

England stars Jadon Sancho, Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden have all made the 20-man shortlist for the 2020 Golden Boy award. 

Arsenal's Bukayo Saka is also in the running along with Premier League new boys Ferran Torres and Fabio Silva...More (photos)

LeBron James became the first player to win NBA. Finals MVP honours with three different teams on Sunday and for LA Lakers, coach Frank Vogel the Ohio native has cemented his status as the best player 'the basketball universe has ever seen'.

James' fourth NBA championship, which came after he led the Lakers to a 106-93 win over the Miami Heat in Game Six, also saw him take home his....... Read all (photos)

Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in fine spirits watching his Portugal team-mates train on Tuesday evening at their training base after testing positive for coronavirus.

The 35-year-old is asymptomatic and is self-isolating in the national team's Oeiras base on the outskirts of Lisbon - and will miss Portugal's Nations League clash against Sweden on Wednesday night.

Ronaldo's girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez also posted a picture to Instagram which appeared to show the Portugal superstar in good spirits during a FaceTime call with her.... Read all (full complete photos)

Portugal captain and Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has been tested positive for the novel coronavoirus. The information was published by the Portuguese Football Federation , which reported the attacker's absence in the match against Sweden, in the League of Nations.

According to FPF, Ronaldo is well and is showing no symptoms. He is in isolation. It has been learnt that the Covid-19 test was carried out recently as a preparation ahead of Portugal's clash...... read all

KYLIAN MBAPPE paid tribute to his “idol” Cristiano Ronaldo after going head to head with the Portugal superstar.

A drab 0-0 draw in the Nations League on Sunday night featured a touching moment between the pair.

Mbappe and Ronaldo shared a conversation on the halfway line, smiling and joking with each other before.... Read complete story (photos)

The world’s top-ranked nation looked ready to give the Three Lions a real beating after Romelu Lukaku put the visitors ahead in the Nations League clash with a penalty.

Just when it seemed as though Southgate’s side were to be handed a lesson, they somehow clawed their way back.

Marcus Rashford, having just been awarded an MBE, levelled from the penalty spot and Mason Mount scored the winner in the 64th minute although he needed a big deflection...... Read full Match stats

FORMER Manchester City star Robinho has returned to boyhood club Santos aged 36 for a fourth stint on a tiny monthly salary of just £200 a month.

The Brazilian put pen to paper two months after becoming a free agent following his release by Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir.

Dad-of-two Robinho was the Citizens’ first big-money signing when they gazumped Chelsea to seal a £32.5million deal in 2008, breaking the British transfer...... Read complete story

UEFA Nations League: Spain beat Switzerland to stay top of group, Germany register 1st win in four games

Spain registered a 1-0 win over Switzerland while Germany defeated Ukraine 2-1 in Kyiv for its first win in the Nations League.

A blunder from Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer was enough for Spain to win 1-0 in an empty stadium in Madrid while Germany scored once in either half to beat hosts Ukraine 2-1..... More(photos)

Mesut Ozil has continued his charitable efforts after offering to pay Gunnersaurus’ wages following the mascot’s sacking earlier this week.

The out-of-favour Arsenal midfielder, who earns £350,000-a-week, stepped in when it emerged Gunnersaurs had been let go as part of a cost-cutting process.

Ozil’s latest charity project has seen him launch new footwear range ‘The Cage’ with all profits going towards helping children affected by coronavirus in Italy.................. read all

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane on Saturday confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus and will immediately begin his quarantine and recovery process. Mane is the 2nd player from the club to contract the novel virus this week after Thiago Alcantara.

Mane, who scored in a 3-1 victory over Arsenal on Monday, will miss Sunday’s game against Aston Villa for the Premier League champions. New recruit Alcantara is also out of the game after testing positive for Covid-19.

“I’ve been tested positive but I am feeling good and not showing heavy symptoms,” Mane said. “I will begin my quarantine and reco... Read all (photos)

Premier League club Leicester City have signed the French teenage defender Wesley Fofana from St Etienne. The 19-year-old has agreed to Leicester City on a five year deal.

The club did not disclose the transfer fee but according to reports in British media it is estimated to be around 30 million pounds ($38.75 million).... Read all

For the first time ever, two titans of the game, Barcelona star Lionel Messi and Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo will face each other in the group’s stage of the UEFA Champions League.

The two teams were drawn into Group G along with Dynamo Kyiv, Ferencváros. Both Juventus and Barcelona had failed to qualify for the semi-finals last season....... read all

German champions Bayern Munich on Wednesday outclassed a strong Borussia Dortmund outfit 3-2 to clinch the Super Cup trophy, their 5th title of this year.

Corentin Tolisso opened the scoring for Bayern in the 18th minute before Thomas Muller doubled their lead in the 32nd minute. But Dortmund fought back and cancelled out Bayern's lead twice in the 39th and 55th minute thanks to goals from Julian Brandt and Erling Braut Haland respectively...... More(photos)

Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Inter Milan maintained their 100% start to the season by thrashing Benevento.

Lukaku struck inside the first minute when he turned in Achraf Hakimi's cross before Roberto Gagliardini drove in to double the lead...more(photos)

Eden Hazard and Marco Asensio have both returned to the Real Madrid matchday squad for their clash against Real Valladolid at Estadio Alfredo di Stefano this week in La Liga.

Both players are set to feature for Zinedine Zidane’s squad to date this season and their return will be a welcome boost ahead of the clash... Read all