Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Leaders Manchester City were forced to hang on to beat Nottingham Forest after Rodri’s red card but still maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season. City were cruising at the break thanks to early goals by Phil Foden and Erling Haaland but the game changed dramatically only 27 seconds after the restart. Rodri was shown a straight red for violent conduct after putting his hands around Morgan Gibbs-White’s throat as they tangled near the corner flag, with VAR upholding referee Anthony Taylor’s decision. Forest had been outplayed until that point, with City slicing them open with sparkling attacks…

Liverpool have not exactly made things easy for themselves this season, but they say it’s a sign of champions to win without playing well. They have claimed the most points from losing positions (nine) in the Premier League this season, winning all three games they’ve trailed in. Aiming to keep Liverpool’s star-studded attack quiet are West Ham, who sit just three points behind them in the fledgling league table, occupying sixth place with 10 points from five outings ahead of Matchday 6. If West Ham are to cause an upset, the counter-attacking prowess of Jarrod Bowen could be key, with…

Arsenal host rivals Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium this weekend. Both sides come into this game with unbeaten Premier League records (W4 D1), and Spurs (2nd) sit two places above Arsenal (4th) on goal difference alone. Both teams’ fast starts mean this will be the first Premier League north London derby with both Arsenal and Tottenham unbeaten coming into the match. Tottenham Hotspur had to work extremely hard for their latest win – a 2-1 success over Sheffield United last time out – as two late goals from Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski saw them pull off the latest winning comeback in…

Jesse Lingard is training with Al-Ettifaq, the Saudi Pro-League side has announced. They said the ex-England and Manchester United midfielder would spend a month at the club. Lingard, 30, had been training with Premier League side West Ham United after being released by Nottingham Forest in the summer. Al-Ettifaq, managed by Steven Gerrard, signed Jordan Henderson from Liverpool in a £12m deal in July. Lingard, who won the last of his 32 England caps in 2021, has been a free agent since leaving the City Ground. He spent the majority of his career at Manchester United, apart from loan spells at Derby County…

The Lagos State Government has postponed the introduction of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPVV), campaign earlier scheduled for Monday, Sept. 25, for logistics reasons as informed by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH). A new date for the introduction of the HPVV campaign will be announced later. This was announced by the Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement by Filade Olumide, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, LSPHCB, on Friday. “The State Government regrets any inconveniences that may occur as a result of the postponement. As soon as a new date is communicated to Lagos, members of the public…

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Lagos State Council, has said the suspect arrested for injecting the late Afrobeat singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad is not a registered nurse. The Association, Lagos State Council made this known in a statement released on Saturday. The late singer’s father, Aloba had raised the alarm about how the Mohbad was injected by an auxiliary nurse before his demise which continues to spark controversy around his death. Aloba said, “According to what I heard from people, The only thing I can think of is maybe this auxiliary nurse that used…

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that likely sabotage by some electricity workers caused a fire outbreak that destroyed three transformers worth $4 million at the sub-regional switchyard of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State. This comes as he warned electricity staff against vandalizing the national grid while embarking on industrial action. Adelabu, who inspected the TCN in Osogbo, Osun State, on Friday, also lamented that during the last warning strike organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the national grid was attacked. He issued a stern warning to electricity staff against the destruction…

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr edged Al Ahli 4-3 in a thrilling Saudi Pro League clash in Riyadh on Friday. Ronaldo scored early in both halves to bookend the scoring for Al Nassr, who managed to stave off multiple comeback attempts from their fellow star-studded opponents. The Portugal great opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a low left-footed shot after being found by ex-Liverpool forward Sadio Mané. He then got Al Nassr’s fourth goal in the 52nd minute with another clinical finish on his left foot following a neat turn on the edge of the penalty box. In between, Brazilian forward Anderson…

Sweden and Spain players stood together in solidarity before their Uefa Women’s Nations League meeting on Friday, following the scandal which has engulfed Spanish football. Both sets of players held a banner reading “se acabo” which translates to English as “it’s over”, a phrase used on social media amid the scandal. The banner also read “our fight is the global fight”, and the Spanish players were applauded onto the field for their warm-ups by the home fans in Gothenburg. The Spanish players also wore wristbands with “se acabo” written on them, for what was a rematch of the World Cup…

Manchester City are on a roll, with a 3-1 comeback victory over West Ham maintaining their flawless start in the Premier League. Next for last season’s treble-winners is Saturday’s meeting with Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium. City could start a Premier League campaign with six successive wins for the second time, having done so in Pep Guardiola’s debut season in 2016-17. Victory over Forest would make them just the second reigning champions to achieve that feat, after Chelsea in 2005-06. Forest, meanwhile, were frustrated in Monday’s 1-1 draw with Burnley at the City Ground, but seven points from five…

Manchester United will be looking to improve on their poor start to the 2023-24 Premier League season when they make the trip to Turf Moor to play Vincent Kompany’s Burnley on Saturday night. United have lost three Premier League games already. The last time they lost four of their first six games in a league campaign was back in 1986-87 a season that they ended in 11th place. Burnley won their first point of 2023-24 against Nottingham Forest on MD 5 but are still one of five teams without a Premier League victory – though they have played a game…

Erik ten Hag has played down suggestions of a split in the Manchester United dressing room following their poor start to the season and insisted “everyone is united” at Old Trafford. Speaking ahead of a crucial trip to Burnley on Saturday, Ten Hag addressed reports of a bust-up between players following the defeat to Brighton and that some players are still disappointed about the treatment of David De Gea. “I know it’s not always going up and you will have your gaps and you will get stronger from it as long as you stay together,” Ten Hag said in a news conference on Friday. “That’s what we’re…