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By Mark Doyle It's finally official, then: Trent Alexander-Arnold is leaving Liverpool, most likely for Real Madrid. Some fans are frustrated, others are fuming; none are surprised, though. It's been coming. Alexander-Arnold has long been Liverpool's 'Scouser in the team', the local lad whose dream came true. He was both desperate and destined to captain the club he joined at six years of age. However, at some point during the past year or so, something changed. Maybe it was Jurgen Klopp's exit - the impact of which hit Alexander-Arnold even harder than he expected - or maybe he just wanted…

Hostilities expected to kick off 8pm Nigeria time. After last week's thrilling first leg, European heavyweights Inter Milan and Barcelona reconvene on Tuesday, May 6, to conclude their Champions League semi-final. Having shared six goals in Spain, they will meet again for the second leg at San Siro, with Inter aiming to take one step closer to a fourth continental crown and Barca ultimately seeking their sixth. Match Preview As the competition's meanest defence tackled its most explosive attack, a chaotic contest played out in Catalonia last Wednesday. Setting the tone for a stone-cold classic, Marcus Thuram's clever flick put…

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Brentford - Manchester Utd 4:3Brighton - Newcastle 1:1West Ham - Tottenham 1:1Chelsea - Liverpool 3:1 FRANCE: LIGUE 1: Nantes - Angers 0:1Auxerre - Le Havre 1:2Brest - Montpellier 1:0Lyon - Lens 1:2Lille - Marseille 1:1 GERMAN BUNDESLIGA: Augsburg - Holstein Kiel 1:3Freiburg - Bayer Leverkusen 2:2Mainz - Eintracht Frankfurt 1:1 SPANISH LA LIGA: Real Madrid - Celta Vigo 3:2Sevilla - Leganes 2:2Espanyol - Betis 1:2Real Sociedad - Ath Bilbao 0:0 NETHERLANDS EREDIVISIE: NAC Breda - Zwolle 1:3G.A. Eagles - AZ Alkmaar 0:3Sparta Rotterdam - Twente 0:2 ITALIAN SERIE A: Empoli - Lazio 0:1Monza - Atalanta 0:4AS Roma…

Bayern Munich have been confirmed as Bundesliga champions for the 2024-25 campaign, with Harry Kane finally clinching the first major title of his career in a special moment for the England captain. Kane made the move to Bayern from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2023, but the 2023-24 campaign proved to be a frustrating one for the Munich giants, finishing third in the Bundesliga, while they were runners-up in the DFL-Supercup and semi-finalists in the Champions League. Bayern's title party was delayed on Saturday, as Yussuf Poulsen scored a stoppage-time goal for RB Leipzig to make it 3-3 at…

As the White Stripes hit Seven Nation Army pumped out over the Etihad Stadium speakers at full-time on Friday night, May 2, 2025, Manchester City supporters sang the name of hero Kevin de Bruyne to that very tune. The midfielder is bidding an emotional farewell after 10 trophy-laden years at the club, and the Belgian soaked up the acclaim by taking the long route around the pitch before heading down the tunnel. The 33-year-old will be disappearing for good when his City contract expires in the summer, but here he was able to enjoy another deserved moment in the limelight…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Ministry of Transport has announced a scheduled metro shutdown in view of the International 42km Marathon taking place todt, May 3, 2025 in Enugu, South-East Nigeria. In a statement sent by the State Commissioner for Transport, Obi Ozor, the government said that as part of safety and traffic control measures for thousands of runners, including international athletes, selected roads will be completely closed to vehicular movement from 6:00 am to 12:00 noon. The statement noted that following a successful route reconnaissance, tkey metro roads will be fully locked. These are: Ogui Junction to Shoprite…

Projections of Lamine Yamal's future talent are unimportant. If his career ended today the winger will have achieved more than 99 per cent of footballers to play the game. In a couple of months, he may well add a continent treble to the LaLiga title, Spanish Cup and European Championship he already has in his cabinet. Comparisons to Lionel Messi are redundant. As the teenager has been at pains to stress, 'the comparison makes [no] sense'. In fact, of late comparisons to Yamal, not Argentina great, feel unfair. How He Rose The winger's rise in the game over the past…

Barcelona and Inter Milan served up a Champions League thriller on Wednesday night, April 30, with the two teams playing out a 3-3 draw in the first leg of their semi-final at the former 's temporary Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys. The Camp Nou has been undergoing remodeling and renovation. The fastest-ever semi-final goal in the Champions League was scored by Marcus Thuram just 30 seconds into the contest, and Inter then doubled their lead in the 21st minute through Denzel Dumfries. The response from Barcelona was impressive, though, with Lamine Yamal becoming the youngest-ever goalscorer in a Champions League semi-final…

Ousmane Dembele's fourth-minute strike will give Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) a narrow one-goal advantage ahead of the second leg of their Champions League semi-final with Arsenal, following a 1-0 win at the Emirates this evening, April 29. A lightning quick start from the visitors saw them dominate proceedings for much of the first half, as Desire Doue also forced goalie David Raya into an excellent save on the half-hour mark, and the visitors will be disappointed not to leave with a bigger advantage, after Goncalo Ramos struck the bar and Bradley Barcola fired wide from close range late on. Arsenal gradually…

At this point, any team can win the Champions League. And well, uh, yeah. Soccer is random, and all it takes is three more results to lift the biggest trophy in Europe. But usually -- because soccer is so random on the game-by-game basis -- there's at least one surprise team in the semifinals. You know who I'm talking about: that team who we all know technically could win the Champions League, but who we'd all be shocked to see actually win the Champions League. Not this year, though. Among the four semifinalists, we have: 1) PSG: The team that…