Nigeria climbed one place in the latest FIFA Women’s World ranking, moving from 39 to 38 and thus retain its top spot on the continent. While Nigeria improved in the ranking, the team is yet to play a competitive game since last October in the Olympic qualifiers. The biggest mover in the latest installment of…

. Yaya Sanogo: 31 app- 2 goals Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had an eye for great players at a tender age. However, on this one, all Gunners fans will agree he got it all wrong. He signed the young French forward from Ligue 1 side Auxerre. He had scored 10 goals in 13 appearances…

African footballers who play in Europe’s most famous clubs are among the highest-paid players in the world. This is not so much a surprise as the African continent is full of potential. The best-paid ones often play in the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga or in the Gulf. Let’s take a look at the top…

First match: Eastern Wanderers 0–6 Royal Arsenal, friendly, 11 December 1886 First FA Cup match: Royal Arsenal 11–0 Lyndhurst, first qualifying round, 5 October 1889 First Football League match: Woolwich Arsenal 2–2 Newcastle United, Second Division, 2 September 1893 First match at Highbury: Woolwich Arsenal 2–1 Leicester Fosse, Second Division, 6 September 1913 First League Cup match: Arsenal 1–1 Gillingham, second round, 13 September 1966 First…

Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich kick-started a new wave of overseas billionaires buying Premier League soccer clubs when he purchased Chelsea FC from Ken Bates in 2003. Ever since, the clubs in England’s top division have become attractive prospects for weathly investors, with businesspeople all over the world keen to help themselves to a slice of…

After two years and 9 months in a coma, 22 year old Morrocan/Dutch National, who is a professional footballer and Midfielder for Netherlands youth team and the Eridivisie Giants Ajax, Abdelhak Nouri, has finally woken. This is one of the best news in the world of football, if not the best news this week, the…

Goals are the main aim of any match and without goals, no matter how you play beautifully, you will never win the match, talk less of winning a trophy. But looking at goals, a lot of beautiful goals have been scored take Zidane’s volley against Leverkusen for example or Ronaldo’s overhead kick against Juventus or…