Thorgan Hazard – the younger brother of Chelsea’s Eden – has agreed a deal to make his current loan at Borussia Munchengladbach permanent this summer. The 21-year-old, who joined Chelsea in 2012, has signed a deal until 2020.
Africa U-17 Championship Semi Final Fixtures….
Wednesday 25 February:
Nigeria Vs South Africa 4 pm
Thursday 26 February:
Mali Vs Guinea 4 pm
West Africa has remained the power house of African football at all levels. Kudos!
Results of yesterday’s African U-17 Championship….
Sunday 22 February:
Ivory Coast 0 – 1 Mali
South Africa 3- 1 Cameroon
Boubacar Traoré scored the only goal for Mali in the 35th minute.
Cameroon’s Fokem Namekong Achille scored an own goal in the 3rd minute to make it 1 – 0 advantage South Africa before Nelson Maluleke made it 2 – 0 from the penalty spot in the 45th minute. Christian Jol Bayemi pulled one back for Cameroon in the 49th minute while Maluleke hit his brace for South Africa in the 58th minute to make it 3 – 1.
Mali and South Africa has qualified for both the semi finals of this tournament and also the U-17 world cup.
The final group table below:
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
| 2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
CR7 now third in Real Madrid’s all time scorers….
Cristiano Ronaldo moved up to third on Real Madrid’s all-time top scorers list after he found the net in a comfortable away victory over Elche in La Liga, BBC reports. The Portugal forward scored the 290th goal of his Madrid career to climb above Carlos Santillana and is now 33 goals behind Raul’s record of 323. Karim Benzema had put Real ahead with a scrappy opening goal before Ronaldo powerfully headed in a second. Real’s advantage over Barcelona at the top of La Liga is now four points. Real Madrid had claimed on their website that Ronaldo reached the 290-goal milestone in their Champions League last-16 tie against Schalke on 18 February. However, La Liga officially awarded a goal that the club had credited to Ronaldo in a game against Real Sociedad in September 2010, to Portuguese compatriot Pepe. Coming into the game against Elche, Carlo Ancelotti’s Real side were seeking to capitalise on Barca’s 1-0 home loss to Malaga on Saturday, in the Italian’s 100th game in charge.
Results of yesterday’s African U-17 Championship….
Entente Setif of Algeria wins Africa Super Cup….
Entente Setif became the first Algerian club to win the African Super Cup, beating Egypt’s Al Ahly 6-5 in a tense penalty shoot-out after the match had ended 1-1 in normal time.
English Premier League Results….
Sat 21 Feb 2015:
Aston Villa 1 – 2 Stoke
Chelsea 1 – 1 Burnley
Crystal Palace 1 – 2 Arsenal
Hull 2 – 1 QPR
Sunderland 0 – 0 West Brom
Swansea 2 – 1 Man Utd
Man City 5 – 0 Newcastle
Sun 22 Feb 2015:
Tottenham 2 – 2 West Ham
Everton 2 – 2 Leicester
Southampton 0 – 2 Liverpool
Senegal to name new coach in March….
Ex-Burkina Faso coach Paul Put is among the names to be the coach of Senegal, who will announce their decision on 5 March.
Floyd Mayweather to fight Manny Pacquiao in May….
Floyd Mayweather will fight Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on 2 May in what promises to be the richest bout in the history of boxing.
Racism: Chelsea suspend two more fans….
Chelsea have barred two more fans from attending Stamford Bridge following an incident of alleged racism on the Paris Metro on Tuesday.
West Ham fined by FA….
West Ham have been fined £30,000 by the Football Association for failing to control their players in their recent 0-0 draw at Southampton, BBC reports. The sanction relates to an incident which followed the dismissal of West Ham goalkeeper Adrian for handling the ball outside his penalty area. The red card was subsequently overturned on appeal. West Ham admitted a charge of failing to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. Adrian was sent off by referee Craig Pawson for the first time in his career after losing possession under pressure from Southampton striker Sadio Mane and falling on the ball. The Spaniard, 28, appeared to touch the ball with a hand to prompt the red card which was met with protests from a number of West Ham players.
Jay Jay Okocha is new Delta FA Chairman….
Austin Jay Jay Okocha was on Friday elected the chairman of Delta State Football Association, replacing current NFF president, Amaju Pinnick. Okocha had been on acting basis since Pinnick was elected NFF president last year. Okocha polled 26 out of the 27 votes cast.
Why always Mario?….
Mario Balotelli scored a late penalty to give Liverpool a narrow 1 -0 Europa League lead over Besiktas despite a row over whether he should take the kick.
Luis Figo fancies World Cup with 48 teams….
Luis Figo would consider a bigger World Cup if he is elected to replace Sepp Blater as Fifa president.
English Premier League Fixtures….
Sat 21 Feb 2015:
Aston Villa v Stoke 3 pm
Chelsea v Burnley 3 pm
Crystal Palace v Arsenal 3 pm
Hull v QPR 3 pm
Sunderland v West Brom 3 pm
Swansea v Man Utd 3 pm
Man City v Newcastle 6:30 pm
Sun 22 Feb 2015:
Tottenham v West Ham 1 pm
Everton v Leicester 2:05 pm
Southampton v Liverpool 5:15 pm
*Time = Nigerian
Chelsea FC suspends ‘racist’ trio….
Chelsea FC has suspended three people from attending its ground after a video appeared to show club fans stopping a black man from boarding a Paris train.
AFCON 2015: Tunisia appeal to CAS over 2017 ban threat….
Tunisia have filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the threat of being banned from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
Results of yesterday’s African U-17 Championship….
NFF President on tour….
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Amaju Pinnick recently embarked on collaboration tour that saw him visit FIFA President, Sepp Blatter in Zurich, Switzerland and also Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger in London.
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