by Hope Media | Jan 10, 2017 | sports
The World Cup will expand to 48 teams from its current 32, starting with the 2026 edition of soccer’s showpiece tournament, the game’s governing body FIFA decided on Tuesday. FIFA’s decision making body, the FIFA Council, also decided that the format...
by Hope Media | Jan 9, 2017 | sports
AFTER two days of total chaos in the Warriors camp that had threatened to derail their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) campaign due to start on Saturday in Gabon, the team finally left the country yesterday for Cameroon after Zifa partially met the players’...
by Hope Media | Jan 9, 2017 | sports
Nigeria and Africa legends Augustine ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha and Sunday Oliseh are scheduled to visit the country in April this year as part of StarTimes program. Their visit comes a year after another Nigerian and Africa legend Nwankwo Kanu visited the country...
by Hope Media | Jan 9, 2017 | sports
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has pledged to bring out the heavy artillery for Tuesday’s League Cup semi-final first leg at home to Premier League basement club Hull City. United cruised into the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday after registering an...
by Hope Media | Jan 9, 2017 | sports
Mesut Ozil wants clarity on the future of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger before he commits his future to the club. Reports over the last couple of months have suggested that the biggest stumbling block in negotiations between the player and club was the distance between...
by Hope Media | Jan 9, 2017 | sports
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp defended selecting the youngest starting XI in the club’s history for the 0-0 FA Cup draw againist league Two Plymouth. The Reds now face a trip to Devon for the third-round replay and have six remaining in January. Klopp’s...