Egyptian football fans were overjoyed on Saturday as Liverpool were crowned European champions after winning 2-0 against their English counterparts Tottenham Hotspur. Coming in as favourites, the Reds sealed the win and their sixth European Cup in a grinding game…
*Traders in tears as government demolished Agboju Market Festac (NewTelegraph) *Firm boosts broadband penetration with free Wi-Fi (Guardian)
Traders in tears as government demolished Agboju Market Festac (NewTelegraph) It was a like a war torn area at Agboju Market in Festac Town, Lagos, when the government moved in with two bulldozers and demolished the over 40-year-old market in…
Champions League final: Liverpool and Spurs fans descend on Madrid (BBC)
Thousands of Liverpool and Tottenham fans have descended on Madrid for the Champions League final. The two Premier League sides will meet at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium today, Saturday, June 1. Many fans spent Friday making long, last-minute journeys from…
Liverpool will be ‘knackered mentally and physically’ in Champions League final, reckons Paul Ince (Metro)
Liverpool may have ‘exhausted themselves’ ahead of the Champions League final, leaving them prone to an upset against Tottenham, believes Paul Ince. The Reds eventually fell just short in an epic Premier League title race with Manchester City, missing out…
5 things to look forward to at the UCL finals
Even if we don’t have a Champions League Final this year, football fans will still remember the 2018/2019 UCL as one of the very best seasons of Tuesday & Wednesday night football. Many are already calling it the “UCL of…
Theresa May’s football skills are nearly as bad as her dancing (Metro)
It’s fair to say Theresa May has had a stressful few months, so who could blame her for wanting to blow off a bit of steam? The Prime Minister looked as though she didn’t have a care in the world…
Liverpool’s Van Dijk named EPL Player of the Season (Nation)
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has been named the Premier League Player of the Season for 2018-19. Van Dijk missed only 35 minutes of the Reds’ 37 matches before the campaign finale on Sunday, helping to register 20 clean sheets…
5 Unmissable Moments, as Heineken takes consumers to Anfield
Nothing beats the excitement of witnessing the beautiful game of football live from the stands. It’s even extra-special when you’re being thrilled by the finest talents on the planet as they wrestle for a place in the final of the…
English clubs make European history (BBC)
English clubs have created European football history by taking all four final spots in the continent’s two major competitions. Arsenal won in Valencia and Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday to reach the Europa League final. That followed dramatic wins for Liverpool over…
Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam (Guardian)
Do not adjust your reality. This really is happening. There have been glorious, entirely improbable games in Liverpool’s European history, including the mind-bending highs of Istanbul. But this was something else, an effort of will that, frankly, took the breath…