The beautiful game of soccer

There is something about the next African Cup of Nations holding in two weeks’ time that does not snugly fit into my spirit. To start with, AFCON 2021 will be taking place in January 2022. That’s the first anomaly.

Barcelona are a club in crisis, and their elimination from the Champions League group stage represents a new low for the club.

Leeds and Watford requested their games be called off; Premier League met on Thursday and agreed to requests; Leeds close training ground; Watford vs West Ham on Dec 28 expected to go ahead; PL clubs decided this week to maintain fixture schedule as planned amid rising positive Covid cases

Amid concerns about the potentially lower workplace productivity of people who have had Covid-19, evidence from professional football suggests that even six months after an infection, a player’s performance is reduced. Team performance also suffers from more players being infected.

For the past four years Manchester city have dominated the English football winning many trophies within this period.

Messi took the world of football by surprise with his surprise move to PSG after spending after spending decades in Barcelona.

Manchester united was delighted to confirm the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo on a two-year contract with option to extend for a further year.

In the end it was lionel messi who walked away with his seventh ballon d'or award beating Robert lewandowski in the closest race for years. Tho lewandowski was considered the best player.