The English Premier League has been blessed with some of Africa’s best talent since the league's inception in 1992. Over the past decades, players from all over the continent have shown their skills and dazzled English fans. This list contains some of the greatest players to ever play in England’s top flight. Here are the ten best African players to play in the Premier League.
On Monday, March 9, Leicester City defeated Aston Villa 4-0 in what’s since become the final match of the 2019-20 Premier League season. Since then fixtures have been postponed as a precautionary measure due to the coronavirus pandemic. But when will the Premier League resume?
USMNT and Newcastle United defender DeAndre Yedlin has penned a message of solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement while revealing a gut wrenching text he received from his grandfather.
The 26-year-old has been in England since January of 2015 and with Newcastle for the past four seasons, and his grandfather said he’s glad that he’s “not living in the U.S. right now because he would fear for (his) life as a young black man.”
Queens Park Rangers chief executive Lee Hoos has slammed the English Football League's plans to resume the Championship (second-tier) season on June 20, saying clubs were informed of the decision only moments before it was made public.
The Championship has been suspended since March 8 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the government has given the green light for elite sport to return from Monday behind closed doors provided strict conditions are met.
LONDON — The Premier League's planned restart on June 17 received a further boost on Saturday when the latest batch of novel coronavirus tests produced no positive results.
The tests were carried out on Thursday and Friday.
"The Premier League can today confirm that on Thursday 28 May and Friday 29 May, 1,130 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19. Of these, zero have tested positive," the league said in a statement.
In the three previous rounds of testing since players resumed training there were 12 positives.
Early Thursday morning, it was confirmed that the Premier League would resume play on Wednesday, June 17. We now have more information regarding the Premier League TV schedule USA for June, and we’re in for a madcap finish to the 2019-20 season: quadruple-headers every Saturday and Sunday with additional matches being played on Friday, Monday and during the midweek.
Professional English freestyler Ewan Baggott has made his mark by performing skills in front of thousands and meeting some of the best in the game. His sick tricks are mesmerizing, but a recent video has surfaced on the internet that will make you virtually feel like you’re in pain.
Everybody knows stepping on a Lego is almost as painful as stubbing your toe, but imagine playing a match barefoot on a field full of Legos. Who knows why they decided to torture themselves, but it did make for a pretty entertaining video and even some nutmegs.
Premier League players resumed to small-sided training sessions this week in a bid to return to action by June. It was our first look at many of the league’s most popular players in about two months, the country having been on lockdown since football ground to a halt in mid-March.
A few players emerged from self-isolation looking better than ever. For many, sadly, quarantine did not treat them or their heads kindly, chief among them Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kanté is prepared to sit out the remainder of the Premier League season, if it resumes, after expressing concerns over returning to training, British media have reported.
Chelsea midfielder N’golo Kanté will not be returning to training with the club after being granted compassionate leave due to his personal fears of the coronavirus. The West London club hasn’t given any timeframe as to when he will return.
Kanté went to the first training session on Tuesday, May 19, where he was seen socially distanced from Christian Pulisic and several other teammates.
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