Ronaldo fires Madrid to Liga summit

The Portugal attacker buried a first-half header to set the hosts on their way before teeing up the Brazilian for a brilliant right-footed strike to double the advantage shortly after the break. Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo helped Real Madrid moved back to the top of La Liga with a comfortable 3-0 win over Levante on Sunday.

Ike Uche have passed Kessi First rule

Apart from the barrage of criticism that greeted the unveiling of the jerseys which the Super Eagles will wear for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, another issue that has generated heated arguments in Nigerian football circles is whether coach Stephen Keshi should uphold or rescind his verdict that Ikechukwu Uche will not make the Super Eagles squad for Brazil. As the FIFA World Cup inches nearer, I strongly believe that the Villarreal forward represents a good option for the Keshi-led technical crew who dream of a brilliant showing in Brazil 

 especially at a time when the country is yet to recover from the shocking news of Bright Dike’s unavailability due to injury .Following his consistent performances in La Liga this season and with the World Cup on the horizon, do the Eagles' hopes in Brazil rest on the shoulders of the Villarreal man more so considering the idea that Ike had passed kishe first rule for FIFA World Cup selection i think he deserve a chance?

Nigeria unveil World Cup jerseys

World cup Part Two

Nigeria's World Cup jersey was unveiled on Thursday in Abuja ahead of their friendly against Mexico on March 5. The trio of Ejike Uzoenyi, Shehu Abdullahi and Chigozie Agbim were the models for the unveiling of the new kit designed by Adidas which took place at the Sunday Dankaro House, Abuja National Stadium.

The new home jersey is a mix of lemon green and white stripes while the away jersey is white with green stripes and numbered with red while the goalkeeper's jersey is yellow with purple stripes with an adjoining red line running from trunk to kneel .

Debate: Is Drogba or Eto'o the greatest African player of all time?

Africa has produced some magnificent players over the years; the likes of Rabah Madjer, Kalusha Bwalya, Roger Milla, Abedi Pele, George Weah, Jay-Jay Okocha, Yaya Toure and Michael Essien. But perhaps none of these icons have consistently reached the levels of brilliance that Drogba and Eto'o have whilst inspiring their sides to numerous major honours.
But who out of Drogba and Eto'o is the greatest African player of all time?

Arsenal have 'no chance' against Bayern Munich - Breitner

Former Bayern Munich midfielder Paul Breitner believes Arsenal have "no chance" of victory in the Champions League last-16 tie.The former Germany international believes the Gunners will not prevent Pep Guardiola's side from marching towards a second-successive Champions League title.

The Bavarian giants beat Arsene Wenger's side at the same stage of the competition last year and the former Bayern and Germany star believes the outcome will be much the same ahead of the first leg at the Emirates on Wednesday. "We want to win, we want to repeat the victory of last season. We want to win the Champions League again and Arsenal will have no chance." Breitner went on to suggest that the Bundesliga champions could well make history this year by becoming the first team to win the Champions League in consecutive seasons.

Fulham 2-3 Liverpool: Gerrard seals Reds’ comeback with late penalty

The visitors had twice fallen behind at Craven Cottage to an own goal from Kolo Toure and Kieran Richardson's close-range strike, but Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho restored parity before Gerrard kept his cool from 12 yards in injury time. Steven Gerrard's stoppage-time penalty secured a huge victory for Liverpool in the race for Champions League qualification, as they came from behind to beat Fulham 3-2 at Craven Cottage on Wednesday night.www.topspotafrica.com

Hazard uninterested in PSG links

Eden Hazard has dismissed speculation linking him with French champions Paris Saint-Germain and says he is solely focused on Chelsea. The Belgian says he has no desire to leave Stamford Bridge, while he also played down the Blues' chances of winning the Champions League and praised boss Jose Mourinho. The Belgium international has been in stunning form this season, with a match-winning hat-trick against Newcastle on Saturday bringing his Premier League tally for the season to 12 goals.

Odemwingie scores debut goal for Stoke City

Nigeria’s Peter Odemwingie was on target for Stoke City as they played out a 2-2 away with Southampton on Saturday afternoon at St Mary’s Stadium.The former Cardiff City star got his first goal for the Potters as they shared points with Southampton away in the English Premier League.The striker who made a winning start for the Potters in their 2-1 defeat of Manchester United in their last outing got his side's first goal in the 38th minute after Rickie Lambert had put the hosts ahead in the 6th minute of the encounter.

Ibrahimovic & Ronaldo in playful Twitter exchange

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo were involved in an amusing Twitter exchange on Wednesday following a birthday message sent by the Swede to the Portuguese on the social networking site. The Sweden striker pledged to send the Portuguese one of his personalised jerseys as a birthday present, provoking an amusing riposte from the Real Madrid man. Ronaldo played 90 minutes for Real Madrid in their 3-0 derby win over Atletico in the first leg of the sides' Copa del Rey semi-final on Wednesday.