This season’s Europa League draw has been completed.
Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho, will face his former club Manchester United.
Like the Champions League, UEFA has revamped this season’s competition, discarding the traditional group phase.
Instead, teams will play eight different opponents – four home and four away – in a league phase before the knockouts in early 2025.
Aside from a trip to face Mourinho’s new side, Fenerbahce, United and Spurs will both play Rangers.
The final of this season’s Europa League took place at San Mames, the home to Athletic Bilbao in Spain on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Full fixtures:
Manchester United: Rangers (h), Porto (a), PAOK (h), Fenerbahce (a), Bodo/Glimt (h), Victoria Plzen (a), Twente (h), FCSB (a)
Tottenham: Roma (h), Rangers (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Ferencvaros (a), Qarabag (h), Galatasaray (a), Elfsborg (h), Hoffenheim (a)
Rangers: Tottenham (h), Manchester United (a), Lyon (h), Olympiacos (a), Union Saint-Gilloise (h), Malmo (a), FCSB (h), Nice (a)
Galatasaray: Tottenham (h), Ajax (a), PAOK (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Kviv (h), Malmo (a), Elfsborg (h), RFS (a)
Athletic Club: Slavia Prague (h), Roma (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Fenerbahce (a), Victoria Plzen (h), Elfsborg (h), Besiktas (a)
Fenerbahce – Manchester United (h), Slavia Prague (a), Lyon (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Union SG (h), Midtjylland (a), Athletic Club (h), Twente (a)
Lyon: Lazio (h), Rangers (a), Olympiacos (h), Fenerbahce (a), Ludogorets (h), Qarabag (a), Besiktas (h), Hoffenheim (a)
Roma: Frankfurt (h), Tottenham (a), Braga (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Kviv (h), Union Saint-Gilloise (a), Athletic Club (h), Elfsborg (a)
Frankfurt: Slavia Prague (h), Roma (a), Ferencvaros (h), Lyon (a), Victoria Plzen (h), Midtjylland (a), RFS (h), Besiktas
Porto: Manchester United (h), Lazio (a), Olympiacos (h), Macabi Tel-Aviv (a), Midtjylland (h), Bodo/Glimt (a), Hoffenheim (h), Anderlecht (a)
Ajax: Lazio (h), Slavia Prague (a), Macabi Tel-Aviv (h), Real Sociedad (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a), Besiktas (h), RFS (a)
Lazio: Porto (h), Ajax (a), Real Sociedad (h), Braga (a), Ludogorets (h), Kyiv (a), Nice (h), Twente (a)
Slavia Prague: Ajax (h), Frankfurt (a), Fenerbahce (h), PAOK (a), Malmo (h), Ludogorets (a), Anderlecht (h), Athletic Club (a)
Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, has gifted a royal plaque to afrobeats megastar, Rema.
The Oba presented the plaque to Rema on Thursday when the singer paid him a visit at his palace ahead of his homecoming concert at the Ogbe Stadium in Benin City.
Earlier, Rema joined the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, for the groundbreaking ceremony of Edo Arena.
The governor announced that the 6,000-capacity arena would be called Rema Dome in honour of the singer.
Rema, born Divine Ikubor, is from Benin City and has been a proud ambassador of Edo State, promoting the state and legacy of the ancient Benin empire in his music and concerts.
His latest hit song, ‘Benin Boys,’ which featured fellow Edo-born star, Shallipopi, is a tribute to the city of Benin.
In the song, Rema mentioned that he deserved a medal from the Oba for promoting the kingdom.
Chelsea are not prepared to offer contracts exceeding £70,000 per week to new players.
According to Sky Sports transfer chief, Kaveh Solhekol, the club is not interested in signing players who demand £200,000-a-week or £300,000-a-week contracts.
With Enzo Maresca looking to add a striker to his squad, Chelsea have been linked with Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and Ivan Toney of Brentford.
But it now appears the deal for Toney would be easier to do, as Osimhen is reluctant to take a pay cut.
According to Solhekol, “the average wage of their new signing is between £60,000-a-week and £70,000-a-week.
“That is the base wage before you add in bonuses.
“I think there is a feeling that Ivan Toney is willing to fit into that wage structure. Also, he’s coming from a club like Brentford who are not famed for paying massive wages.”
Wizkid, the world-famous afrobeat musician, has paid his disc jockey, DJ Tunez N10 million to play singer Asake’s hit song, Fuji Vibe.
Wizkid made the payment to DJ Tunez, during his sold-out concert in London.
In a now trending video from the concert, DJ Tunez made the announcement which led to an explosion of cheers and applause from the audience.
He said “One of the afrobeat singer Wizkid just paid me N10 million now to play this song.”
DJ Tunez’s performance with ‘Fuji Vibe’ stand out as a major highlight of the night, as the crowd sang along.
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