Featured Sports

Juventus sack Pirlo as manager

Juventus have sacked Andrea Pirlo as manager after he spent just one season in charge of the Italian club.

The 42-year-old was a surprise choice to replace Maurizio Sarri last summer but under his guidance Juventus failed to win the Serie A title for the first time since 2012.

The Turin-based club finished fourth, only qualifying for the Champions League on the last day of the season.

Massimiliano Allegri is expected to return for a second spell as manager.

Allegri was in charge of Juventus from 2014-19, winning five successive league titles and reaching the Champions League final twice. He is currently without a job.

Pirlo played 164 games for Juventus between 2011 and 2015 and won four Serie A titles in Turin after joining from AC Milan, with whom he spent most of his career and won two Champions League and two league titles.

Related posts

PTDF trains 9,659 Nigerians on overseas, local scholarships

Our Reporter

EFCC arrests 173 suspects in Kano, recovers N149m

Meletus EZE

IPMAN begins strike, fuel scarcity imminent in North

Our Reporter

Stop politicising insecurity, Obasanjo, Sultan, others warn leaders

Our Reporter

How travel agent allegedly defrauded intending Hajj pilgrims N24.6m

Editor

Nigeria eyes more revenue, value from oil, gas

Our Reporter