Axadle - Breaking news and analysis from Somalia, the Horn of Africa, and across Africa.

With the football world burning around them, Chelsea and Brighton played out a forgetful 0-0 draw on Tuesday night. Given the Super League implosion, the Blues looked far from being one of the best teams in Europe. They never really got started with Brighton having the better chances in 90 minutes. The most dramatic moment in the competition came more than an hour before it started when a protest against the proposed breakaway competition prevented the Chelsea team bus from entering the ground. This caused the kick-off to…

According to reports, Milan have become the first non-English team to withdraw from the proposed Super League. After being announced on Sunday night, the breakaway competition has gone down like a lead balloon with someone other than the 12 clubs involved. ? AC Milan by proposed European Super League @TheAthleticUK # ACMilan #europesuperleague #esl- David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) April 20, 2021After fierce criticism from both players, managers and kennels, as well as significant fan protests, the six Premier League sides…

adidas has lost its SuperSpectral package with a series of striking and bold patterns for each of their silos before this summer's delayed European Championships.All four of their boots will receive the SuperSpectral treatment with Predator, X, Copa and Nemeziz, all of which will have a wildly new look.The design is described as 'vivid and visually striking' by adidas with splashes of shocking pink and 'screaming' orange which are used to help you stand out from the crowd while delivering on the pitch.Predator Freak + offers…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's Mohamed Farmaajo, whose term expired on February 8, continues to ignore the scriptures on the wall. And as things go, there may be a small window left to save both his career and Somalia's fate. On Tuesday, the latest ominous sign came from a grouping of Hawiye clan members and professionals. Gathered in Mogadishu, they withdrew support for Farmaajo, expressing outrage at his decision to give his assent to parliament's concept of extension. A vote came from 400 delegates from Mogadishu's most…

All Premier League clubs left in the Super League have withdrawn, leaving the competition in great doubt.In a few explosive hours, the erupting European competition will implode after passionate backlash over football. We can confirm that we have formally launched procedures to withdraw from the group to develop proposals for a European Super League (ESL). # THFC ⚪️ # COYS- Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 20, 2021Manchester City became the first of the 12 founding members to announce that they would withdraw from…

Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis has claimed that the Super League will be good for football. Rossoneri was revealed as one of the founding members of the breakaway competition on Sunday, along with Serie A rivals Juventus and Inter. It is planned that they will be joined by the Premier League big six and La Liga big three, as well as eight other top sides. Three of these will be founding members while the rest will need to qualify - although the details of this are not clear. Since the plans were announced, they have been heavily…

The Football Association has praised the role that fans played in stopping plans for the Super League. Ever since the breakout competition was announced on Sunday night, supporters have strongly opposed the idea. This came to a head on Tuesday when Chelsea fans staged a protest against the Super League before their teams' 0-0 Premier League draw against Brighton.Chelsea fans appeared in their group to oppose the Super League | Chloe Knott - Danehouse / Getty ImagesHalfway through the demonstration, news came that the Blues…

UEFA is in talks with Centricus Asset Management to finance a € 6 billion renewal of the Champions League to stop plans for the erupting Super League in their tracks. Centricus is a global securities company that has ended up in London, which has previously been involved in several projects with FIFA and also had talks to invest in FC Basel. Break | UEFA is in talks with an investment fund to create a new Champions League that would have a budget of 4.5 billion euros, which could rise to 7 billion euros, according to RMC…

Kooxda kubadda cagta Chelsea ayaa barbarro niyad-jab ah la gashay Brighton oo marti ugu ahayd garoonka Stamford Bridge, kulan qas hadheeyey oo taageereyaal iskugu soo baxeen barxadda garoonka, taas oo keentay in dib loo dhigo waqtigii ciyaarta.Chelsea oo haddii ay guuleysan lahayd ku fadhiisan lahayd kaalinta saddexaad ee  horyaalka Premier League, hal dhibicna ka sare mari lahayd Leicester City ayaa awoodi weyday in ay jabiso difaaca Brighton oo si aad ah u diyaarsanaa, waxaanu kulankoodu kusoo dhamaaday barbarro goolal…

RIP in the Super League - I've had residual pasta baking that has lasted longer than you did. During the busiest day of football news ever, the 12 breakaway clubs from permanent believers in the competition went to release like flies in a matter of hours. The first domino to fall was Chelsea. The news broke just as Blues fans gathered outside Stamford Bridge and protested against the breakaway. Evidence that the fan power is making a comeback? We hope well. BREAKING I understand that Chelsea are now preparing…