Real Betis gave Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid nothing to smile about their 73-game goal-scoring run was ended on Wednesday after the former pulling off a shock 1-0 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu. Antonio Sanabria struck deep into stoppage time to hand Real Betis the win away to Real Madrid on Wednesday as the European champions […]
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The 2017 edition of the GTBank-Ogun State Principals Cup will reach its climax on Thursday 21st September, 2017 in the famous MKO Abiola Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta. The highly anticipated finals will thrill football lovers from across Ogun State and beyond as first-time finalists take on former champions. The curtain raiser for the day will be […]
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Liverpool were chased out of Carabao Cup, courtesy second-half Leicester goals from Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani. It was Liverpool that the first half of the game but were unable to find a goal, until substitute Okazaki fired in a 67th-minute opener before Slimani lashed home a second 12 minutes from time to send the […]
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The home-based Super Eagles of Nigeria on Monday defeated the Black Stars of Ghana 2-0 in their last group game to progress to the semi-finals of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations. The Super Eagles B team bounced back to winning ways after two successive draws against Mali and Guinea, beating bitter […]
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Diego Costa has not played for 98 days as he looks for a way out of Stamford Bridge — and more specifically a return to the Spanish capital. The Chelsea striker has been told he has not future at Chelsea under Antonio Conte. Reports say the Rojiblancos have tabled a “take-it-or-leave-it” bid of up to […]
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Manchester City and Manchester United are the teams on fire, recording 6-0 and 4-0 win over their opponents respectively and staying top of the English Premier League (EPL) table. Review of the games: Sergio Aguero was in blistering form for Manchester City, netting a hat-trick, with Gabriel Jesus, Nicolas Otamendi and Raheem Sterling also on […]
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The Falconets on Saturday in Benin defeated visiting Tanzania 3-0 in the first round first leg match of the Africa qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two goals from striker Rasheedat Ajibade and a goal by defender Lilian Rule removed the steam […]
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The 2017/2018 season of the UEFA Europa League returned with lots of excitement. In the first round games played on Thursday, Arsenal, AC Milan and Zenith St. Petersburg were among the winners. Below are the scores according to groups, with the goalscorers in bracket: Group A Slavia Prague (CZE) 1 (Necid 12) Maccabi Tel Aviv […]
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles have slipped to 44th position in the monthly rankings of football playing nations by FIFA. The Super Eagles played good games against the indomitable lions in the month under review, defeating Cameroon 4-0 at Uyo and playing a 1-1 draw in the return leg at Yaounde. Nevertheless, Nigeria moved downwards on the […]
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The day 2 of the 2017-2018 Champions League proved to be like the games played on Tuesday, as the teams produced lots of goals. In the games played on Wednesday, Real Madrid starting its trophy defense by romping to a 3-0 win over APOEL. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the Group H encounter, while Sergio […]
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