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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It rained goals as the Champions League returned on Tuesday night, with Lionel Messi finally scoring a goal against Gianluigi Buffon, as Barcelona outclassed Juventus 3-0 at the Nou Camp. It was Messi who opened the scoring almost on the stroke of half time, after exchanging passes with Luis Suarez. The Argentine helped to set […]
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World No 1 Rafael Nadal won his 16th Grand Slam title and third US Open title after defeating Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-3 6-4 in Sunday’s final. World No 32 Anderson was attempting to become the lowest-ranked champion in New York since Andre Agassi in 1994, but the dominant Spaniard, appearing in his 23rd Grand Slam […]
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Manchester United’s winning start to the 2017-18 English Premier League, EPL season was finally ended by a resilient Stoke City who ensured the game ended 2-2 at the Bet365 Stadium on Saturday evening. Rashford found himself in the right place at the right time after a Paul Pogba header hit him and went in on the […]
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Plateau United made history on Saturday as they emerged new champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League, their first Nigerian title. Plateau United defeated last season’s champions, Enugu Rangers 2-0 at a packed Rwang Pam Stadium in Jos to finished top of the 20-team table with 66 points from 38 matches. Apart from the giant […]
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American tennis player, Sloane Stephens beat compatriot and friend Madison Keys in two straight sets 6-3 6-0 to win the US Open trophy on Saturday. En route the final that eventually handed gave her the first Grand Slam trophy of her career, the 24 year-old defeated Venus Williams in the semi finals. Playing with much […]
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