Manchester City needed a late goal from Raheem Sterling to beat Bournemouth during Saturday’s English Premier League, EPL week 3 game. Manchester United on the other hand have now secured nine points from a possible nine, after defeating a resilient Leicester City side 2-0. The drama continued on Sunday as Liverpool hammered Arsenal 4-0. The […]
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Floyd Mayweather extended his perfect career record to 50 fights unbeaten by stopping Conor McGregor in the 10th round of one of the richest fights in boxing history. At a packed-out T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the former five-weight world champion faced flurries of early punches from UFC’s most iconic figure, who was making his […]
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The draws for the group stage of the Uefa Champions League has been completed. Premier League champions Chelsea have been drawn to play Atletico Madrid, Roma and Qarabag in Group C, and Europa League winners Manchester United face Benfica, Basle and CSKA Moscow in Group A. Another English team, Tottenham will face holders Real Madrid, […]
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Manchester United have re-signed Swede striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a one-year contract. The 35-year-old former Sweden striker made 46 appearances and scored 28 goals for United last season, before was released by the club in June after a knee injury. He is expected to be fit again in December. “After his contribution last season he […]
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Liverpool will face Premier League rivals Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, as revealed in the third round draw of the Carabao Cup. In other draws, Arsenal will welcome Doncaster Rovers to the Emirates Stadium, Manchester City travel to relegated Sunderland and their city rivals, Manchester United face Burton Albion at Old Trafford. See […]
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Liverpool secured their place in the Champions League group stages with a thumping 4-2 win over Hoffenheim to progress 6-3 on aggregate. Holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg in Germany, The Reds answered the call from a raucous Anfield crowd by racing into a 3-0 lead inside 21 minutes. Emre Can bagged his […]
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Last season’s runners-up, Southampton are out of the Carabao Cup (EFL Cup). They were stunned 2-0 at home by Championship side Wolves on Wednesday night. Saints, who lost 3-2 to Manchester United in February’s final at Wembley, fell at the first hurdle this time. Danny Batth headed in Ivan Cavaleiro’s corner in the 67th minute […]
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Team captain Mikel John Obi and forward Odion Ighalo are back in the Super Eagles. Also, Israel-based marksman, Anthony Nwakaeme, gets a first call as Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, on Tuesday released his list of players for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying duels with Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions. Germany-based defender Leon Balogun returns […]
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Raheem Sterling came on rescue a 1-1 draw for Manchester City by scoring an 82nd-minute equaliser against Everton in their opening Premier League home game on Monday. Wayne Rooney put Everton ahead with his 200th Premier League goal before Manchester City home debutant Kyle Walker was contentiously shown a second yellow card following a collision […]
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Top financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, is set to sponsor 40 outstanding young talents discovered at its football tournaments as well as 60 school coaches on an all-expense paid intensive player development and coach-training programme tagged “Camp GTBank.” Camp GTBank is a football and educational development initiative designed to train and develop outstanding football […]
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