Manchester City on Sunday claimed a fourth consecutive League Cup with a dominant display to beat Tottenham 1-0 in front of 8,000 fans at Wembley. Aymeric Laporte’s header eight minutes from time finally ended Tottenham’s resistance as their 13-year wait to win a trophy goes on. However, for the first time in 13 months, a […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have confirmed their place at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations, even before the kick off of their game against Benin Republic in Porto Novo. This comes after a goalless draw between Lesotho and Sierra Leone in the early kick-off in Group L. The result means Lesotho can no longer […]
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Leicester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, has finally arrived at the Super Eagles camp, ahead of their 2022 AFCON qualifiers match against the Benin Republic and Lesotho. Iheanacho, who is currently in hot-form for the Foxes, on Wednesday arrived Super Eagles camp. His late arrival was due to a mix-up in his flight itinerary. This was […]
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The National Sports Festival will hold from April 2nd to 14th, 2021, THE NATION has learnt. This was decided after a meeting between Minister of Youths and Sports Sunday Dare and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state at the Government House, Benin. The festival suffered many postponements from March 2020. Obaseki, while receiving the sports minister, hailed […]
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The CAF Emergency Committee rose from a meeting on Monday, March 8, 2021, in Rabat, Morocco, to cancel the 2021 Under-17 Total Africa Cup of Nations. The Committee cited constraints faced by some of the participating member associations as well as the host country, including the fact that the coronavirus pandemic continues to present significant […]
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Liverpool had never lost five successive matches at home but on Thursday, Chelsea came and ensured new history was made with Mason Mount’s goal the difference for Thomas Tuchel’s side. Chelsea are now on an 11-match unbeaten run that has seen them concede just three goals. Liverpool started the better with Fabinho back in central […]
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Players and officials of the Bauchi State government-owned club, Wikki Tourists Football Club, on Thursday morning were involved in a road accident. It was gathered that the players were on their way to Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to honour an NPFL match before the accident occurred at Hawan Kibo in Plateau State. Wikki Tourists […]
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Kylian Mbappe ripped Barcelona apart on Tuesday by scoring a stunning hat-trick in a 4-1 rout to put Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on the brink of the Champions League quarter-finals. Mbappe underlined his status as the coming superstar of world football with a ruthless display of finishing at Camp Nou that will go down as one […]
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Bayern Munich advanced to the Club World Cup final after two Robert Lewandowski goals were enough to seal a 2-0 victory over African champions Al Ahly in Monday’s semi-final. The European champions face Tigres in the final on Thursday after the Mexican club saw off Brazilian giants Palmeiras in Sunday’s other semi-final. Lewandowski gave Bayern […]
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Manchester United maintained their three-point advantage over Liverpool at the top of the Premier League but were denied a famous win at Anfield by Alisson Becker’s heroics in a 0-0 draw on Sunday. Liverpool remain third after failing to score for a third straight league game, but were grateful to their Brazilian goalkeeper to extend […]
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