Goals from Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey helped Arsenal beat 10-man Chelsea 2-1 to win the FA Cup for a record 13th time. Arsenal took a fourth-minute lead through Alexis Sanchez in controversial circumstances when Aaron Ramsey, who was in offside position, decided against touching the ball, allowing the Chilean to surge forward and fire […]
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Manchester United have won the Europa League after beating Ajax 2-0 in the final of the competition, at Friends Arena in Stockholm. It was the first time that United would win the Europa League trophy. The victory was the second trophy won by United in the first season under the watch of Jose Mourinho. The joy […]
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Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt on Wednesday beat Fath Union Sport (FUS) Rabat of Morocco 1-0 in a CAF Confederation Cup Group A fixture. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emeka Atuloma scored the lone goal for Rivers United in the 72nd minute of the game. Coach Stanley Eguma of Rivers […]
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Novak Djokovic has sent signals that he has regained his form when he ruthlessly dismissed Dominic Thiem, 6-1 6-0 to qualify for the Italian Masters final in Rome. He will meet Alexander Zverev who had earlier defeated American John Isner in three sets, 6-4 6-7 6-1. Thiem had on Friday defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals. Djokovic crushing […]
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The second leg of the Europa League semi-final saw Manchester United and Celta Vigo play a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Thursday. The draw secured a 2-1 aggregate win for United, taking them into the final of the Europa League. Having won 1-0 in Spain a week ago, Marouane Fellaini extended United’s aggregate advantage […]
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has explained his decision to prioritise winning the Europa League over finishing fourth in the English Premier League. Ahead of the semi-final second leg against Celta Vigo on Thursday, Mourinho rested first-choice players in Sunday’s 0-2 Premier League defeat by Arsenal. Manchester United lead Celta 1-0 from the first leg […]
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Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 2-1 in their Champions League second-leg semifinal, but were on the losing end of a 4-2 aggregate scoreline that sees Zinedine Zidane’s team advance to a June 3 final in Cardiff, Wales against Juventus. The hosts, playing their final UCL game at the Vicente Calderon, got the opener they needed, […]
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Novak Djokovic staved off a huge upset in his first match since splitting with his long-time coaching team to beat Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in the second round of the Madrid Masters on Wednesday. After a blistering start, Djokovic had to battle back from 3-0 down in the deciding set to book his place […]
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Juventus have secured a place in the Champions League final with their 2-1 win over Monaco in Turin completing a 4-1 aggregate victory. First-half goals from Mario Mandzukic and Dani Alves ended the tie as a contest before the break to ensure Massimiliano Allegri’s side will contest the final in Cardiff next month. Alves’s stunning […]
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Chelsea youngster Ola Aina has been called up by Nigeria in a squad Home-based stars such as MFM FC’s Stephen Odey and Sikiru Olatunbosun also made the list Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has named a 25-man squad for planned camping programme in France and the international friendly match against the Corsica Senior National Team later this […]
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