Tony Cottee is of the opinion that his former club, Everton should pay whatever it takes to keep Romelu Lukaku. Cottee thinks replacing the in-form goalscorer would be very difficult, whatever transfer fee might be received, but that a Champions League finish is achievable if Lukaku stays at Goodison Park. He said: “The Lukaku situation […]
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Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Sunday in Cairo at the confederation’s headquarters formally started work in his new position. According to a report on the CAF website, Ahmad chaired a meeting with staff of the organisation at the secretariat. The meeting marked his effective assumption of office following […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday announced that Super Eagles’ second international friendly against Burkina Faso in London on Monday, has been called off. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Media and Communications, said in a statement that the development was after seven players in the Burkinabe contingent failed to secure visas into the UK. […]
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Nigeria’s women have moved up one place on the monthly FIFA world rankings to 34, retaining their place as the top-ranked African side. The rankings released on Friday showed Nigeria as having amassed 1613 points to maintain their status as African champions, with Ghana its nearest African side on the rankings at 45th. Cameroon, which […]
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The Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Teranga Lions of Senegal on Thursday played out a 1-1 draw in an international friendly played in London. Senegal’s playmaker Moussa Sow had put his team in front in the 54th minute of the game before a hard fighting Kelechi Iheanacho stole the show for the Nigerian side after […]
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German international and former former Bayern Munich and Arsenal forward, Lukas Podolski ended on his international career by firing Germany to a 1-0 win over England on Wednesday. Podolski captained Germany on his 130th and final cap for his country. He scored the only goal of the game – his 49th for Germany – in […]
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Ivory Coast on Tuesday named former Belgium international Marc Wilmots as their new head coach to replace Michel Dussuyer. The 48-year-old Wilmots was coach of Belgium between 2012 and 2016 and led them to the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014. He was sacked in July 2016 after Belgium lost 3-1 to Wales in […]
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Week 28 of the La Liga season started with a defeat 1 – 0 for Villarreal at the hands of Las Palmas. Real Madrid extended their lead at the top of La Liga to five points with a narrow win against Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames Stadium. Real, who are chasing their first league […]
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Roger Federer has defeated his close friend and compatriot, Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5 to win his fifth BNP Paribas Open title, in Indian Wells. It was Federer’s 90th tour-level crown and 25th in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments. He has also tied Novak Djokovic for the most titles in the California desert with five. Wawrinka, […]
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Rangers International Football Club beat Zamalek FC of Egypt 2-1 on Sunday, but failed to achieve the target of advancing to the group stage of the 2017 CAF Champions League. In the return leg clash of their second round pairing in the competition, played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu, the Nigerian side crashed […]
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