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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It was a weekend that saw fresh pressure mount on Wenger’s Arsenal side, as the Gunners were beaten by 3 goals to 1 in the opening fixture of the weekend. It is a result that moves Arsenal to position six on the table, with huge risk of not qualifying the Champions League next season. Chelsea […]
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Australian Open champion Roger Federer will face compatriot Stan Wawrinka in an all-Swiss final match at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells in California, the U.S.. The match will be played at 9pm Nigerian time. Wawrinka swept past Spain’s Pablo Busta, the world number 23, 6-3 6-2 in Saturday’s opening semi-final. Federer, the […]
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World football governing body FIFA on Friday in Zurich said all of Mali’s football clubs have been suspended from international competitions, after the country’s government interfered in the national association. The football body took action after Mali’s sports minister, Housseini Amion Guindo, decided to replace the executive body of the Malian Football Association FEMAFOOT with a […]
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Jose Mourinho, who won the Europa League with Porto in 2003, will take Manchester United to Belgium on April 13 for the first leg of their quarter final encounter, as they have been drawn against Anderlecht in the quarter-finals. In another fixture, Belgian side Genk face Spaniards Celta Vigo, Ajax face Schalke, and Lyon are […]
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Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid face tough test in the 2016/2017 Champions League quarter finals, as they have been drawn again Juventus and Bayern Munich respectively. Leicester have been drawn against Atletico Madrid. The Foxes, who saw off Sevilla 3-2 on aggregate in the last 16, will go to the Vicente Calderon for the […]
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Manchester United are through to the quarter final of the Europa Leagu, courtesy Juan Mata’s second-half goal that gave them a 1-0 victory over Rostov and a 2-1 win on aggregate win. Zlatan Ibrahimovic hit the post twice in the first half as United struggled to get past the Russians at Old Trafford, but they […]
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Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar has been elected as the new CAF president, unseating long-serving predecessor Issa Hayatou. 57-year-old Ahmad garnered 34 votes to Hayatou’s 20 votes at the CAF Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 70-year-old Hayatou’s has been in power since 1988, and was seeking an eighth four-year term, but his 29-year reign as president […]
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Nick Kyrgios stunned Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6(3) on Thursday to secure his second victory over the world number two in less than two weeks and advance to the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Kyrgios, who beat Djokovic in the quarter-finals in Acapulco 13 days ago in their first career meeting, once […]
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Monaco was able to recover from 5-3 first leg deficit, advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals 6 – 6 on aggregate after a 3-1 victory against Manchester City in their round-of-16 second-leg tie on Wednesday at Stade Louis II. Monaco dominated the first half and opened the scoring through teenager Kylian Mbappe’s poked finish from […]
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