Manchester City overcame Monaco in an eight-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium, coming from behind to run out 5-3 winners in their Champions League round-of-16 first leg. Radamel Falcao’s brace had looked to set Monaco on their way to a 3-2 victory in the second half, but goals from Sergio Aguero — his second of […]
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Atletico Madrid opened their Champions League knockout stage with a 4-2 win away to Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16 first leg on Tuesday. Saul Niguez and Antoine Griezmann put Atletico 2-0 up before Karim Bellarabi got a goal back for the hosts early in the second half. Kevin Gameiro then restored Atletico’s two-goal […]
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Jose Mourinho will return to Stamford Bridge to face Antonio Conte’s table-toppers, while there could be an all-non-league quarter-final Chelsea have been drawn at home to Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United in the quarter-final stage of the FA Cup. The Portuguese will return to Stamford Bridge for the second time since leaving the west London club […]
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Bayern Munich ruthlessly destroyed visiting Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie. The visitors were defeated 5-1 in front of 70,000 spectators at Allianz Arena, with four of Bayern’s goals scored in the second half. Arjen Robben handed Bayern the lead after 11 minutes with a trademark strike after […]
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Two goals from Angel Di Maria and one apiece from Julian Draxler and Edinson Cavani gave Paris Saint-Germain an unexpected and potentially unassailable 4-0 lead against Barcelona in their Champions League round of 16 first leg tie. Di Maria turned in a man-of-the-match display on his 29th birthday, opening the scoring with a precise free-kick […]
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Abraham Kiptum of Kenya defended the title he won last year, emerging winner in the international category of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon 2017, with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes. Meanwhile, Philip Sharabutu also defended the first Nigerian male title and Emmanuel Gyang came second in the Nigerian male category. In the […]
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Former Argentina captain Diego Maradona has been handed an ambassadorial role by the game’s global governing body FIFA. “Now it’s official,” the 1986 World Cup winner said on his Facebook page on Thursday. “Finally I can fulfil one of the lifelong dreams; to work for a clean and transparent FIFA alongside people who really love […]
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Former golf number one worldwide, Tiger Woods has accepted that he will never feel great again after suffering a number of back and knee injuries in recent years. The 14-times major champion returned to action in December following a 15-month layoff but was forced to pull out of the Dubai Desert Classic last week. After […]
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Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm will retire at the end of the season. The 33-year-old, who captained Germany to their 2014 World Cup and retired from international football after the victory of 2014, announced his decision after Bayern’s German Cup last-16 win over Wolfsburg. It was the defender’s 501st game for the Bundesliga leaders. “I […]
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Avram Grant has quit his job as Ghana’s head coach after more than two years in charge of the Black Stars, the country’s football association said on Tuesday. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) said in a statement that “the two parties will mutually part ways after their contract ends on Feb. 28’’. “Both parties have […]
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