Jamie Vardy and James Maddison struck second-half goals as Leicester City beat an unimpressive Arsenal 2-0 at the King Power Stadium on Saturday to move into second place in the Premier League. Leicester have 26 points and are above Chelsea on goal difference, leading champions Manchester City by a point ahead of their trip to […]
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NIGERIA – The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessmen, has agreed to renovate some parts of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. On Thursday, Dare told journalists that the renovation will include just the football pitch, light and scoreboard. According to him, work will begin in the next two […]
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Niko Kovac has been sacked as Bayern Munich manager. Kovac after meeting the Club’s CEO, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, on Sunday, The President, Uli Hoeness and Sporting Director, Hassan Salihamidzic. The sack comes 24 hours after Eintracht Frankfurt, defeated Bayern Munich 5-1. In the club’s statement, the ceo explained that “The performance of our team in recent […]
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Lewis Hamilton clinched his sixth drivers world championship, but not in the style he hoped for on Sunday when he finished second behind his triumphant Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in an eventful United States Grand Prix. The 34-year-old Briton fought with ferocious determition to win from fifth on the grid, but was unable to resist […]
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Cenk Tosun’s header eight minutes into stoppage time salvaged a 1-1 draw for Everton against Tottenham in a match overshadowed by a serious injury to Everton midfielder Andre Gomes. Spurs’ Son Heung-min was shown a straight red card for his foul on the Portuguese international, but the injury was suffered as Gomes’s momentum saw him […]
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BUNDESLIGA – Defending champion, Bayern Munich, on Sunday, sacked manager Niko Kovac after a poor run of form that has left them fourth on the log. Kovac got the boot after Bayern suffered a 1-5 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, their worst league defeat in 10 years. Bayern are now four points behind leaders […]
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Liverpool had to come from behind for the second consecutive week in the Premier League and depend on two stoppage-time goals to secure the three points in their 2-1 win against Aston Villa at Villa Park. Egyptian attacker, Trezeguet, gave the hosts the lead in the first half of what was an intriguing encounter. The […]
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Chelsea FC climbed to third place in the Premier League as Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic sealed a 2-1 victory at lowly Watford on Saturday. Frank Lampard’s side bounced back from their midweek League Cup defeat against Manchester United to make it five successive league wins. The Blues have won eight of their past nine […]
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Romelu Lukaku continued his red-hot scoring form with a brace to shoot Inter Milan past Bologna as the Serie A encounter ended2-1, while Roma moved up to third with an enthralling win by the same scoreline over wobbling Napoli. Lukaku tapped home his eighth goal of the season 15 minutes before the end to cancel […]
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Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at the hands of rock-bottom Dijon on Friday with coach Thomas Tuchel accusing his expensively-assembled team of “being too passive and not playing together”. It was the third loss of the Ligue 1 season for the French champions who could also see their lead at the top […]
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