Liverpool’s long wait for first FA Community Shield title since 2006 continues, after they lost 5-4 on penalties to Manchester City in Sunday’s clash at Wembley Stadium. The game went into penalties, after 90 minutes of football ended 1-1. Raheem Sterling gave City the lead early in the first half, before substitute, Joel Matip, equalised […]
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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) recovered to beat Stade Rennes 2-1 and lift the 2019 French Super Cup in Shenzhen on Saturday. Substitute Angel Di Maria scored the winner with a spectacular free-kick and Kylian Mbappe was also on target for the Ligue 1 champions. Adrien Hunou had given the French Cup winners the lead in spite […]
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Borussia Dortmund defeated Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 2-0 on Saturday, to claim their first German Super Cup title in five years. Prior to Saturday’s game, Bayern Munich had won the last three Super Cup titles. Second half goals from Paco Alcacer in the 48th minute and Jadon Sancho in the 69th minute, secured Dortmund the […]
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up 12 spots in the July FIFA ranking, to place 33rd in the world after winning bronze at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations tournament. In the ranking table released by the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1, 481 points as against 1, 433 it had in […]
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Harry Kane scored a stunning 93rd minute winner from the halfway line as Tottenham Hotspur edged Juventus 3-2 in an entertaining pre-season friendly in Singapore on Sunday. The England captain latched onto Lucas Moura’s short pass and launched a first-time shot high over a scrambling substitute keeper Wojciech Szczesny as Spurs rallied past new manager […]
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Real Madrid’s new signing, Eden Hazard did not get the best of starts to life in Madrid, as Bayern Munich beat real 3-1 in the International Champions Cup, in the early hours of Sunday, in Texas, USA. Madrid put out a very strong line-up with Hazard starting alongside the likes of Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, […]
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Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo has emerged highest goal scorer of the African Cup of Nations 2019. Ighalo won the golden boot with five goals. Below are other leading goalscorers in 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after Algeria won the final in Cairo Friday: 3: Mahrez, Ounas (both ALG), Bakambu (COD), Mane (SEN) 2: Belaili, Bounedjah (both […]
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Baghdad Bounedjah’s early goal propelled Algeria to a first Africa Cup of Nations title in 29 years after a fiery 1-0 victory over Sadio Mane’s Senegal in Friday’s final in Cairo. Bounedjah gave Algeria a dream start in the second minute when his deflected shot looped over Senegal goalkeeper Alfred Gomis, and it proved enough […]
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Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, on Thursday, announced his retirement from international football. On his verified Instagram page, Mike Obi said, at the age of 32, it was time for him to bow out of the team and let the young ones take over. Sharing a photo of himself in the national jersey, Mikel […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have won their eighth bronze medal of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigerian forward Odion Ighalo handed Gernot Rhor’s side victory with his second-minute goal in the third-place match against Tunisia at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on Wednesday night. The Nigerian forward also dominates the leading goalscorers’ […]
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