Arsenal took a huge step towards the Europa League final as a double from Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s late strike earned a 3-1 semi-final, first leg win over Valencia on Thursday. The Spanish side’s bright start was rewarded with Mouctar Diakhaby’s away goal, but Lacazette quickly turned the game around with two goals in […]
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A first-half strike from Pedro gave Chelsea a slim advantage in their Europa League semi-final tie as they were held to a 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday. Pedro levelled the scores in the first leg clash after Luka Jovic had given Frankfurt the lead in the first half. Despite dominating the second half, […]
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Lionel Messi left Liverpool needing a miracle to reach their second Champions League final in as many years as his brace helped Barcelona win a pulsating Champions League semi-final first leg 3-0 on Wednesday. Barca have one foot in next month’s final ahead of Tuesday’s second leg at Anfield after former Reds striker Luis Suarez […]
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Following an entertaining game in London, Ajax returned to Amsterdam on Tuesday with an advantage after beating Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final. It was 22 year-old Donny van de Beek’s strike in the 15th minute that proved to be the only goal of the day at the […]
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Former world heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson, has expressed regret over his life course and how he treated opponents during his professional career. Tyson, regarded as one of the finest boxers of all time, made a number of headlines for the wrong reasons. In 1997 he bit Evander Holyfield’s ear in their rematch, and made […]
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Leading Pan-African Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC in partnership with leading global payments and technology company, Mastercard, have announced they are giving away all-expenses paid trips to the Semi-Finals and Finals of the 2019 UEFA Champions League to 12 lucky UBA Mastercard holders and their plus ones. Open to all existing and new UBA Platinum […]
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A costly mistake from David De Gea saw Chelsea force Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford in Sunday’s Premier League top four battle. United went 1-0 up in the 11th minute as Luke Shaw exchanged passes on the edge of the box, drove forward and cut the pass back for Mata to […]
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Sergio Aguero was on target as Manchester City restored their one-point lead at the top of the English Premier League with a nervous and scrappy 1-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor on Sunday. Pep Guardiola’s side now need to win their final games at home to Leicester City and away to Brighton and Hove […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the 600th goal of his storied club career. The Juventus star struck the equaliser in a 1-1 draw away to Inter in Serie A on Saturday. Ronaldo, 34, has netted 27 times for Juve in his first season since arriving from Real Madrid in a €112million deal. The Portugal international is […]
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Lionel Messi clinched an eighth La Liga title for Barcelona in 11 seasons on Saturday as he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at home to Levante. The Argentine star struck his league-leading 34th goal of the campaign after coming off the bench for the second half to help Barca wrap up the […]
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