Real Madrid barged their way back into the Spanish La Liga title race with a 3-1 victory over Atletico Madrid in a feisty derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday. Casemiro, Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale’s strikes inflicted Atletico Madrid’s first home defeat of the season across all competitions and moved the European champions up […]
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First-half goals from Alex Iwobi and Alexandre Lacazatte secured a 2-1 win for Arsenal at struggling Huddersfield on Saturday and kept the pressure on Chelsea and Manchester United in a three-way battle for a Champions League spot. However, their Spanish manager Unai Emery still awaits his first away clean sheet of the campaign after Arsenal […]
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A body retrieved from the wreckage of a crashed plane in the English Channel has been formally identified as Cardiff City’s Argentina-born football player Emiliano Sala, British police said on Thursday. Sala, 28, had been flying from his previous club Nantes in western France to Wales on Jan. 21. He was going to make his […]
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A hat-trick from Sergio Aguero gave a dominant Manchester City a 3-1 win against Arsenal in Sunday’s Premier League game at the Etihad. Aguero’s hat-trick is his tenth in the Premier League for Manchester City; only Alan Shearer with 11 has more in the competition’s history. City had the perfect start under just 48 seconds […]
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Chelsea got back to winning ways on Saturday as they thrashed Huddersfield Town 5-0 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile, Tottenham are up to second place after they won 1-0 at home to Newcastle United in the day’s early kick-off. In the bottom half, relegation rivals Southampton and Burnley played out a 1-1 […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice but champions Juventus had to settle for a point as a late Gervinho double snatched a 3-3 draw after promoted Parma staged an impressive comeback in Serie A on Saturday. Juventus’ dropped points allowed Napoli to cut the gap on the leaders to nine points after a confident 3-0 win over […]
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Globacom, a leading African telecommunications company, on Friday revealed its business agenda and unveiled Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, the heavyweight world boxing champion as its new global icon. Joshua, who is 29, was born by Nigerian parents in England, but he is proud of his Nigerian roots and often says that the Nigerian spirit runs through […]
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Chelsea Spanish striker, Alvaro Morata, has joined Atletico Madrid on loan until the end of next season. Atletico confirmed Morata’s loan in a statement on Monday. “Atlético de Madrid has reached an agreement with Chelsea Football Club over the loan of the 26-year-old for the remainder of the season and the next one. The striker […]
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Thierry Henry was suspended by Monaco on Thursday and looked set to lose his job as coach after only three months in charge at the Ligue 1 club. “Monaco have decided to suspend Thierry Henry … until a final decision (on his future) is made,” the principality club said in a statement. Monaco, who appointed […]
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Collective negligence led to racial profiling at youth-team level inside Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain, French league authorities said Tuesday when fining the club 100,000 euros ($114,000). The affair began when French investigative website Mediapart revealed racial profiling by talent scouts since 2013 where potential youth signings were identified by their ethnicity. The Qatari-owned club […]
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