Novak Djokovic set up an Italian Open semi-final blockbuster against old rival Rafael Nadal after both former world number one players battled back in thrilling last-eight clashes on Friday. The Serb fought back against Kei Nishikori to earn a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 win while top seed Nadal continued his clay court domination with a 4-6, […]
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Manchester City’s coach, Pep Guardiola, has committed himself to the club until the summer of 2021, the club said via its website on Thursday. “City are delighted to announce that Pep Guardiola has signed a contract extension that will see him remain as manager until the end of the 2020-21 campaign,” the statement said. Guardiola, […]
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Nigeria has retained her last month Coca Cola FIFA world ranking on 47th position and sixth in Africa in May. The rankings released on FIFA website on Thursday recorded few changes as the first 47 countries retained their previous positions. According to the rankings on the website, seven international ‘A’ matches, all friendlies, took place […]
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Antoine Griezmann surely deserves some accolades, as he scored twice on Wednesday to help Atletico Madrid beat Marseille 3-0 at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, a result that saw them lift their third UEFA Europa League title. Griezmann capitalised on a mistake from Marseille defender Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa before calmly tucking home after 21 minutes, then latched […]
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England manager Gareth Southgate named a youthful 23-man World Cup squad on Wednesday with several notable absentees. Experienced goalkeeper Joe Hart was left out of the squad for Russia, as was Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere who between them have been capped more than 100 times. Everton’s Jordan Pickford, one of three keepers selected, is expected […]
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Gernot Rohr, Super Eagles coach, has named a 30-man provisional squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Included in the squad is the leading scorer in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Junior Lokosa and Simeon Nwankwo as the new faces. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) released the provisional list on Monday. Kano […]
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Despite Philippe Coutinho’s hat trick, Barcelona was on Sunday defeated by Levante in the game that ended 5-4, a results that means the Catalans’ unbeaten run in the season has been halted. Ernesto Valverde rested Lionel Messi for his team’s penultimate match of the campaign but it was a defensive horror-show that allowed Emmanuel Boateng […]
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The 2018 GTBank Masters Cup went into its Quarter Final stage last week. The matches which were played over two days took place at the Agege Mini Stadium on the 8th & 9th of May 2018. Day one began with Ansar-Ud Deen Girls’ High School, Itire winning its match with Greensprings School, Lekki 7-0 with […]
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There was to be no great escape for Hamburg yesterday afternoon, with relegation to the second tier confirmed on the final day of the Bundesliga season. Christian Titz’s side had given themselves every chance of pulling off an unlikely escape, something that had become their specialty in recent years, but winning four of their last […]
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Arda Turan, a Barcelona loanee at Başakşehir, has been banned for a record sixteen matches in the Turkish Super League. Turan got into an argument with a linesman during a league game against Sivasspor on Friday, before shoving and ‘threatening’ the official four minutes into stoppage time. He was subsequently issued a red card by the referee. […]
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