Chelsea intensified the race for a place in next season’s Champions League, whilst Manchester City finally got their hands on the Premier League trophy and Arsenal bid farewell to manager Arsene Wenger in style on a busy Sunday. Olivier Giroud scored the only goal at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Liverpool saw them […]
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Lionel Messi weaved his magic to keep 10-man Barcelona’s unbeaten season alive as a 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou on Sunday left Real Madrid sweating over an injury to Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo was forced off at half-time after appearing to hurt his ankle and Real will be hoping their star striker can now recover […]
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Four years after, Cardiff City returned to the Premier League on Sunday when a goalless draw at home to Reading was enough to give veteran manager Neil Warnock a record eighth promotion. Only the top two at the end of the regular season were guaranteed a place in English football’s lucrative top flight and second-tier […]
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Stoke City became the first team to have their relegation from the Premier League confirmed this season after they fell 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace thanks to a late Patrick van Aanholt strike. West Bromwich Albion preserved their top-flight status for at least a few more days after Jake Livermore bundled home an injury-time […]
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Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, will have to watch the Europa League final against Marseille from the stands after receiving a four-match European ban for insulting a referee, UEFA said on Friday. Simeone was ordered from the touchline during last week’s 1-1 draw in the first leg of their semi-final with Arsenal after a heated […]
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Diego Costa killed Arsene Wenger’s last hope of a glorious Arsenal farewell as his goal sent Atletico Madrid through to the Europa League final on Thursday. Wenger’s 250th European fixture with Arsenal also to proved to be his last, decided by a typically ruthless finish from Costa, who delivered the sort of barnstorming display defenders […]
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Liverpool held off a spirited Roma fightback to reach the Champions League final 7-6 on aggregate despite losing a hectic semi-final second leg in Rome on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp’s side will play defending champions Real Madrid in Kiev on May 26 after qualifying for their eighth European Cup final and first since 2007. The 4-2 […]
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Team Nigeria made a quick recovery to their shock 1-3 loss to Slovakia with comprehensive win over Bulgaria and Australia to arrive in the knockout stage of the men’s second division of 2018 ITTF World Team Championships holding in Halmstad, Sweden. Unlike Nigeria, Egypt men and women teams are in race to be safe from […]
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Real Madrid are within touching distance of a third consecutive Champions League triumph after Karim Benzema scored twice to eliminate Bayern Munich on Tuesday and book their place in the final. Bayern, who trailed 2-1 following last week’s opening leg in Germany, looked capable of inflicting this season’s latest European comeback when Joshua Kimmich scored […]
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Leaders Lobi Stars extended their unbeaten streak in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) to five games after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Sunshine Stars on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match day 19 encounter played in Akure, however, saw the Makurdi based club side’s lead at […]
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