Tottenham Hotspur thoroughly beat Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday to mark their first away victory against the Blues since February 1990, thanks to a Dele Alli brace along with Christian Eriksen’s equalising golazo. Alli marked his 100th Premier League appearance by completing a terrific Tottenham comeback from a goal down, where Alvaro Morata’s […]
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Nigerian-born British heavyweight star, Anthony Joshua, on Saturday night defeated Joseph Parker in the Principality Stadium to take his record as a professional to 21 victories from 21 fights. Joshua who put his WBA and IBF titles on the line has now added the WBO’s strap to his two belts to unify the division in […]
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Sloane Stephens held her nerve in an error-strewn WTA Miami Open final to beat Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (7/5) 6-1 and lift the prestigious title for the first time here Saturday. Florida native Stephens, who has now won all six finals she has competed in, had been determined to win the last tournament at Key Biscayne […]
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Romelu Lukaku became the first Belgian to reach 100 Premier League goals as Manchester United quickly regained second place in the table from Liverpool with a comfortable 2-0 win over Swansea City on Saturday. The powerful striker put his team in front within five minutes from a pass by Alexis Sanchez, who added the second […]
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The indefinite suspension of transfer allegiance by the International Association of Athletics Federations has stopped British-born Nigerian high jumper Mike Edwards from representing the country at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The IAAF in February 2017 froze all new transfer of allegiance until the IAAF committee on athletes transfer could come up with a […]
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FIFA has overlooked Nigerian referees as it named six African officials for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In addition there will also be 10 assistant referees from Africa. The referees are Abid Medhi (Algeria), Diedhiou Malang (Senegal), Gassama Bakary (Guinea), Grisha Ghead (Egypt), Sikawe Janny (Zambia) and Tessema Bamlak (Ethiopia). The assistant referees are […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria were on Tuesday beaten 2-0 by the Serbia national team in an international friendly played at the Hive Stadium in London. After recording a slim lone goal win over Poland in their last outing, the expectations were quite high that the Eagles could follow up with another win over Serbia. […]
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Roger Federer’s latest reign atop the world rankings has ended after the Swiss great’s shock loss to Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round of the Miami Masters on Saturday. The 36-year-old Federer wasted no time in announcing he’ll skip the clay-court season, including the French Open, just as he did last year after […]
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Friday demonstrated their intention to impress at the 2018 FIFA World Cup by defeating Poland 1-0 at the Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw. Victor Moses’ 61st minute penalty kick made the difference as the Eagles fought hard to earn a win over world number eight Poland. Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr had a […]
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Manchester United Football Club has agreed to terminate Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s contract, as he is set to sign for LA Galaxy. Ibrahimovic posted on Instagram: “Great things also come to an end and it is time to move on after two fantastic seasons with Manchester United. “Thank you to the club, the fans, the team, the […]
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