The Super Eagles’ camp at Wroclaw in Poland on Tuesday was a beehive of activities following the arrival of 22 players and the beginning of training sessions. The team’s technical and backroom staff, alongside six players had opened the camp on Monday, but the facility exploded into life with the arrival of 16 other players […]
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Former US Open winner Juan Martin Del Potro stunned world number one Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/2) to win the Indian Wells Masters tournament on Sunday. In the close to three-hour thriller, the two players kept the audience on tenterhooks, as Federer came from one set down to level scores in a tie […]
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Manchester United will meet Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals of the Emirates FA Cup after the draw was made on Sunday evening. The second semi-final will be between Chelsea and Southampton. The draw was conducted by Gianfranco Zola, who won the Cup with Chelsea in 1997 and 2000, and Petr Cech, the Arsenal goalkeeper with […]
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Unseeded Naomi Osaka has won her first WTA title, and at the same time became the first Japanese player to win the Indian Wells final, routing Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. World number 44 Osaka rolled over Kasatkina, breaking her serve four times and winning the battle of the 20-year-old rising stars in […]
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Inter Milan captain, Mauro Icardi scored four goals to break through the 100-goal mark in Serie A as Inter returned to the top four with a 5-0 rout of Sampdoria on Sunday. The 25-year-old Argentina international, who had been sidelined for a month with an injury, broke the century after scoring his first goals since […]
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Christian Eriksen scored twice as Tottenham reached the FA Cup semi-finals with a comfortable victory over Swansea at the Liberty Stadium. The midfielder hit a stunning strike early in the first half and hit the bar before Erik Lamela’s curling effort doubled Spurs’ lead. Eriksen made it three after the break with a powerful low […]
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The dream debut season for Mohamed Salah continues to go higher as he hit a new high with a four-goal spree that set a club record in Liverpool’s 5-0 demolition of Watford. After a 2-1 defeat at arch rivals Manchester United in their last game, Salah’s latest masterclass helped Liverpool get back on track with […]
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Video assistant referee technology (VAR) will make its debut at the World Cup in Russia this summer despite lingering opposition from within and outside football, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Friday. “We are going to have in 2018, for the first time, a World Cup with VAR,” said Infantino after a meeting of the FIFA […]
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The draw for the Quarter-finals of the 2017/2018 UEFA Champions League season has been concluded with some exciting fixtures. Liverpool and Manchester City are the Premier League’s last remaining representatives in Europe’s elite club competition and the draw has placed both teams against themselves. Also, there is an interesting fixture, which will be a repeat […]
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Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Lazio Roma and RB Leipzig came through during Thursday’s UEFA Europa League action, defending solid results from the first leg and qualifying for the competition’s quarterfinals. The Gunners beat AC Milan 3-1, while Atletico ran rampant in Moscow, crushing Lokomotiv 5-1. RB Leipzig played out a 1-1 draw against Zenit, and Lazio […]
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