The first game of the Saturday afternoon in the Premier League saw Burnley defeat their visitors, Everton by two goals to one. Meanwhile, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane fired Liverpool into second place in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory against Newcastle. They are now a point ahead of Manchester United, who will meet […]
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Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric faces up to five years in jail after being charged with perjury. Luka Modric was charged by Croatian prosecutors in connection with his testimony about former Dinamo Zagreb director Zdravko Mamic. Zdravko Mamic has been charged with embezzlement and fraud. Prosecutors allege Modric gave a false statement in June about […]
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Fresh from winning their first silverware under Pep Guardiola, Manchester City on Thursday moved 16 points clear at the top of the Premier League table after beating Arsenal 3-0. The visitors scored three times in the opening 33 minutes as Arsenal disintegrated once more in front of a sparse crowd at the Emirates. Bernardo Silva, David […]
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Roger Federer won two awards, including the World Sportsman of the Year, while Serena Williams was named the World Sportswoman of the Year, at the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards at the Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco on Tuesday. Federer also won the World Comeback of the Year award and was congratulated by […]
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Former Manchester City midfielder and France international Samir Nasri was handed a six-month doping ban “for using a prohibited method” by European football governing body UEFA on Tuesday. Nasri, 30, had appealed to UEFA for a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) following a multi-vitamin intravenous booster he received at a Los Angeles clinic in 2016. That […]
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AC Milan legend, Gennaro Gattuso has sparked a fire in AC Milan. Since he took over three months ago, the club has gone unbeaten in 12 games with five wins in a row, this can be described as a transformation of the demoralised squad he inherited from Vincenzo Montella. Sunday’s 2-0 win against AS Roma […]
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Kano Pillars jumped to the summit of the 2017/2018 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Sunday after snatching a vital point away at Rangers International Football Club of Enugu. The two teams played a 1-1 draw in the Day 10 fixture. Enyimba International of Aba also climbed to the top ahead of Day 9 leaders, Akwa […]
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The world’s most expensive footballer, Neymar Jr., was stretchered off 10 minutes from time at the Parc des Princes on Sunday night as Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) beat Marseille 3-0 and opened up a 14-point lead in Ligue 1. The 26-year-old was on his own when he innocuously rolled his ankle and flopped to the ground […]
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Jesse Lingard gave Manchester United the win over Chelsea during Sunday’s Premier League action, scoring the final goal in a 2-1 triumph. Willian gave the Blues a deserved lead just past the half-hour mark, but United soon hit back through Romelu Lukaku. The Red Devils improved after the break, and Lingard powered home a header […]
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Manchester City on Sunday to win the first trophy of the Pep Guardiola era with three of their veteran players scoring in an emphatic 3-0 win against Arsenal at Wembley. Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and David Silva were all on the scoresheet as City lifted the trophy for the fifth time — only Liverpool have won […]
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