The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Thursday continued its downward movement in the monthly FIFA rankings, as the world football governing released the February edition. Nigeria’s national team was 51st in the world with 651 points in January but is now 52nd with 606 points, according to the latest ranking published on the official FIFA […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in Real Madrid’s 3-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 first-leg tie on Wednesday, giving his team the advantage for the second leg in France. In the other game of the night, Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick, while Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino also found the net, […]
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Fortuna Sittard, second division Dutch club, has fired Sunday Oliseh, former Super Eagles coach and announced Claudio Braga as a temporary replacement. The management of the club said it took the decision over actions “not related to on-field performance”. Fortuna Sittard said his relationship with other personnel at the club left them with no choice but to […]
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Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen helped Tottenham back from the brink to hold Juventus to a 2-2 in Turin, spoiling what had looked set to be a Gonzalo Higuain one-man show in the Champions League last 16, first leg on Tuesday. Higuain had put Juventus two goals up within the first nine minutes at the […]
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Maria Sharapova, five time Grand Slam winner, suffered a shock defeat in the first round of the Qatar Open on Monday, dumped out in three sets by outsider Monica Niculescu. The Romanian, ranked number 92 in the world, 51 places behind the Russian, won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. In a match lasting more than two and […]
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Chelsea Manager, Antonio Conte has thanked club fans for their loyal support as Eden Hazard’s double eased the pressure on the Italian with a 3-0 win over rock bottom West Brom on Monday. Three-goal whipping at the hands of Bournemouth and Watford saw odds slashed on Conte becoming the latest Chelsea boss to be dismissed […]
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Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain are the top two most expensive squads in the world. The clubs, according to CIES Football Observatory, have spent over £700 million to assemble their current squads. While City have spent £777 million, PSG have spent £713 million. Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea make up the top five with […]
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In the day 8 of the Nigerian Professional Football League games played, the teams could only secure slim wins and only Kano Pillars got an away point. Pillars forced Sunshine Stars to a barren draw in Akure to earn a share of the spoils from Sunday’s game. The solitary point earned on Sunday has taken […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a hat-trick with a big 5-2 victory over Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday. Zinedine Zidane’s boys have not scaled their usual heights this season and this was still not perfect, but they do look to be finding some form just in time for a potentially season-defining tie with Paris Saint-Germain […]
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Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero put four past Leicester City to bring his tally for the campaign up to 21 goals and help his team seal a 5-1 win, boosting the Citizens 16 points clear at the Premier League summit. Tottenham Hotspur clinched back-to-back home wins over Arsenal on Saturday for the first time in five […]
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