Barca new boy, Philippe Coutinho scored his first goal for the club on Thursday to help them reach the King’s Cup final for a record fifth year in a row. After the 2-0 victory on Thursday, the Catalan club progressed on a 3-0 aggregate semi-final success. Valencia dominated the first half at a packed Mestalla […]
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Tottenham Hotspur recorded a routine 2-0 victory over League Two side Newport County as they reached the fifth round of the English FA Cup with a comfortable replay win at Wembley. In the reverse fixture, Spurs needed a late Harry Kane goal to rescue a 1-1 draw. But they never looked in danger in the […]
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The Super Eagles’ 2018 World Cup jersey have been unveiled by Nike and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Nike is the official kits sponsor of Nigeria’s national teams. The sportswear manufacturer presented the kits to the NFF at a ceremony in London on Wednesday. The Super Eagles’ World Cup jersey was modelled by Arsenal forward […]
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The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed new dates for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The board announced this is in a statement released on Tuesday via “www.paralympic.org’’. The board met in PyeongChang ahead of the opening of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. It was decided there that the […]
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The actions of the Week 26 of the 2017-18 Premier League campaign continued on Sunday with Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur stealing the show by playing out a 2-2 draw at Anfield. Top scorer Harry Kane missed a penalty but converted a second attempt to earn his side the two points and keep his lead over […]
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Morocco on Sunday battered the Super Eagles of Nigeria 4-0 in the final of the 2018 African Nations Championship at the Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca. Two goals from Hadraf and one each from El Karti and tournament top scorer Ayoub El Kaabi gave the hosts their first title of the competition exclusively for players plying […]
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Sudan edged out Libya 4-2 via penalties to claim bronze in the third-place play-off match at the 2018 CAF African Nations Championship at Stade de Marrakech on Saturday. Although the clash finished at 1-1 in regular time, penalties from Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Babikir, Mahmoud Ahmed and Maaz Gesalla ensured Sudan were victorious. On the other […]
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In the Premier League games played on Saturday, Manchester City were made to rue a host of squandered chances, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored on his Arsenal debut in a 5-1 mauling of Everton, while former Gunner Alexis Sanchez netted his first Manchester United goal on Saturday. Arsenal signing Aubameyang immediately rekindled his relationship with former […]
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Chelsea loanee, Michy Batshuayi scored twice on his Borussia Dortmund debut in Friday’s 3-2 Bundesliga win at bottom side Cologne. The brace came just two days after signing from Chelsea. Head coach Peter Stoeger, who was sacked by Cologne in December, threw the Belgian striker in at the deep end to replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Dortmund […]
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Nigeria’s home based Super Eagles have qualified for their first ever finals of the African Nations Championship (CHAN), after edging Sudan 1-0 in the semi-final played in Marrakech. The Nigerians will on Sunday meet hosts Morocco, who earlier spanked Libya 3-1. Gabriel Okechukwu scored Nigeria’s winning goal in the 16th minute. As early as the […]
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