Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the first time, ending Novak Djokovic’s dominance with a stunning victory. 20-year-old Alcaraz, fought back from a nervy start to win 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 against the defending champion. Djokovic was going for a fifth straight win, an eighth men’s triumph and a […]
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Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at the hands of rock-bottom Dijon on Friday with coach Thomas Tuchel accusing his expensively-assembled team of “being too passive and not playing together”. It was the third loss of the Ligue 1 season for the French champions who could also see their lead at the top […]
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Chelsea inflicted champions Manchester City’s first Premier League defeat of the season as goals from N’Golo Kante and David Luiz handed the hosts a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge and sent Liverpool top of the table. Kante’s goal just before half-time came against the run of play as the visitors dominated the first 45 minutes, […]
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Paul Pogba and Luke Shaw scored for Manchester United, as they defeated Leicester City 2-1, in the first Premier League fixture of the 2018/2019 season. United manager, Jose Mourinho, was able to call on Pogba, who only returned this week to training and handed him the captain’s armband. The France midfielder stepped up and put […]
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Rogers Nicholas, theatre commander, operation Lafiya Dole, says the Nigerian Army has completely defeated the Boko Haram insurgents. Nicholas said this during the inauguration of the Nigeria-Cameroun Military joint mission on Saturday in Maiduguri, Borno capital. He disclosed that troops under the operation “DEEP PUNCH II” had on Friday dislodged and occupied the insurgents’ tactical […]
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