Here are the fixtures for this weekend. Nigeria Professional Football League Sunday April 22 Heartland vs Plateau United Nasarawa United vs Abia Warriors Katsina United vs El-Kanemi Warriors Niger Tornadoes vs Yobe Stars Lobi Stars vs Kano Pillars MFM vs Rivers United Akwa United vs Sunshine Stars Ifeanyi Ubah vs Enugu Rangers Kwara United vs […]
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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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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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England’s Football Association on Friday fined Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola £20,000 ($27,700) for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of jailed Catalan independence leaders. The City boss has also been warned as to his future conduct by the governing body after accepting a charge of “wearing a political message”. Guardiola has argued wearing the […]
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Pep Guardiola’s quest to win an unprecedented quadruple with Manchester City came to a stunning and controversial end when they fell to a 1-0 defeat at third-tier Wigan in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday. In an uncanny repeat of the 2013 FA Cup final, in which City had a player sent […]
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Manchester United will host Brighton, whilst Chelsea will visit Leicester, according to the quarter-final pairings announced today. Remarkably, four of the top Premier League’s top five were kept apart in Saturday’s draw. Tottenham Hotspur face a trip to Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea, who need a replay after Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Hillsborough, should Mauricio Pochettino’s […]
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A Romelu Lukaku double eased Manchester United into the FA Cup quarter-finals in a 2-0 win at Huddersfield despite a controversial call going against Jose Mourinho’s men. Juan Mata thought he had put United into a 2-0 lead just before half-time only for the Spaniard’s effort to be ruled out by the video referee after […]
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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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Both Chelsea and Manchester City recorded comfortable victories on Sunday in their respective fourth round fixtures of the English FA Cup against Newcastle and Cardiff. Michy Batshuayi scored twice as Chelsea beat English Premier League rivals Newcastle United 3-0 to also advance into the fifth round. Batshuayi’s goals in the 31st and 44th minutes and […]
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A Chelsea side that ended the match short of two men booked their place in the fourth round of the Emirates FA Cup following a 5-3 penalty shootout win against Norwich City at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. The game finished in a 1-1 draw and penalties were needed to separate both teams after 120 minutes […]
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