Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning hat-trick as Portugal snatched a 3-3 draw with Spain in a World Cup classic here Friday. Real Madrid star Ronaldo crashed in an 88th-minute free-kick to snatch a point for Portugal after a second-half goal from Nacho put the Spaniards 3-2 ahead. Ronaldo’s late equaliser capped a storming encounter which […]
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Spain captain Sergio Ramos and new coach Fernando Hierro displayed a united front as they looked ahead to Friday’s World Cup opener against Cristiano Ronaldo’s European champions Portugal following an extraordinary 48 hours. Hierro and Ramos posed together, smiling for the cameras, at a press conference inside the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, the venue […]
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Real Madrid will present Julen Lopetegui as the new first team manager today, hours after he was sacked as coach of Spain. Lopetegui, who returned to Madrid from Russia today will be presented to fans at 7:00 pm CEST at the Santiago Bernabeu presidential box.”. The 51-year-old was named as Real Madrid’s new manager on […]
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The Spanish FA has sacked Julen Lopetegui just two days before their first World Cup match – despite the late efforts of senior players. RFEF president Luis Rubiales revealed the decision after a dramatic morning when a press conference was called for 9.30am and then delayed over an hour and a half. Lopetegui was announced […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received a Letter of Credence from the Ambassador of Italy to Nigeria, Dr. Stefano Pontesilli. The President received the letter when he met with the Italian envoy at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He also received Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Spain to Nigeria, Mr Marcelino Ansorena, and […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria were on Tuesday beaten 2-0 by the Serbia national team in an international friendly played at the Hive Stadium in London. After recording a slim lone goal win over Poland in their last outing, the expectations were quite high that the Eagles could follow up with another win over Serbia. […]
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles remained at number 51 in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of January released on Thursday. The Gernot Rohr-led team are behind African teams, Tunisia, Senegal, Egypt, Congo DR, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Ghana. Germany maintain their number one spot with the top 10 unchanged while Iceland, grouped with Nigeria at […]
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Catalonia’s parliament declared independence from Spain on Friday in defiance of the Madrid government, which at the same time was preparing to impose direct rule over the region. Although the declaration was in effect a symbolic gesture as it will not be accepted by Spain or the international community, the moves by both sides take Spain’s worst […]
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It is understood that Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Real Madrid because he does not want to play in Spain any more. The former Manchester United man is not happy about the way he has been treated by Spanish tax authorities and has told Real he wants a move away from the club. Spanish prosecutors […]
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Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during the weekend, according to reports on Monday. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya said that seven people were rescued off the north-western city of Zawiya, and one of them said 113 others were missing. The information was posted […]
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