Month: August 2016
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Champions League
Arsene Wenger labels PSG favourites for Champions League group
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes the riches at Paris Saint-Germain’s disposal makes the Ligue 1 heavyweights favourites to top their…
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Other Sports
Shameful – World scrabble Champion and Team Nigeria deny Visa to participate in MSI 2016
The world scrabble champion, Wellington Jighere, and team Nigeria have been denied visa to participate in this year’s MSI French…
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Cricket
Pakistan to play West Indies in day-night Test
Pakistan and West Indies will contest just the second day-night Test in history in Dubai. On Thursday, the Pakistan Cricket…
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EPL
Liverpool´s Coutinho could miss Tottenham clash
Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho is a doubt for the club’s Premier League clash with Tottenham on Saturday due to a…
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Transfer
Krul joins Ajax on loan after signing new Newcastle deal
Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul has joined Ajax on a season-long loan following Jasper Cillessen’s move to Barcelona. Krul has…
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Europa League
West Ham 0 Astra 1 (1-2 agg): Romanian minnows embarrass Hammers again
West Ham were dumped out of the Europa League by Astra for a second season running, losing 2-1 on aggregate…
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Cricket
England´s tour of Bangladesh to go ahead
England’s tour of Bangladesh will go ahead, despite security concerns in the South Asian country. Attacks in Dhaka placed the…
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Transfer
Manchester City vow to find rejected Joe Hart a new club
Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain confirmed the club are looking to make Joe Hart “happy” and find him a…
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Football
Klopp targeting a trophy at Liverpool every year
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he wants to have a reason to celebrate every year as sets his targets at…
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Tennis
Tennis legends to renew rivalry in Laver Cup
Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe will renew their rivalry as team captains in the newly formed Laver Cup – tennis’…
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Other Sports
Barcelona to play City, Arsenal face PSG – Champions League draw in full
Pep Guadiola will be facing Barcelona while there will be a return to Sporting Lisbon for Cristiano Ronaldo. The draw…
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Football
Cristiano Ronaldo beat Bale, Griezmann to UEFA’s Best Player in Europe award
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has added another individual accolade to his collection, having been named as UEFA’s Best Player…
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Other Sports
Kenya disbands Olympics committee over mismanagement of resources
Kenya has disbanded its National Olympics Committee (NOC-K) because of the poor handling of the east African country’s team during…
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Off the Pitch
Wanted man Sukur denounces Turkey coup
Former Turkey international Hakan Sukur has denounced the failed coup against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a warrant…
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Football
It was staged – Maradona questions Messi U-turn
Diego Maradona has questioned the motives behind Lionel Messi’s decision to retire from international football and his subsequent U-turn. Messi…
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F1
Nico Rosberg questions ‘safety freak’ Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg has all guns blazing as he bids to put his world championship campaign back on track at Spa…
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Transfer
Bentaleb joins Schalke from Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur have announced that midfielder Nabil Bentaleb has joined Schalke 04 on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old Algeria international…
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Transfer
Arsenal to beat Everton to Deportivo La Coruna’s Lucas Perez signing
Arsenal are reportedly on the verge of signing Deportivo La Coruna striker Lucas Perez, who was also a target for…
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Tennis
Federer: Djokovic favourite for US Open, not Murray
Despite Andy Murray’s impressive season to date, world number one Novak Djokovic remains the favourite to win the US Open,…
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Basketball
D’Tigers move nine places in FIBA ranking, now 16th in the world
Nigeria men Basketball team have moved nine places in the new FIBA Ranking thanks to their recent performances at the…
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F1
McLaren ´scared´ by Red Bull potential in 2017
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier concedes he is “most scared” of Red Bull’s potential in regards to next year’s sweeping rule…
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Football
Witch Haunting? Solo ´saddened´ by United States axing
Hope Solo has expressed her sadness after the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) terminated the star goalkeeper’s contract. Solo has…
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Capital One
Leicester City to play Chelsea, Swansea host Man City – EFL Cup 3rd round draw in full
Premier League champions Leicester City have been handed a home tie against Chelsea in the third round of the EFL…
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Tennis
Roger Federer targets Melbourne return
Roger Federer hopes to recover from the knee problem that brought an early end to his 2016 season in time…
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African Football
CAF Champions League Review: Chikatara helps Wydad draw at ZESCO to earn top spot
Wydad Casablanca fought back to draw 1-1 at ZESCO United and take top spot in Group A of the CAF…
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F1
F1 Raceweek: Hamilton hunting milestone and Rosberg´s curse – Belgian GP in numbers
Lewis Hamilton heads to this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix looking to secure a milestone Formula One win, while Mercedes team-mate…
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Transfer
OFFICIAL: Daryl Janmaat joins Watford from Newcastle
Watford have completed the signing of Netherlands international defender Daryl Janmaat from Newcastle United on a four-year deal. The financial…
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Cricket
Red-hot Mendis inspires Sri Lanka to ODI triumph over Australia
Kusal Mendis scored his fifth half-century in only nine one-day international appearances as Sri Lanka recorded an 82-run win over…
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Football
Greg Clarke replaces Greg Dyke as FA chairman
Greg Clarke’s appointment as Football Association chairman was officially ratified on Wednesday. Clarke was approved for the role by the…
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RIO 2016
We have wasted money – Mugabe orders the arrest of Zimbabwean Olympic Team for not winning a Medal
Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe has instructed the Commissioner General of Zimbabwe Police Republic, Augustine Chihuri to arrest and detain the…
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